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From: "Terrence Lockyer" <lockyert@mweb.co.za>
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Subject: Bamiyan
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This is probably not what this list wants to hear, but the BBC has just
reported that independent sources within Afghanistan confirm that the two
statues at Bamiyan have been destroyed.  Apparently this began on Thursday,
and was preceded by similar actions against artefacts housed in a museum in
Kabul.


Terrence Lockyer

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