Sobering images of buildings, bridges and monuments damaged or destroyed in wars and conflicts throughout history. While some ...

Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Buddhas were symbols of the country’s rich cultural history. When extremists destroyed them, the world ...

Twenty years after the destruction of the ancient Bamiyan Buddhas, all that remains are empty niches—and memories. The larger of the two Bamiyan Buddhas still sat in the central Afghan valley when ...

I climbed the ruins of 12th-century citadels sacked by Genghis Khan, sat in sunlight beneath a canopy of apricot and apple trees in the Panjshir Valley drinking cardamom tea, and explored the empty ...