The buddhas are seen in Afghanistan "mainly as a way to increase tourism, especially from Japan and China", Marquis said. The Bamiyan valley was put on UNESCO's list of endangered areas in 2003.

AFP Bamiyan ... giant Buddha statues destroyed by the Taleban are home to Bamiyan's poverty-stricken who have nowhere else to go. The ancient caves lining the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan ...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for 1,500 years until 2001, when the Taliban declared ...

Around 30,000 Greek bhikkhus had arrived in Anuradhapura from the monasteries of Alasanda (the city of the Yonas, Alexandria in present Afghanistan) according to Geiger’s Mahavamsa (chapter XX1X (39)) ...

Furthermore, ICOMOS, financed by the Government of Germany, is currently restoring a Sunni mosque and another building located in the vicinity of the large Buddha. The building ... mines in various ...