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Vacant!<br> Monuments & Memorials in Afghanistan picture - The heartbreaking sight of the Buddha Niches. Labelled as "Idolatory and created by Infidels" the Taliban destroyed the 2 Buddhas in 1999 with dynamite and tank gunfire. All that remains of the 2 big Buddhas is rubble.
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The heartbreaking sight of the Buddha Niches. Labelled as "Idolatory and created by Infidels" the Taliban destroyed the 2 Buddhas in 1999 with dynamite and tank gunfire. All that remains of the 2 big Buddhas is rubble.
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