Thousands of Tibetan Buddhists gather in Dharamshala, India, to celebrate the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday. On Sunday, ...

An ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan remains active and gunmen killed six people, including three Spanish tourists, in a May 2024 attack in Bamiyan, one of the country’s main tourist attractions where ...

An Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan remains active and gunmen killed six people, including three Spanish tourists, in a May 2024 attack in Bamiyan, one of the country’s main tourist attractions ...

Then, we have heard of the Bamiyan Buddhas of Afghanistan destroyed by the Taliban. There was a larger Western image and smaller Eastern image.

In Afghanistan, Taliban officials are calling for the preservation of the country's pre-Islamic heritage two decades after the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas. But skepticism remains about the ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan’s ...

In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's ...

Debating the future For some people, it was the dynamiting of the two giant Buddhas in March 2001 that really opened their eyes to the Taleban's extraordinary politics. They were built in the 6th ...

News Nation/World Cash-strapped Taliban selling tickets to ruins of Buddhas it blew up June 15, 2023 Updated Thu., June 15, 2023 at 8:54 p.m.

In 2001, the world was aghast when the Taliban dynamited the 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddhas, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) world heritage site. The ...