In this Sunday, Aug. 11, 2012 photo, National Museum of Afghanistan director Omara Khan Massoudi, center, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Kabul. Right down to the power cuts that frequently plunge its artifacts into shadow, the National Museum of Afghanistan is a symbol of the country's recent hardships. Its building was shelled, looted and caught fire during the 1992s civil war. Taliban extremists later smashed many centuries- old statues. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)
