Shifting the National Museum: Taliban.

September 1996
The Taliban took Kabul on 27 September 1996, sealed the Kabul Hotel on the 28th, and, in October 1998, shifted everything from the Kabul Hotel to the ground floor of the Ministry of Information and Culture where another twenty cases were already stored. Over the next years Mullah Omar issued ten edicts calling for the protection of cultural sites and relics. On 17 August 2000 Deputy Minister Hotaki staged a symbolic 3-day opening of the museum.
Photo: N.H.Dupree.

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Image Size: 1960x1296 / 410.3KB; 1996 Afghanistan Kabul National Museum Taliban Kabul Hotel Ministry of Information and Culture Avenue Men Buildings Nancy Hatch Dupree Slide LD 1996 01756
Contained in galleries: NATIONAL MUSEUM I - BCE (Before Common Era)

September 1996<br />
The Taliban took Kabul on 27 September 1996, sealed the Kabul Hotel on the 28th, and, in October 1998, shifted everything from the Kabul Hotel to the ground floor of the Ministry of Information and Culture where another twenty cases were already stored. Over the next years Mullah Omar issued ten edicts calling for the protection of cultural sites and relics. On 17 August 2000 Deputy Minister Hotaki staged a symbolic 3-day opening of the museum. <br />
Photo: N.H.Dupree.