KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's opposition said today the ruling Taliban have destroyed the two ancient Bamiyan Buddha statues in central Afghanistan, despite worldwide pleas to save them.

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s destruction of the Bamiyan Buddha statues in early 2001 shocked the world and highlighted their hard-line regime, toppled soon after in a U.S.-led invasion. Now ...

Afghan archaeologists have discovered an ancient statue of Buddha in the capital Kabul that is likely to date from around the fifth century, the culture ministry said on Thursday. The statue, found at ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has halted conservation work at a site once occupied by ancient Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban because the team involved is suspected of secretly trying to ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - A year after the Taliban blew up two towering ancient Buddha statues, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai promised Tuesday to rebuild them, calling their destruction "a national tragedy.

KABUL, Afghanistan -- The radical ruling Taliban movement began smashing all statues from Afghanistan's rich cultural past today, defying international appeals to save the ancient artifacts. Taliban ...

The Associated PressBAMIYAN, Afghanistan -- A year after the Taliban blew up two towering ancient Buddha statues, Afghan leader Hamid Karzai promised Tuesday to rebuild them, calling their destruction ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban soldiers on Monday showed off the yawning chasms where two soaring Buddha statues once stood, allowing foreigners a first glimpse of the sandstone rubble that is ...

Archaeologists have discovered a 62-foot Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the Islamist Taliban seven years ...

KABUL (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a 19-metre (62-foot) Buddha statue along with scores of other historical relics in central Afghanistan near the ruins of giant statues destroyed by the ...

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan (AP) -- Interim Afghan leader Hamid Karzai said Tuesday his government will rebuild the giant statues of Buddha that were destroyed by the Taliban last year. Karzai made the ...

BAMIAN, Afghanistan -- Five years after the Taliban blew up the statues, Afghan laborers are picking up the pieces of the two once-towering Buddha figures, hoping they will rise again and breathe new ...