4 The empty space where a Buddha statue once stood in Bamiyan as it appeared in February 2021. 5 A photo of the archaeological site at Bamiyan, which was taken in May 1968 during an official visit ...

For 1,500 years, Buddha statues towered over Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley. In 2001, the Taliban destroyed the statues with explosives. Now the Buddhas have returned in light.

For two farmers forced to take part in the Taliban-orchestrated demolition of the ancient Bamiyan Buddhas, the missing statues stand as a monument to their remorse.

Miranda Kennedy visits Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, where two giant Buddha statues once stood. The statues were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001. The statues, nearly 2,000 years old, were ...

From left, Buddhist statues in Afghanistan: a statue from a Buddhist monastery circa A.D. 700, an undated stone carving of the Dipankara Buddha, a stucco bust of Buddha from the first to second ...

The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban. They have, for the first time, been ...

The Great Buddhas of Bamiyan -- priceless artifacts that 800 years ago survived the... Militia Razing Ancient Statues, Taliban Confirms SF Gate Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

Bactrian Greeks, the Bamiyan and Avukana Buddha statues: Rajitha Weerakoon discusses the Greek connection with colossal Buddha statues: Around 30,000 Greek bhikkhus had arrived in Anuradhapura from ...

When the former Taliban regime in Afghanistan destroyed two 1,600-year-old Buddha statues lining Bamiyan Valley's soaring cliffs, the world shook with shock at the demise of such huge ...

That morning at Kabul airport, when I looked at the plane that was flying us to Bamiyan, my heart sank, taking along my faith in the religion of adventure. It was an old, rickety Russian plane ...

The monumental Buddhas of Bamiyan once shone in glowing colors. Restorers from the Technische Universität Muenchen have analyzed hundreds of fragments of the statues that were blow up by the Taliban.