A member of the country’s Hazara ethnic minority discovered the manuscript in 1997 in a cave near one of the giant Bamiyan Buddhas that were carved into a mountain in ancient times and ...

The obliterated Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan and the vandalised statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in Bangladesh stand as solemn testaments to a resplendent past now obscured by the fervour of belief.

on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas -- destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Qani refused to confirm the identities of the ...

Two German-speaking Swiss men, Paul Bucherer-Dietschi and Bernard Weber, have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.

adding that seeing the remains of Buddha statues in Bamiyan and Band-e-Amir park were highlights. Her most memorable ...

The Taliban have detained two British nationals, a Chinese-American citizen, and their Afghan translator due to undisclosed reasons. The daughter of the British couple detained, Peter and Barbie ...