JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- Afghan security forces have foiled an attempt to smuggle 136 pieces of ancient coins to Pakistan in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, a local ...

Other items include a Roman coin with the head of the emperor Tiberius ... National Museum of Afghanistan was no longer safe for the Bactrian gold. A select team moved the treasure to a secure ...

An interesting discovery was recently made in Central Asia in Tajikistan containing Greek inscriptions on a rock.

The coins, which date back to Greco-Bactrian and Kushan eras, were seized at Torkham border crossing point between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Provincial Director for Information and Culture Qurishi ...