“The Buddhas had eyes like ours, and the Taliban destroyed them like they tried to destroy us,” says Marzia Mohammadi, a midwife. “They wanted to kill our culture, erase us from this valley.” ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion ...

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 19 -- Ten days after Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement began blasting two historic Buddha statues to rubble despite protests from around the world, Taliban ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan — The three Taliban soldiers gazed down at the gaping hole in the 125-foot cliff where one of Afghanistan’s two great Buddha figures once stood and wondered aloud who was ...

When the Taliban first rose to power in Afghanistan two decades ago, they destroyed ancient Buddha statues in the central region. Now, in hopes of securing a Chinese mining contract, they’re ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion.

Afghanistan’s isolation on the international stage, largely because of the Taliban’s restrictions on women and girls, has ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan — Taliban soldiers Monday displayed the yawning alcoves where two soaring Buddha statues once stood, allowing foreigners a first glimpse of the sandstone rubble that is all ...

The twin Buddha statues stood sentinel over a valley in Afghanistan until being destroyed by the Taliban. Now all that's left are two cavities.

The three Taliban soldiers gazed down at the gaping hole in the 125-foot cliff where one of Afghanistan's two great Buddha figures once stood and wondered aloud who was to blame for its ...