NEW DELHI -- History is replete with cultural savagery.
Despotic rulers through the ages have always been driven by a mad obsession: to preserve their own religion and heritage at the cost of others, even if that meant brutal destruction of life and craft.
This precisely is what's happening now in Afghanistan. The Taliban, which controls large areas of the country, has begun a systematic destruction of artifacts and statues reflecting diverse influences.
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