The visit of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has brought India and Italy closer politically and commercially. Italian archeologists and scholars have been at the forefront of researching and documenting India’s ancient civilization for decades. After Kabul fell once again to the Taliban in 2021, the Italian Archeological Mission to Afghanistan has not stopped its work documenting and popularising Afghanistan’s glorious history. The Italian archeological mission, which has operated in Afghanistan since 1956 now does not physically operate in the country given security challenges. The last time the Taliban captured Afghanistan they destroyed the Bamiyan Buddhas, two enormous 6th century...