This is a clip from a 1938 color documentary from the ‘Thaw Expedition’ along the Silk Road, produced by the Esso corporation and distributed by Modern Talking Picture Service, showing the Great Buddha at Bamiyan....
Youth in Bamiyan took out a sympathy rally for the victims of Japan quake today in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Many youth marched to the top hill in front of the destroyed Buddha statues and held banners...
Mustafa Kazemi, AFP Best known for its historic Buddha statues blown up by the Taliban 10 years ago, the Afghan province of Bamiyan has a fresh attraction which it hopes will draw in tourists –...
March 8, 2011 by Zareen Taj As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, Afghan women may have less to celebrate and more to fear–at least if a proposed law to bring women’s shelters under government...
by Gerry Georgatos At least 43 million people displaced. At least 16 million refugees. Only 800,000 Asylum Seeker applications per year. Millions have not been counted. Millions are trapped. If you are a Hazara in...
Ancient Buddhas Will Not Be Rebuilt – UNESCO By Andrea Lunt The smaller Buddha of Bamiyan before (left picture) and after destruction (right).UNITED NATIONS, Mar 11, 2011 (IPS) – Afghanistan’s historic Bamiyan Buddhas, destroyed by...
Stop children in detention GetUp! with the help of members, sent a delegation of refugees to Canberra to meet with Ministers to tell their stories. www.getup.org.au
Friday 11 March 2011 CAMPAIGNERS staged a vigil outside Sheffield Town Hall in support of young asylum seeker who is due to be deported to Afghanistan – a country he has never been to. Reza...
Why the international aid community and the Afghan government spend millions of dollars in provinces where poppies, the drug business, terrorists and the Taliban flourish. Why do they not help the peaceful Bamiyan or Daikondi...
KABUL, March 9 (Xinhua) — Civilians killed in Afghanistan jumped 15 percent to 2,777 in 2010 from a year earlier, a joint report by Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) and UN Assistance Mission for...