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  2. Buddhas of Bamiyan - Wikipedia

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    However, in March 2001, both statues were destroyed by the Taliban following an order given on February 26, 2001, by Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, to destroy all the statues in Afghanistan "so that no one can worship or respect them in the future". [7] International and local opinion condemned the destruction of the Buddhas. [8]

  3. The Taliban destroyed these ancient Buddhas. Now they're ...

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    BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion.

  4. Bamyan - Wikipedia

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    The statues were destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001, on the grounds that they were an affront to Islam. Limited efforts have been made to rebuild them, with negligible success. Destroying two giant Buddhas in Bamyan was one of the spectacular and worst attacks against the cultural art and history of Afghanistan on February 26, 2001.

  5. Buddhism in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    One of the Buddhas of Bamiyan (destroyed by the Taliban in 2001) photographed at its base in August 1977 Ancient Buddhist cave in Jalalabad, 2009. Buddhism, a religion founded by Gautama Buddha, first arrived in modern-day Afghanistan through the conquests of Ashoka (r. 268–232 BCE), the third emperor of the Maurya Empire.

  6. The Taliban says it wants people to visit Afghanistan. Here’s ...

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    Two of the standing Buddha statues in this area were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. Herskowtiz also explored Band-e-Amir’s series of six lakes by pedal boat amid picturesque red-hued cliffs ...

  7. Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Buddhas of Bamiyan Bamyan Province Hazarajat region Believed to be built in 507 AD, the larger in 554 AD. Destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban. Khair Khana Kabul [11] Hindu Temple, [11] two marble statues of Shiva [11] Basawal Basawal is the site of a Buddhist cave temple complex in eastern Afghanistan.

  8. Destruction of art in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    Afghanistan is uniquely situated as a throughway of cultures throughout its history due to it geographic placement in South Asia. Afghanistan's location lends porous borders to trade routes between the East and West, while the Silk Road providing a vector for Buddhism and Hellenistic culture and even Egyptian influences from the west, renders an amalgamation of culture and art.

  9. Islamic State claims attack in Afghanistan that killed three ...

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    They have sold tickets to see the site of the destroyed Buddha statues. Friday's attack was among the most serious targeting foreign citizens since foreign forces left and the Taliban took over in ...