Brent E. Huffman, the director of “Saving Mes Aynak,” an acclaimed documentary about efforts to preserve a 5,000-year-old settlement containing Buddha statues, paintings, and other artifacts near Kabul, is concerned about the fate of Afghanistan’s cultural heritage under the Taliban. The archeological site of Mes Aynak sits on top of the world’s second-largest copper ore body whose lease was granted to Chinese companies over a decade ago but which has remained largely unmined due to threats from insurgents. With the Taliban coming to power and with the CCP hinting at providing support to its government, the situation could soon change. Huffman told The Epoch Times in an email, that what’s happening in Afghanistan is the biggest threat to archeological heritage happening in the world today. “It seems far worse. People who work in cultural heritage could be killed by the Taliban and ancient sites could all be looted and destroyed. …
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