Smuggled items shown by museum
Posted: October 7, 2009 at 4:31 a.m.
The National Museum of Afghanistan on Tuesday unveiled hundreds of looted artifacts, some dating back as far as the 11th century, seized from smugglers trying to sell them on Europe’s black market.
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