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Washington: A collection of more than 30 precious relics of Afghanistan’s ancient past are on their way home as the nation confronts deepening uncertainty about its future.
The artefacts were seized from a New York-based art dealer who authorities say was one of the world’s most prolific smugglers of antiquities and turned over to the Afghan government this week.
Afghan Ambassador to the US Roya Rahmani presents the looted and stolen Afghan religious relics and antiquities recovered by US government authorities as part of a wider investigation into global trafficking in rare and ancient artifacts.
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“The significance of the material is huge,” Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the US, said on Thursday (AEST). “Each one of these pieces are priceless depictions of our history.”
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