What about Kabul museum?

Fri, 13 August 2021

15:43

A decimated Kabul museum

Writer William Dalrymple on the march of the Taliban: "The last time Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghanistan lost half its history. It would be unforgivable if that were to happen twice. I wonder if anything is being done to safeguard or evacuate the contents of the Kabul Museum?"

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