For an aspiring tourist mecca, the Oriental Buddha Kingdom Theme Park in the lush mountains of Leshan is doing a pretty woeful job. Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan ...

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The radical ruling Taliban movement began smashing all statues from Afghanistan's rich cultural past today, defying international appeals to save the ancient artifacts. Taliban ...

Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, have been freed after being held by the Taliban in Afghanistan for almost eight months. The couple, who spent nearly two decades in Bamiyan running a ...

LONDON (AP) — A British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges arrived in the U.K. on Saturday after being released by the Taliban. Peter and Barbie Reynolds, ...

The Taliban released a British couple on Friday who had been held in Afghanistan for more than seven months on undisclosed charges, officials said. It appeared to be part of efforts by the Taliban to ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two massive 1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban’s reign was elected to the Afghan parliament last month, ...

A British couple freed after being detained for nearly eight months by the Taliban have emotionally reunited with their daughter. Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, who lived in Afghanistan ...

"First published in the United Kingdom in 2012 by Profile Books ... London"--Title page verso. "For 1,400 years, two colossal Buddhas overlooked the Bamiyan Valley on the Silk Road in Afghanistan. The ...