Workers restore Afghan heritage

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- For millennia, Afghanistan has been a place where the fault lines of history converged, where the cultures of the Indian subcontinent, the Turkic north and Persia met and mingled. A decade ago, this legacy seemed doomed after years of war. Now, a group of Italian art conservators have taught Afghan workers how to glue together pieces of stone salvaged from Kabul's museum and other vandalized historic sites.

© The Calgary Herald 2004