The Scars of the Afghanistan War. Les cicatrices de la guerre d'Afghanistan.

© Alfred YAGHOBZADEH / Divergence

Archaeologists and restoration experts at the National Museum of Afghanistan have reassembled and are restoring the Taliban-smashed ancient statue. Taliban rulers their hardline vision of Islamic law by ordering the destruction of all statues around Afghanistan must be destroyed, Because God is one God and these statues are there to be worshipped and that is wrong. Taliban fighters destroyed some 2,500 artifacts, including the world's tallest standing ancient (Bamiyan) Buddha statues. Kabul. Afghanistan. 15/10/2004

Lieu : KABUL, AFGHANISTAN

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