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Beginning during the Soviet occupation that carried through the Taliban insurgence, it is said the Kabul Museum was arguably one of the greatest casualties Afghanistan suffered. As a result of the Soviet and Taliban occupation, more than two thirds of the museums treasures and artifacts were lost or destroyed. [11]
In February and March 2001, the Taliban destroyed countless pieces of art due to religious reasons. [17] It was reported in November 2001 that the Taliban had destroyed at least 2,750 ancient works of art during the year. [18] Courtyard of the building in 2010. Between 2003 and 2006, about $350,000 was spent to refurbish the building.
As a result, more than two-thirds (66%) of the one hundred thousand museum treasures and artifacts were lost or destroyed. [26] A pair of 6th-century monumental statues known as the Buddhas of Bamiyan were dynamited by the Taliban in March 2001, [27] who had declared them heretical idols. The world's oldest oil paintings were discovered in ...
Since taking over the country as U.S. forces were departing, the Taliban has quickly seized to halt and rollback progress made by women in Afghanistan since troops arrived in 2001. As part of ...
An orchestra from Afghanistan which defied the Taliban recently played at New York's Carnegie Hall. ... the group barred women from higher education, public spaces like parks and most jobs, and ...
The Taliban has banned women from visiting one of Afghanistan’s most popular national parks.. Afghanistan’s acting minister of virtue and vice , Mohammad Khaled Hanafi, said women have not ...
Tillya tepe, Tillia tepe or Tillā tapa (Persian: طلاتپه, romanized: Ṭalā-tappe, literally "Golden Hill" or "Golden Mound") is an archaeological site in the northern Afghanistan province of Jowzjan near Sheberghan, excavated in 1978 by a Soviet-Afghan team led by the Soviet archaeologist Viktor Sarianidi.
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women' George Wright - BBC News and Anna Holligan - BBC News January 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM