The Taliban in Afghanistan have been among the most hardline, stunning the world in 2001 by obliterating the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. In 2024, the Taliban’s morality ministry reported ...

Famous locations that attract tourists include the Buddhas of Bamiyan (a monument that was destroyed in 2001), the Shrine of Hazrat Ali in Mazar-i-Sharif, which is known for its blue tiles ...

A patchwork of large-scale photos depict Mazar-i-Sharif’s famous blue mosque; scenes of Buzkashi, Afghanistan’s fierce national sport played on horseback; and the Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed by the ...

Taliban authorities announced late last month the arrest of a Chinese-American woman on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas until ...

Archaeologist Michael Westaway, who spent years studying the cache, likened it to the Taliban’s infamous levelling of the Bamiyan Buddhas in Afghanistan, saying the reburials could breach ...

Deborah Ann Woll's Karen Page is back in Daredevil: Born Again Season 2; new set pictures show her with vivid red hair, a major change from her prior appearance. Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe ...

In March 2001, the ruling Taliban destroyed Afghanistan's foremost tourist attraction, the 1600 year-old Buddhas of Bamiyan. This film follows the story of one of the refugees who now lives among ...

Those who created the Bamiyan Buddha statues may have done so to show their gratitude towards BuddhaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s profound teachings. BuddhaƒÆ’‚¢ƒ¢-¡‚¬ƒ¢-¾‚¢s request to His disciples was, ...

We’re looking at how people from China and around the world come to understand their new home via images ... is of Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan province, which became the largest Buddha in the world ...

A member of Afghanistan’s Hazara ethnic minority discovered the manuscript in 1997, in a cave near one of the ancient Bamiyan Buddha monuments that were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 ...

This statue dates to the second or third century AD during the Kushan Empire. The Buddhas of Bamiyan, which were destroyed by the Afghan Taliban, were an example of the Gandhara style of art, also ...