“The Buddhas had eyes like ours, and the Taliban destroyed them like they tried to destroy us,” says Marzia Mohammadi, a midwife. “They wanted to kill our culture, erase us from this valley.” ...

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 ...

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 ...

When the Taliban first rose to power in Afghanistan two decades ago, they destroyed ancient Buddha statues in the central region. Now, in hopes of securing a Chinese mining contract, they’re ...

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 ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan — 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 ...

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 ...

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.