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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]
Afghanistan has suffered civil wars and its conflict with the Taliban persists into the present day. The Afghan Institute of Archaeology was established in 1966 which attracted the attention of many foreign missions and resulted in important discoveries post-Second World War.
With the start of the civil war in 1992, the museum was looted numerous times and destroyed by rockets, resulting in a loss of 70% of the 100,000 objects on display. [8] [9] Since 2007, a number of international organizations have helped to recover over 8,000 artifacts, the most recent being a limestone sculpture from Germany. [10]
For around $5, curious visitors can wander around and take photos of the giant holes in the cliff face where the ancient Buddha statues once stood. Under a white Taliban flag , soldiers man a ...
An Allied raid heavily damaged Žužemberk Castle during the Second World War. Many churches were destroyed during and after World War II. Examples include the churches in Ajbelj, Dragatuš, Dvor, Gabrje, Hinje, Koče, Kočevska Reka, Morava, Plešivica, Ptuj, Srobotnik pri Velikih Laščah, Stari Log, Trava, Velika Račna, Zafara, and Žužemberk.
The photos, posted by The Sun, captured a group of six armed Taliban militants surrounding a desk with two hats seated in the middle, one of the hats, appears to ...
U.S. officials say they are racing to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as possible before the end of the month, when America's 20-year military presence in the country is scheduled to end.
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th-century [58] monumental statues carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley of central Afghanistan that were destroyed in March 2001, [59] after the Taliban government declared that they were idols. [60] International and local opinion strongly condemned the destruction of the Buddhas. [58]