Ai Khanoum Pillaged. Ai Khanoum, Takhar Province.

1995
Local commanders sold digging rights to all comers who often abandoned picks and shovels and probed with bulldozers. The entire surface from the Amu Darya to the Kokcha was pitted by their efforts.
Photo: John Hayward

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1995<br />
Local commanders sold digging rights to all comers who often abandoned picks and shovels and probed with bulldozers. The entire surface from the Amu Darya to the Kokcha was pitted by their efforts. <br />
Photo: John Hayward