Amid international protests, the Taleban ordered their destruction as part of a campaign ... Once there, go to the The Buddhas of Bamiyan page. Read the article by Jet van Krieken about the ...

The destruction of two colossal Buddhist figures ... Mutmaen on Saturday said "80 to 90 percent" of the Bamiyan Buddhas had already been destroyed. But the extent of the damage was impossible ...

Mortars and cannon were being used to destroy the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, reports from Kabul said. The destruction has drawn heated reactions from Arab and Muslim ...

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 ...

Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Others (Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha ... Bamiyan Valley ... Conservation issues presented to the World Heritage Committee in 2023 ...

This is no ordinary sculpture but one modelled on the Bamiyan Buddha in Afghanistan which was destroyed by the Taleban in 2001. Why a replica of the Bamiyan Buddha is being sculpted in the Kurunegala ...

Standing stoically in the heart of the Bamiyan Valley, some 160 kilometers North-West of Kabul, Afghanistan, the Buddha statues ... future an act of intentional destruction cannot erase the ...

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 ...

The cultural landscape and archaeological remains of the Bamiyan Valley represent the artistic ... The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha ...