QALAT (Pajhwok): Two statues, dating back thousands of years, have been seized in southern Zabul province, an official said on Tuesday.
Maulvi Ismatullah Karamat, crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the statues were recovered from a house in the Cheno area of Shah Joi district.
He said no arrests had been made in connection with the seizure of the sculptures, but an investigation was underway.
The statues were shifted to the provincial capital and handed over to the Information and Culture Department, he said, promising no one would be allowed to harm Afghanistan’s historic heritage.
Abdul Wali Basharmal . . .
