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Battered Kabul Palace a Monument to Chaotic Afghan Past
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By Simon Cameron-Moore
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - There are no paintings in the Tajbeg Palace, but the bullet-pocked walls tell their own epic tale of Afghanistan's turbulent history.
Severely battered by more than a quarter century of war, the stately mansion on the western fringes of Kabul sits atop a knoll among snow-covered foothills of the Karokh mountain range where the Afghan royal family once hunted and picnicked.
Today, the Tajbeg provides NATO peacekeepers with a machine gun observation post, but it previously served as a base for Soviet occupiers, Afghan holy warriors and al Qaeda and Taliban militants....
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) - There are no paintings in the Tajbeg Palace, but the bullet-pocked walls tell their own epic tale of Afghanistan's turbulent history.
Severely battered by more than a quarter century of war, the stately mansion on the western fringes of Kabul sits atop a knoll among snow-covered foothills of the Karokh mountain range where the Afghan royal family once hunted and picnicked.
Today, the Tajbeg provides NATO peacekeepers with a machine gun observation post, but it previously served as a base for Soviet occupiers, Afghan holy warriors and al Qaeda and Taliban militants....