Tibetan Buddhism blends ancient Himalayan traditions with Mahayana Buddhist philosophy, emphasizing interdependence, ...

As Afghanistan enters a new period of uncertainty following the withdrawal of US forces from the country this year, many people’s thoughts may be turning to events 20 years ago before the US ...

MCC's financial investment in the mine is $3 billion, the largest foreign investment in Afghanistan—a fact that will probably outweigh calls to the Afghan government to preserve the region's ...

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.

Andrew Watkins is a senior expert with the U.S. Institute of Peace and has studied and worked in Afghanistan since 2006. Follow him on X: @and_huh_what. Image: Shutterstock.com.

More than 37 archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been destroyed and targeted with “systematic looting” under the Taliban -run government, according to researchers at the University of Chicago.

During their first stint in power in 2001, Taliban left the historians stunned after destroying a statue of the Bamiyan Buddhas, which had stood as the world’s largest Buddha statue for over ...

Back in 2001, the Taliban caused shock around the world when they blew up the 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddhas, once the largest standing Buddha statues in the world, during their first stint in power.

Researchers have discovered a two-foot-tall Buddha statue in Berenike, an ancient Egyptian port city. The artifact is the first Buddha ever found west of Afghanistan, according to the New York ...