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How much is on the international black market?
There's a certain amount on the market, but there are more objects on the market from illicit excavations [than stolen museum pieces]. The situation in Afghanistan is like Iraq, where looting is a little bit uncontrolled. [Yet] a whopping 1,500 archaeological sites are still extant in Afghanistan. The map of Afghanistan with those 1,500 sites on it makes it look like an archaeological wonderland.
What is the Afghan National Museum like today?
International aid groups have helped put the roof back on. It's beginning to be a functional museum. But I think Afghanistan deserves a new museum. We would love the world to get together and realize that this is one of the treasures of the world, and build a new museum someplace where all Afghans can see these treasures.
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