Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for 1,500 years until 2001, when the Taliban declared ...

Bamiyan’s urban environment has developed steadily over ... The “Old Bazaar” area in front of the Giant Buddha niche was a commercial hub, part of which is privately owned land before its destruction ...

Taliban authorities on Thursday freed American citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal ...

The pre-Islamic statues, notably the two giant Buddhas in Afghanistan's Bamiyan province, "are only a transcription of history and have no negative impact on the faith of Muslims," Wassel said in ...

Mutmaen on Saturday said "80 to 90 percent" of the Bamiyan Buddhas had already been destroyed. But the extent of the damage was impossible to confirm as the militia has blocked access of ...

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 ...

Mountainous Bamiyan is home to a Unesco world heritage site and the remains of two giant Buddha statues which were blown up by the Taliban during their previous rule in 2001. Since retaking power ...

Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Others (Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches; Irreversible deterioration ... Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan ...