Dozens of archaeological sites in Afghanistan have been bulldozed ... they blew up the 1,500-year-old Bamiyan Buddhas, once the largest standing Buddha statues in the world, during their first ...

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 ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Afghanistan, where Taliban Islamists are fighting the Western-backed ... Government and foreign troops are battling an insurgency led by the radical Taliban ...

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 ...