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  • Bit By Bit, Afghanistan Rebuilds Buddhist Statues

    07/27/2011 3:47:58 PM PDT · by Pan_Yan · 12 replies
    NPR ^ | July 27, 2011 | Joanna Kakissis
    When the Taliban controlled Afghanistan a decade ago, they were fanatical about eliminating everything they considered un-Islamic. Their biggest targets — literally and figuratively — were the two monumental Buddha statues carved out of the sandstone cliffs in central Afghanistan. One stood nearly 180 feet tall and the other about 120 feet high, and together they had watched over the dusty Bamiyan Valley since the sixth century, several centuries before Islam reached the region. Despite international opposition, the Taliban destroyed the statues with massive explosions in 2001. At the time they were blown up, the statues were the largest Buddha...
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    02/03/2003 6:48:30 AM PST · by ewing · 86 replies · 411+ views
    AP Photo Wire ^ | February 3, 2003 | Gary Rothstein