When the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 1996 ... and ordered the destruction of ancient statues, including the world's tallest standing Buddhas. Those memories are still alive for millions ...

A member of a branch of Afghanistan's royal family, Tarzi first visited the Buddhas as an archaeology ... will be the reconstitution of the destroyed statues. During the past decade ...

Until 2001, two colossal 6th-century statues of Buddhas stood at the mouth of the caves. Then the Taliban, which then ruled Afghanistan, blew up the statues on the grounds that they were un-Islamic.

have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. The 1800 year old statues were destroyed amidst a whirlwind of publicity ...

was also completely destroyed, as the area was not accessible due to the fire. Authorities confirmed that a stone Buddha statue and other cultural treasures had been moved to safe locations in ...

Thousands of religious buildings were destroyed in the severe earthquake that struck Buddhist-majority Myanmar on Friday. More than 2,000 monasteries and pagodas in the Sagaing region alone are said ...

Mullah Omar has ordered the statues destroyed, saying they are ... date back to a time when Afghanistan was a center for Buddhist pilgrimage and learning. Reuters contributed to this report.

Open Pit Mine Can Save Rather Than Destroy Artifacts ... marched through Afghanistan in 330 B.C. At Mes Aynak chapels have been uncovered with double-life-size Buddha statues still bearing traces ...