Researchers find sutra in rubble of Bamiyan Buddhas

Researchers find sutra in rubble of Bamiyan Buddhas

KABUL, Afghanistan - Photo released by the International Council on Monuments and Sites shows a fragment of a Buddhist sutra that has been found in the rubble of one of the giant Buddhas at Bamiyan destroyed by the country's former Taliban regime. Although various documents have been found inside Buddha statues in Japan, it marks the first time a sutra has been found inside an Afghan Buddha statue, a research team of the council said. (Kyodo)

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