Two German-speaking Swiss men, Paul Bucherer-Dietschi and Bernard Weber, have established a consortium which plans to rebuild one of two obliterated Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.

is said to be the world’s largest statue of a standing Buddha. The smaller statue is 37 metres tall. The Afghan army started destroying monuments considered blasphemous on Thursday, after a ...

Despite grave world condemnation, Afghanistan's fundamentalist ruling Taliban are said to have used artillery and explosives on Friday to destroy two giant rock-hewn Buddha statues they decry as ...

Since taking over Afghanistan in 2021 the Taliban have ... trickling into the country and sell tickets to access the Buddha statues. Qani did not say if there had been multiple shooters in ...

Afghan officials said an Afghan national was ... home to a Unesco world heritage site and the remains of two giant Buddha statues which were blown up by the Taliban during their previous rule ...

The Taliban declared victory in Afghanistan in mid-August and promised ... a man who stands accused of destroying the joint Buddha statue in central Bamiyan and orchestrating a massacre in ...