Afghanistan's National Museum
Witness History: Witness Archive 2016
English - February 04, 2016 08:50 - 8 minutes - 4.11 MB - ★★★ - 8 ratingsHistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Since 1989 the treasures in Afghanistan's National Museum in Kabul have been at risk. From war, from looting, and also from the Taliban who destroyed many works which they saw as un-Islamic. Yahya Muhibzada was acting director of the Museum in 2001 when he was forced to look on helplessly as Taliban officials destroyed statues. Nancy Hatch Dupree is an American who has charted the fate of Afghanistan's cultural heritage.
(Photo: Yahya Muhibzada)