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Treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan on View at the British Museum

LONDON (AP).- The British Museum’s latest exhibition displays ancient artifacts in gold, glass, stone and ivory from Afghanistan, a country whose fortune, and curse, has long been to lie at a crossroads of cultures, traders, artists and armies. That th…

Time Magazine’s Image of Disfigured Afghan Woman Wins World Press Photo Prize for 2010

AMSTERDAM (AP).- A South African photographer’s portrait of an Afghan woman whose husband sliced off her nose and ears in a case of Taliban-administered justice won the World Press Photo award for 2010 Friday, one of photojournalism’s most coveted priz…

Time Magazine’s Image of Disfigured Afghan Woman Wins World Press Photo Prize for 2010

AMSTERDAM (AP).- A South African photographer’s portrait of an Afghan woman whose husband sliced off her nose and ears in a case of Taliban-administered justice won the World Press Photo award for 2010 Friday, one of photojournalism’s most coveted priz…

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