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Bamiyan Buddha caves, Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. Now giant Buddha statues blown up by the Taliban, and restored by Afghan authorities. (aerial photography)
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💭In Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley, giant Buddha statues stood for nearly 1,500 years, watching over history in silence. Carved into the cliffs in the 6th century, they were powerful symbols of Buddhist culture along the ancient Silk Road. In 2001, the Taliban declared them “false idols” and destroyed them using dynamite and heavy weapons. Today, only massive empty niches remain where the statues once stood. These voids mark not just the loss of stone, but the destruction of shared human heritage
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