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Science 9 March 2001:
Vol. 291. no. 5510, pp. 1873 - 1875
DOI: 10.1126/science.291.5510.1873b
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ARCHAEOLOGY:
Heavy Damage Feared After Taliban Decree

Andrew Lawler

Last week, Afghanistan's Taliban leaders began to carry out a decree to demolish all carvings and statues of animals and humans. The government-sponsored destruction extends even to artifacts from its own, Islamic tradition, as well as thousands of lesser known items that experts say combine Western and Eastern traditions in unique and irreplaceable ways. The Taliban, which few governments recognize as legitimate rulers, believes animal and human representations are antithetical to Islamic teaching.

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Science. ISSN 0036-8075 (print), 1095-9203 (online)