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Page last updated at 03:49 GMT, Wednesday, 10 June 2009 04:49 UK

Seized Afghan artefacts exhibition

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Afghanistan's national museum is preparing a special exhibition of 1,500 priceless artefacts that were stolen and smuggled out of the country.

Mostly Islamic art objects, the items were excavated illegally in Afghanistan, where the value of trade in stolen antiquities is now said to rival drug smuggling.

Sarah Rainsford reports.

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