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Places You Can No Longer Go: The Bamiyan Buddhas

The golden icons survived Genghis Khan, but not, sadly, the Taliban.

by Lucas Adams April 21, 2016
Places You Can No Longer Go: The Bamiyan Buddhas
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Site of the Bamiyan Buddhas

Once an impressive link to Afghanistan’s Buddhist past, now a sad reminder of intolerance towards other cultures.

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