The Buddhas of Bamiyan were a pair of massive statues of robed figures, dubbed the Eastern Buddha and the Western Buddha, that once stood along the Silk Road, a network of trade routes that ...

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 ...

On 27-30 September 2017, UNESCO, together with the Government of Afghanistan and Tokyo University of the Arts, convened a three-day closed technical meeting followed by a public Symposium in Tokyo, ...

The Buddhas of Bamiyan were created long ago, before Islam became the dominant religion in the area. But even though Afghanistan has been Islamic for the past 1,300 years, the statues were still a ...

Its main attraction, a 37-meter replica of one of the famed Bamiyan buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, is mysteriously covered by a huge cloth, with only its giant feet poking out.

Bamiyan, about 60 miles west of the capital, was home to the glories of Afghan's rich history, of which the pair of towering, 1,500-year-old Buddhas was the crown.