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Afghan art thieves

Wed 30 Aug 2006
More4 News investigates the trail of the theft of antiquities in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban.

Since end of the country's running by the Islamic fundamentalists, opium production has flourished in Afghanistan, but drugs aren't the only illegal goods arriving in Britain from the war-torn country.

The international smuggling of Afghan antiquities has also blossomed.

More4 News' Kate Clark, has been investigating the smugglers' trail.

>>Watch the report via:
http://www.channel4.com/player/v2/player.jsp?showId=1314

http://www.channel4.com/more4/news/news-opinion-feature.jsp?id=367