This film brings together different stories of heroism and bravery in war-torn Afghanistan. 　　Explore the Bamiyan Valley with archaeologist Dr. Tarzi as he digs for a long-forgotten monastery that houses the 1,000 foot Buddha in his ultimate quest to honor the Bamiyan people and their history. Also join Russian archaeologist Victor Sarianidi as he unveils and confirms whether gold treasures found underneath the Presidential palace were indeed the Bactrian Hoard treasure he helped discover and catalog two decades ago. And finally, listen to the different stories of brave Afghani artists and archivists as they recount how they went about protecting and preserving works of art and film archives from certain destruction by the Taliban. 　　During Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s, the National Museum outside Kabul was literally on the front line, repeatedly attacked by rocket fire and looted by warlords. 　　Then, during the reign of the fundamentalist Taliban regime, all non-Islamic statues and tombs were ordered destroyed. This led to the loss of two-thirds of the hundred thousand items in the Kabul museum. 　　The Taliban was forced from Kabul after the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan in late 2001. Before then, the Taliban's culture minister supervised the destruction of many of the remaining exhibits at the museum. 　　What the Taliban didn't know was that many of the most magnificent objects had already been spirited away. More than 25 years ago museum staff had hidden the treasures as the bombs started to fall. (The Afghanistan government found the hidden treasure boxes in 2003 and made the announcement on August 25, 2003. It quickly asked for international assistance in conducting an inventory of the artifacts. The work was done in April, May, and June of that year. 　　Earlier this year a safecracking at a presidential palace vault in downtown Kabul revealed that the entire trove was intact. Now an inventory project funded by the National Geographic Society has catalogued the more than 22,000 objects. The collection includes exquisite ivory statues and 2,500 years' worth of gold and silver coins. 　　The discovery is a ray of hope in the quest to restore Afghanistan's cultural heritage, most of which has been destroyed forever by decades of war and looting. 　　"By the end of the Taliban's reign, most of us thought there was nothing left—just destruction and despair," National Geographic Fellow Fredrik Hiebert said. Hiebert led the inventory project with support from National Geographic and the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. 　　在阿富汗20世纪90年代的内战中，喀布尔以外的博物馆多次遭到火箭炮的袭击并被军阀洗劫一空。 　　然后，在原教旨主义的塔利班政权统治时期，所有非伊斯兰教的雕像和墓葬被下令销毁。这导致喀布尔博物馆2/3的藏品遭到破坏。 　　2001年底，美国在阿富汗进行军事干预，塔利班政权受到打压。在此之前，塔利班的文化部长监督了其余的许多展品在博物馆的破坏行动。 　　塔利班政府不知道的是，早在25年前，博物馆工作人员就对藏品进行保护。2003年，阿富汗政府发现了这些宝藏，其中包括包括精美的象牙雕像。 　　这些发现将有助于恢复阿富汗的文化遗产。

天朝国家地理

天朝国家地理

简介：在原始的印度丛林里，独行狩猎的老虎在其各自的领域称王。让我们跟着镜头捕捉它的神秘踪迹，观赏勇猛迅捷的它在狩猎时是如何潜近、埋伏与偷袭猎物，以及在老虎国度里，许多野生动物之间互相掠食的关系。片中，您亦将看见其等待猎物时超凡的耐心和照顾幼虎时细心温柔的一面。请您一同深入虎域遨游，尽情欣赏丛林之王的赫赫英姿。

北极狼群荒野生活的亲密纪录 　　加拿大的埃尔斯米尔岛，距离北极不到五百哩。在这酷寒的极地，只有极特殊的动物才能生存，白狼就是其中之一。在世上其他地区，狼群饱受人类的迫害而对人类深怀戒心，难以靠近观察。然而此地人迹罕至，白狼徜徉在冰冷荒原上悠然自得，对人类毫不畏惧。国家地理摄影师吉姆．布兰登勃格与研究狼群三十年的生物学家戴夫．米奇连袂前往此岛，在极为恶劣的环境下，拍摄了有史以来对狼群观察最细致、最亲密的生态纪录片

苏联大举入侵阿富汗，一坦克车队歼灭某部落，并将其首领辗死轮下，英勇的阿富汗勇士为报父兄之仇，率领该族勇士穷追坦克，并诱使陷入迷径，直至油粮枯竭。坦克兵柯佛奇克不满长官残酷冷血，而被弃于荒漠中，最后却协助阿富汗勇士围攻坦克，掳获苏俄兵……

《阿富汗之旅》1939年，世界第一位女冒险作家安玛莉和人类学博士艾拉一同踏上到喀布尔旅游的路，同行的两人心中却埋藏著各自追寻的目标。这两名同样从人生中逃跑的女人，一路上始终不停在相互为自己的观点而辩论，并享受棋逢对手的乐趣。在相濡以沫的旅程中，进而谱出一段温暖的友谊之爱。在她们到达阿富汗之时，正巧爆发二次世界大战，她们原本的计划也就此终结，但这趟旅程，是否就此结束了呢？

1985年，一位阿富汗难民少女的照片，出现在国家地理杂志的封面;慑人的海绿色双眸，仿佛道尽了阿富汗人民在常年战乱下，所遭受的苦难与恐惧，这张照片业同时深深撼动世人的心。十七年后，战地摄影师史提夫麦凯瑞，凭着这张他当年所拍的照片与些微的线索，前往难民营寻找这位女孩；经由联邦调查局的虹膜对比分析及面部辨识技术，阿富汗少女的身份之谜终于解开，她将再度透过深遂的眼神，代表阿富汗同胞向全世界诉说对和平的渴望……（清真书局）

After 30 years of war and a ban on music and dancing under Taliban rule, pop culture is back in Afghanistan. Millions are watching Afghan Star, an American Idol-style vocal competition. You know the drill: thousands audition, a dozen make the finals, then viewers whittle down the roster of contestants until only one is left. But this is more than a glossy copycat show. Music holds special cultural import to Afghans, who have gone decades without art or public performance. So although Afghan Star is entertaining TV first and foremost, it also symbolizes freedom of expression and peace. Voting by cell phone is a novelty to many-their first encounter with the democratic process. When a female competitor dances on stage and drops her headscarf, there's talk of retribution and threats of an honour killing. In Afghanistan, you risk more than YouTube humiliation when you sing; you risk your life.