Destruction of Museum Artifacts. Taliban.

18 March 2001
King Kanishka in pieces. On 17 March 2001, Qudratullah Jamal, newly appointed Minister of Culture in October 2000, and his cohorts, smashed 80 cases of objects at the Ministry of Information and Culture, moving on to the Museum where they took a sledgehammer to King Kanishka, the Tepe Maranjan Bodhisattva and other major pieces.
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Image Size: 6481x4223 / 5.0MB; 2001 Afghanistan Kabul Destruction of Museum Artifacts King Kanishka Qudratullah Jamal Ministry of Culture Objects Tepe Maranjan Bodhisattva SPACH Slide LD 2001 01758
Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM I - BCE (Before Common Era)

18 March 2001<br />
King Kanishka in pieces. On 17 March 2001, Qudratullah Jamal, newly appointed Minister of Culture in October 2000, and his cohorts, smashed 80 cases of objects at the Ministry of Information and Culture, moving on to the Museum where they took a sledgehammer to King Kanishka, the Tepe Maranjan Bodhisattva and other major pieces. <br />
Photo: SPACH