Excavated Buddha heads and other items have been looted from the storage facility of a French archaeological team involved in conserving and restoring the famous Bamiyan site in central Afghanistan, a UNESCO World Heritage site, it was learned Monday.It is believed that miscreants took advantage of the confusion that followed the Taliban's takeover of area in the first half of August to loot the artifacts, according to local residents and Japanese archaeologists whose warehouse was also targeted.In 2001, when the Islamists were previously in power, they blew up and destroyed the two 6th cen…READ FULL ARTICLE
