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News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: Fears Mount Over The Future Of Afghanistan's Historic Bamiyan Valley

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-bamiyan-fears-collapse-buddha-statues/32297553.html

Published on: Friday 10 March 2023

March 11 marks the anniversary of the destruction of Bamiyan’s sixth-century Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001. According to experts, encroaching construction, negligence, and looting are ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: Should the Buddhas of Bamiyan Rise Again in Afghanistan?

News channel or source: https://hyperallergic.com/should-the-buddhas-of-bamiyan-rise-again-in-afghanistan/

Published on: Thursday 25 September 2014

Bamiyan Valley in 2010, with the hole where one of the Buddha statues was demolished (photograph by Afghanistan Matters/Wikimedia) After a reconstruction effort covertly built what appeared to be the ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: Afghanistan gunmen kill four in Bamyan Province

News channel or source: https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/05/afghanistan-gunmen-kill-four-in-bamyan-province/

Published on: Sunday 19 May 2024

Gunmen killed an Afghan citizen and three Spanish tourists in Bamyan province, central Afghanistan, on Friday evening, according to the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior Affairs. The attack also left ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: The Afterlife of the Bamiyan Buddhas

News channel or source: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/thereligioushistorynerd/2023/06/the-afterlife-of-the-bamiyan-buddhas/

Published on: Sunday 25 June 2023

The giant Buddhas of Bamiyan, central Afghanistan, were destroyed in March 2001 on orders of the leader of the Taliban. Now the Washington Post reports that the Taliban is selling tickets to view the ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: Iran: Bamyan representatives in Afghan return talks

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/briefing-notes/iran-bamyan-representatives-afghan-return-talks

Published on: Thursday 29 January 2004

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Kris Janowski – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 30 January 2004 Four ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: Afghanistan opens first National Park in Bamyan

News channel or source: https://www.dvidshub.net/news/35428/afghanistan-opens-first-national-park-bamyan

Published on: Wednesday 17 June 2009

BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan - Many people were on hand as Bamyan Governor Habbiba Sarobi hosted the grand opening for the first national park in Afghanistan, Band-e Amir lakes, June 18. Guests and ...

News Afghanistan » Bamyan » History: The art and afterlife of the Bamiyan Buddhas

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-in/arts/art-history/the-art-and-afterlife-of-the-bamiyan-buddhas/ar-AA23nNjH

Published on: Saturday 16 May 2026

Two monumental statues of standing Buddhas carved into a cliff face in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, the Bamiyan Buddhas are dated to the sixth and seventh centuries CE. They were the largest known Buddha ...

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