sculpted imposing images of the Buddha in standing position in the Bamiyan Region in Afghanistan which were destroyed by the Taliban a few years ago. These images Professor Perera states led to the ...

Two decades ago when the Islamic hardline Taliban were first in power, they sparked world outrage by blowing up gigantic Buddha statues in another part of the country, calling them pagan symbols ...

sixth-century Buddha statues carved out of a cliff face, blasted to rubble by the Taliban in 2001—Mes Aynak seems to have thrived primarily because it was a copper extraction and production hub ...

The site is also testimony to the tragic destruction by the Taliban of the two standing Buddha statues, which shook the world in March 2001. on this subject: Cultural Landscape and Archaeological ...

Two of the standing Buddha statues in this area were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Herskowtiz also explored Band-e-Amir’s ...

Already in October 1998 the head of the little Buddha in Bamiyan ... on the threat to the statues, but surely their subsequent destruction should have made it clear that the influence of Al-Qaeda had ...

The ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan ... the spokesman for the Taliban Ministry of Interior said on 17 May. [EPA-EFE/STRINGER] The Islamic State group on Sunday (19 May) claimed ...