The Afghan Museum is a museum in Hamburg, Germany, storing Afghan history. It is a private museum and was opened in 1998. Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
See also: Afghan National Museum Founded in the 1920s, the Afghan National Museum is a place for storage and appreciation of old Afghan items of interest. ...
Officials of the UN Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization warned that "looters stripped the national museum in Kabul, the Jalalabad museum was destroyed and several art objects were sold in the west." The loss to the Asian countrys heritage was "massive", they said in a statement.
In the case of the Kabul Museum, however, all indications suggest that the looting was carried out with careful consideration; it was probably not plundered wantonly by illiterate Mujahideen.
Afghans should be proud of their past accomplishments, and consider this past a part of their own self-esteem.
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