Rebuilding Buddha image in Afghanistan

Rebuilding Buddha image in Afghanistan

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan - Photo taken on Feb. 28, 2011, shows the damaged 38-meter-tall Buddha statue, which is under reconstruction in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Ten years have passed as of March 2011, since the Taliban destroyed it together with the larger 55-meter-tall Buddha statue.

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