Indian Express - Dusty Mounds Unravel Clues to Vanished Afghan Past
- Describes how beneath a series of mounds lie clues to a civilization that flourished long before Islam entered Afghanistan.
- http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/full_story.php?content_id=6462

India Express - Inscription Throws New Light to Hindu Rule in Afghanistan
- Article on a stone inscription in Sanskrit found in Mazar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan which gives insight into the reign of the Hindu Shahi ruler `Veka' in the 10th Century.
- http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/20010105/iin05014.html

Japan Times - Team to Excavate Afghan Buddhist Ruins
- Japanese archaeologists plan to excavate a site in central Afghanistan that may have been an important center of Buddhism.
- http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20031003b5.htm

BBC - Experts Defer Buddhas' Rebuilding
- Conservation experts meeting in Kabul to rescue Afghan cultural heritage decide Kabul Museum should be restored before the giant statues.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/2015189.stm

Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan's Buddhas Still Under Threat
- Investigates a case of possible corruption in the arrest and immediate release of several thieves intent on stealing archaeological relics.
- http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0608/p06s03-wosc.html

The Impact of War upon Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage
- Paper presented at the AIA conference by Afghanistan's National Institute of Archaeology on the impact of war upon Afghanistan's cultural heritage.
- http://www.archaeological.org/pdfs/papers/AIA_Afghanistan_address_lowres.pdf

Notes from the Road - Afghanistan
- A history of the building and destruction of Afghanistan's archaeological treasures as seen through the life of archaeologist Dr. Chaibai Mustamandy.
- http://www.notesfromtheroad.com/desertsouthwest/desertsouthwestlaafgha.htm

BBC - Afghan Gold Stash Found Intact
- Report on a legendary store of 2,000-year old Afghan treasure, including gold and ancient manuscripts, found intact.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3193091.stm

Afghan News Network - Looters Dig into Afghanistan's Ancient Heritage
- Describes how antiquities are being smuggled from Afghanistan by the truck load, with huge quantities of objects making their way to Britain.
- http://www.myafghan.com/news2.asp?id=1251735945

BBC - Afghans Display Ancient Stone
- An article reporting the acquisition of the 2000 year old Kushan Rabotak Stone. Includes statements of tolerance for archaeological remains by the Taliban.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/883209.stm

Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan in The Schøyen Collection
- Information on the debate of ownership of Buddhist manuscripts from Afghanistan presently held in the private Schøyen Collection in Norway.
- http://folk.uio.no/atleom/manuscripts.htm

The Guardian - 'Miracle' of 2nd Century Bowl Saved From Taliban
- Museum curators risk their lives to protect a 2nd century AD stone wine bowl carved with Bacchanalian scenes of naked women and satyrs dancing and feasting.
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,709045,00.html

Afghanistan 1969-1974
- A collection of photographs by Dr. Volker Thewalt of Kabul Museum exhibits, Bamiyan, and other important sites in Afghanistan.
- http://www.thewalt.de/afghanistan/index_e.html

Afghan Cultural Heritage Crisis
- The UNESCO emergency fund for Afghan culture. With image gallery and video.
- http://www.unesco.org/opi2/afghan-crisis/

Museum Under Siege
- An article by the Archaeological Institute of America detailing the ongoing efforts to rescue the collections of Afghanistan's National Museum.
- http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/afghan/

Gandhara Era Art
- A short description of Gandaharan art, exploring Gandhara's role in the evolution of the Buddha image.
- http://www.afghan-network.net/Culture/gandhara.html