Taliban surprised at world reaction to demolition of Buddhas

Taliban surprised at world reaction to demolition of Buddhas

KABUL, Afghanistan - Taliban authorities are surprised by the world's reaction to their destruction of the two giant Bamyan Province Buddhas, but regretted the international community's silence during several instances of vital concern to Afghans, Taliban Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil Motawakil says March 18. ''There was a golden opportunity to help the Afghans...when 300 Afghans died of exposure (in refugee camps),'' he told a press conference. ''They did not help in these instances. But when some statues of stones were destroyed, the international community made such a hue and cry, which really astonished us.''

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