KABUL, Afghanistan, March 19 -- Ten days after Afghanistan's ruling Taliban movement began blasting two historic Buddha statues to rubble despite protests from around the world, Taliban ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan — Taliban soldiers Monday displayed the yawning alcoves where two soaring Buddha statues once stood, allowing foreigners a first glimpse of the sandstone rubble that is all ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban regime has almost finished destroying two towering statues of Buddha and will complete the job soon despite an international outcry, a top Taliban official said ...

Afghanistan Buddha Statues Destroyed by Taliban Reimagined as Holograms. Published Jun 15, 2015 at 1:52 PM EDT Updated Apr 03, 2016 at 1:16 PM EDT.

2004-08-31 04:00:00 PDT Bamian, Afghanistan-- Archaeologist Zemaryalai Tarzi can barely bring himself to look at the ravaged cliff face where two ancient Buddhas towered until the Taliban ...

The Taliban religious militia has now completely demolished two giant statues of Buddha hewn from a cliff face in central Afghanistan, international aid workers said Sunday, despite desperate ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion.

The three Taliban soldiers gazed down at the gaping hole in the 125-foot cliff where one of Afghanistan's two great Buddha figures once stood and wondered aloud who was to blame for its ...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- While Taliban soldiers in Afghanistan destroyed two immense statues of Buddha, art historians in neighboring Tajikistan were meticulously restoring a huge reclining Buddha ...

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are working to protect ancient buddha statues in caves carved into cliffsides outside Kabul. ... Now Taliban preserve buddhas, with eye to China investment Show all 7.