The Kabul Museum Islamic State of Afghanistan.

August 1996
On 12 May 1993 a screaming rocket slammed into the museum. Renewed attacks followed over the next years as competing political factions fought for control of Kabul on the plains of Darulaman . These were the first assaults on the museum since it was moved here in 1931.
Photo: Nancy Hatch Dupree.

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Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM I - BCE (Before Common Era)

August 1996<br />
On 12 May 1993 a screaming rocket slammed into the museum. Renewed attacks followed over the next years as competing political factions fought for control of Kabul on the plains of Darulaman . These were the first assaults on the museum since it was moved here in 1931.<br />
Photo: Nancy Hatch Dupree.