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 ...

Commercial development Ground transport infrastructure Housing Others (Risk of collapse of the Giant Buddha niches ... Remains of the Bamiyan Valley ... Following the major changes that occurred in ...

Mortars and cannon were being used to destroy the Buddha statues in Bamiyan in central Afghanistan, reports from Kabul said. The destruction has drawn heated reactions from Arab and Muslim ...

Two German-speaking Swiss men, Paul Bucherer-Dietschi and Bernard Weber, have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.

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 ...

Afghanistan has a rich history spanning thousands of years and breathtaking natural beauty, despite its tragic past. Famous locations that attract tourists include the Buddhas of Bamiyan (a ...

Three Spanish tourists have been killed by gunmen in the central Afghanistan city of Bamiyan, the Spanish government ... site and the remains of two giant Buddha statues which were blown up ...

The destruction of monuments include two famous fifth-century statues of Buddha carved into a mountainside in Bamiyan province ... rules about 95 per cent of Afghanistan. Switzerland has followed ...

In light of the UN Transitional Engagement Framework (TEF) guidelines for Afghanistan ... of the Western Buddha niche. It is desirable that all heritage-related projects be supportive of humanitarian ...