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Attik Ullah, 41, from Kandahar stands during his visit to the museum. The Taliban, whose members once smashed their way through the facility, now appear to be among its most enthusiastic visitors. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
A labelled artefact lies on a table in a conservation room at the museum. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Taliban fighter Mansoor Zulfiqar, left, visits the museum. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
A museum staffer stands next to a 16th-century grey marble basin found in Kandahar. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Silver coins and a ceramic pot from the Gaznvied period, which ran from 977 to 1186 CE are on display. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Taliban Fighter Mansoor Zulfiqar, 29, exits the museum. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Visitors walk in front of a second-century limestone in Bactrian Language on a Greek script in the museum. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
A conservator works at the facility. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
Conservator Mohammad Name Noorzai works at the museum. [Petros Giannakouris/AP Photo]
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Myanmar official in Cambodia for talks as global censure grows
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![The land traditionally inhabited by the Karen people falls either side of the Thai-Myanmar border and is divided by the River Salween. Donations are brought across from the Thai side of the river to Uh Er Klo village on the Burmese side. Donations of food and daily necessities have increased since the beginning of the February 1 coup because of military blockades which are preventing the transportation of supplies along the usual routes within Myanmar and from Thailand. [Alex McBride/Al Jazeera] - DO NOT USE](/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/LWE-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
