Politics & Government
KRT WORLD NEWS STORY SLUGGED: ATTACKS-ETHNICRIVALRY KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER ANDREW BOSCH/MIAMI HERALD BAMIYAN, AFGHANISTAN -- A view of the caves where about 200, mostly Hazara families, live next to the crumbled remains of two ancient stone Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in early 2001 in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, July 15, 2002. (MI) NC KD BL 2002 (Horiz.) (kn)
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The empty chamber in Bamiyan's mountainside once held a 1,500 year-old, 174-foot tall male Buddha figure. (Warren P. Strobel/MCT)
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Fragments of Bamiyan's ancient Buddhas, destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban, are stored for safekeeping. (Warren P. Strobel/MCT)
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Scaffolding erected by a German foundation fills the cavern that once held a 1,500 year-old female Buddha figure. (Warren P. Strobel/MCT)
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(KRT7) KRT WORLD NEWS STORY SLUGGED: ATTACKS BUDDHAS KRT PHOTOGRAPH BY ANDREW MAYKUTH/PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER (November 30) Abdullah Noori, a soldier with the northern alliance, points out some of the destruction to the structure surrounding the cavity where
the larger of the two great Buddhas once stood in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, November 26, 2001. (PH) AP NC KD BL 2001 (Vert.) (kn) (Additional photo available on KRT Direct, KRT/Newscom or upon request)
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