The Taliban destroyed the historic statues a decade ago. But in a painstaking process, the two giant carvings of Buddha are being reconstructed on the side of a cliff in central Afghanistan.

Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist ...

If we find it, this would be the largest Buddha statue in the world. It is described as lying down horizontally with a length of about 300 meters -- and the form of the Buddha is said to have ...

The tallest statue of Buddha in Bamyan was shorter than the existing largest one, the 71-meter (232.9-feet) Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China, from the 8th century.

Afghanistan has halted conservation work at a site once occupied by ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban because the team involved is suspected of secretly trying to rebuild one of the ...

Afghanistan archaeological sites dating back to 1000 BC plundered under Taliban rule. ... which had stood as the world’s largest Buddha statue for over 1,500 years.

THE world's two largest standing Buddhas - one of them 165ft high - were blown up by the Taliban in Afghanistan at the weekend. A Buddha of Bamiyan statue stands over 150 feet high above a small ...

The ancient Buddha statues sit in serene meditation in the caves carved into the russet cliffs of rural Afghanistan. Hundreds of meters below lies what is believed to be the world's largest ...

Sichuan’s Ancient Buddha Is Sitting Pretty. 5 minute read. MIKE GOETTIG. May 7, 2001 12:00 AM EDT ...

It is a place in Afghanistan where the largest Buddha figures were found. They were called Taller Buddha and Small Buddha. The larger statue was of 180 feet and was situated in the east.

Thousands of troops could leave Afghanistan as part of deal with Taliban 00:49. Few details have emerged from several rounds of U.S.-Taliban negotiations held over the past year, and no one knows ...