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Updated On May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

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A statue is displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

A statue is displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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Afghan visitors look at part of the historical collection at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Afghan visitors look at part of the historical collection at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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A statue is displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

A statue is displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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Afghan visitors look at part of the historical collection at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Afghan visitors look at part of the historical collection at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP PHOTO / Aref Karimi

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Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

Updated on May 28, 2012 08:08 PM IST

Statues are displayed at the Kabul National Museum in Kabul. About 70 % of the museum's 100,000-piece collection was looted by mujaheddin fighters during the civil war of the 1990s and exhibits were damaged by rocket fire. The Taliban, who in 2001 destroyed the giant carved Buddhas in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, also smashed the museum's pre-Islamic Buddha figures, deeming them un-Islamic. AFP Photo / Aref Karimi

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