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1,423 Afghan Artifacts Return to Kabul

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1,423 Afghan Artifacts Return to Kabul
"More than 1,400 artifacts protected from looters and the Taliban since 1999 at a museum-in-exile in Switzerland were returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan."

"More than 1,400 artifacts protected from looters and the Taliban since 1999 at a museum-in-exile in Switzerland were returned to the National Museum of Afghanistan." Items included a foundation stone that was definitely "touched by Alexander the Great" in an Afghan city he founded, featuring an owl on one side to symbolize Athens… (AP)

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