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 ...

KABUL 2011 (AFP) - Ten years after Afghanistan's ancient Bamiyan Buddhas were blown up by the Taliban, there is still no agreement on whether the war-torn country's best-known cultural icons should be ...

MES AYNAK, Afghanistan--The ancient Buddha statues sit in serene meditation in the caves carved into the russet cliffs of rural Afghanistan. Hundreds of meters below lies what is believed to be ...

Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World ...

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 ...