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Twenty Years Later, Cultural Scars Remain From Loss Of Giant Afghan Buddhas

19th March, 2021 · admin

In March 2001, Taliban extremists used dynamite and artillery to demolish two towering Buddha statues that had stood in Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Province for nearly 1,500 years. Today, the country is still not at peace, and hopes of rebuilding the statues are stymied by prohibitive costs.

Posted in Art and Culture, History, Taliban | Tags: Buddha Statues |
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