But having been attracted to the new Buddhist doctrine while they were in NW India, they, after their shift, sculpted imposing images of the Buddha in standing position in the Bamiyan Region in ...

The entire collection will be repatriated to Afghanistan as soon as it is safe to do so. In this interview with The Asia Society, Mr Bucherer discusses the collection at the Bibliotheca Afghanica, the ...

“Afghanistan hasn’t been this safe in 20 years,” others declare, posing next to the vast chasms left behind by the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas more than 20 years ago. Behind the sunny ...

its scenic high deserts and the remains of the renowned Buddha statues in Bamiyan. In the minds of many around the world, Afghanistan has conjured another image since the Taliban takeover ...

Mountainous Bamiyan is home to a Unesco world heritage site and the remains of two giant Buddha statues which ... Since retaking power in Afghanistan in 2021 the Taliban have vowed to restore ...

showing Afghanistan before the Taliban, Iran in an era when people dressed in a 'Western style' and landmarks that have since vanished – such as the Buddhas of Bamiyan in central Afghanistan ...

The ruins of a 1,500-year-old Buddha statue in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 18 May 2024. Three Spanish nationals were killed in an attack in Bamyan, capital of the homonymous province in central ...

Afghanistan carries a Level 4 ... adding that seeing the remains of Buddha statues in Bamiyan and Band-e-Amir park were ...