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

It is heading to an end," senior Taliban spokesman, Abdul Hai Mutmaen said. Mutmaen on Saturday said "80 to 90 percent" of the Bamiyan Buddhas had already been destroyed. But the extent of the ...

This also covers the idols in Bamiyan," he said ... The damage to culturally unique Buddha statues by the Taliban cannot be justified," the foreign ministry said in a statement issued in ...

on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for its giant Buddhas -- destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Qani refused to confirm the identities of the ...

As a part of a television broadcast, world travelers Hal and Halla Linker toured the Afghan countryside in 1973, years before the Soviets invaded and the Taliban took control of the Buddhist site ...

KABUL: Taliban authorities freed US citizen George Glezmann after more than two years of detention, in a deal brokered by ...

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 ...

British media had reported their arrest, along with a Chinese-American woman and their Afghan translator, on February 1 in the province of Bamiyan, a major tourist attraction west of Kabul known for ...