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World-Famous Buddhas of Bamiyan Resurrected in AfghanistanPress Trust of India, June 15, 2015Kabul, Afghanistan -- Fourteen years after the Taliban dynamited the world-famous Buddhas of Bamiyan, the giant statues were resurrected with 3D light projection technology in the empty cavities where they once stood in Afghanistan. more…
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Buddha Purnima: Ancient Buddhist city in Afghanistan could be destroyed by copper miningBy Jayalakshmi K, IB Times, May 4, 2015Mes Aynak, Afghanistan -- A 2,000-year-old Buddhist city, Mes Aynak in Afghanistan, rich in stupas, shrines and monuments could be razed to the ground if a Chinese mining company is allowed to prospect for huge copper reserves on which the city sits. more…
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Afghanistan hurries to uncover, document ancient Buddhist cityBy Jay Price, McClatchy Newspapers, March 23, 2013
A buried Buddhist city in Afghanistan is sitting atop an enormous copper deposit and a planned Chinese open-pit mine, the largest private investment in Afghan history. Archaeologists are racing to document and preserve the treasures before they’re lost forever. MES AYNAK, Afghanistan -- It had the potential to be another Afghanistan Buddha disaster, recalling the Taliban’s destruction of two ancient statues that had stood for centuries in this country’s west: A buried Buddhist city lost to time was about to be obliterated by what promised to be one of the largest copper mines in the world. more…
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Afghanistan moves to salvage ancient Buddhist city – and its economyBy Jay Price, McClatchy Newspapers, March 12, 2013MES AYNAK, Afghanistan -- It had the potential to be another Afghanistan Buddha disaster, recalling the Taliban’s destruction of two ancient statues that had stood for centuries in this country’s west: A buried Buddhist city lost to time was about to be obliterated by what promised to be one of the largest copper mines in the world. more…
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Kabul vows to preserve Buddhist siteThe Nation November 24, 2012Kabul, Afghanistan -- A historic Buddhist site in Afghanistan appears likely to be spared demolition to make way for a copper mine after the Thai Foreign Ministry issued a statement yesterday saying the Afghan government "would do whatever possible" to conserve the site and preserve artefacts obtained from it. more…
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