Two of the standing Buddha statues in this area were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Herskowtiz also explored Band-e-Amir’s ...

The fighters standing guard by the rocky hillside may once have considered destroying the terracotta Buddhas. Two decades ago when the Islamic hardline Taliban were first in power, they sparked ...

KABUL 2011 (AFP) - Ten years after Afghanistan's ancient Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban, there is still no agreement on whether the war-torn country's best-known cultural icons should be ...

The volatile, uncertain, and conflictual relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan would not let China extend the branches ...

the Pakistani Taliban attempted to equal its militant brethren's infamous bombing of the Bamiyan Buddhas by trying to destroy an enormous meditating Buddha sculpture in Swat Valley. The six-meter ...

Here’s a look at the life of Mullah Mohammed Omar, who is credited with creating the Taliban.Personal:Birth date: circa ...

The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001. on this subject: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological ...