Researchers find sutra in rubble of Bamiyan Buddhas

Researchers find sutra in rubble of Bamiyan Buddhas

KABUL, Afghanistan - A file photo shows a cliff face in the Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan that had once housed one of giant Buddhas which were destroyed by the country's former Taliban regime. A research team from International Council on Monuments and Sites has found fragments of a Buddhist sutra in the rubble of one of the Buddhas. (Kyodo)

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