DESTRUCTION OF STATUARY PRE-ISLAMIQUE BY THE TALIBAN EAST A
CRIME








MOSCOW, March 7.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti ").  The Russian commission on
UNESCO expresses a deep preoccupation face has the destruction of the
religious and cultural monuments pre-Islamic on the Afghan territory.


**time-out** " The action of taliban be nothing of different that a
insult revoltante have the dignite some those which reverent piously
the work of their ancestor which have inspire the people during some
century and them have make believe with ideaux the more radiant ", be
it underline in a declaration of commission of which the text be
arrive Wednesday have RIA " Novosti ".

The destruction of the statues is not only one obvious violation of
the Convention of UNESCO for the protection of the cultural and
natural inheritance, but also a challenge has all the world community,
according to the declaration.

For multiethnic Russia which makes great case of the cultural
inheritance of all the ethnos groups populating its territory, the
decree of mollah Omar " recalls the darkest pages of the old history
and medievale ", reads one in the document.

The commission of the Federation of Russia for UNESCO supports the
efforts of the general manager of UNESCO aiming has arreter the
destruction of the monuments of human civilization and calls the world
opinion has to decide in favour of the pre-Islamic monuments sacrings
of the culture and the religion in Afghanistan.