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    Afghanistan’s National Museum To Be Expanded





    In an effort to preserve Afghanistan’s cultural heritage, yesterday, in a ceremony held in the Nuristani room at the National Museum of Afghanistan, the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, pledged $5 million to support the planning, designing and constructing of a new museum building. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Information and Culture, headed by Makhdoom Raheen, also committed $2 million to support the new museum building.
    According to media reports, the new museum building will have “state of the art security, conservation and administrative space and will include beautiful new exhibition space.” The new building will one day be the home for the ‘Hidden Treasures of Afghanistan’ Exhibition”. The exhibit toured various museums in the United States in 2008-2009, and is currently on display in London at the British Museum. The exhibit consists of carved ivories from Bagram, gold jewelry from ancient nomads, and Hellenistic sculptures found in Northern Afghanistan. The land for the site of the new museum building was donated by Afghanistan’s Ministry of Defense.
    “My vision is for a museum that will be an even greater source of pride for Afghans from all regions. Afghans need a museum so that our children can learn about our nation’s rich cultural history at the crossroads of East and West”, Makhdoom Raheen said at the ceremony.
    The Afghan National Museum was built in 1919.


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    yeah admin khan. HOW DARE YOU??

    I am no bird, and no nest ensnares me.

    non commercial would cost less if he was in charge himself which he plans on doing. right now it's n herat but soon it will be in qanadahar.

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      unknowprince, you asked admin khan a question. in time he would probably have answered you. why do you start hurling abuse because your demand is not instantly catered to?
      we can't just keep concentrating on the negative things occurring all of the time or we will all end up slashing our wrists. this event may not seem important to you but many afghan people may appreciate their creative heritage being looked after and it is being shown to people who may not know that afganistan has this heritage. don't you think that is a good thing?

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