Free Republic

The officials of Pakistan's Federal Department of Archaeology and Museum are still clueless about the 81 price less and rare antiques including the priceless statues of Greek deities mysteriously stolen from Taxila Museum nine years ago. Not a single stolen item has been recovered and no official responsible for negligence has been punished... These antiques, which were discovered by Sir John Marshall during excavations carried out between 1813 and 1835 also include the statue of the Greek god Dionysus, the god of wine and a statue of Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Being the only statues of Greek gods ever...

ISLAMABAD : A Pakistani court has sentenced three Islamic militants to death after finding them guilty of killing four women as they prayed at a church near the capital in 2003, a police official said on Friday. The three men were captured shortly after the August 9, 2003, attack on the grounds of a Presbyterian hospital in Taxila, a small town about 40 km northwest of here. The women were all nurses at a hospital adjacent to the church. They died as they were leaving the church when attackers hurled grenades at the congregation. One assailant also died in the...

GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/11/02 Jalalabad, Afghanistan, ACLU explosion, Kandahar's 'Waiting Area' Paki-cam, Attacks on Christians, Taxila, Multan, Murree Hills, Pakistan; Gaza ==Jalabad, Afghanistan == 6 miles west of Jalalabad, on 8/9/02, the Afghan Construction and Logistics Unit (ACLU) was blown up. 20 people killed, 80 injured. In Jalalabad, the rubble at the Afghan Construction and Logistic Unit (ACLU). More than 26 people killed. ~90 injured. The ACLU building is shown "before" the explosion. ==Kandahar, Afghanistan == Near Kandahar, at the 'Waiting Area', Afghan children and refugees wait. Mud-walled houses protect 26,000, more than 40,000 more...