Buddha Statues Destroyed By Talibans Out Of Shame 3 Of 9

Ignoring an international outcry, Afghanistan's puritanical Taliban Islamic militia began demolishing statues across the country on Thursday, including two towering ancient stone Buddhas.
Taliban Minister of Information and Culture Qudratullah Jamal told AFP the destruction of scores of pre-Islamic figures, designed to stop the worshipping of "false idols," had begun throughout the country.
He said militiamen started wrecking the almost 2,000-year-old Buddhist masterpieces in the central province of Bamiyan, including the world's tallest standing Buddha measuring 50 meters (165 feet), after sunrise.

"The work started about five hours ago but I do not know how much of it (the two Bamiyan Buddhas) has been destroyed," Jamal said. "It will be destroyed by every means. All the statues are being destroyed."

He said Taliban soldiers were at "work" in the Kabul museum and elsewhere in the provinces of Ghazni, Herat, Jalalabad and Kandahar.

An edict announced Monday by the militia's supreme leader, Mulla Mohammad Omar, calling for the destruction of all statues in line with "Islamic" laws, has caused shock around the world.

Afghanistan is home to an array of pre-Islamic historic treasures from its days as a key stop on the ancient Silk Road and a strategic battleground for conquerers dating back to Alexander the Great and the Aryans before him.

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[igii1947]

This is a video which tears into one's heart. The child's desire to learn like other children, her efforts involved in buying a notebook....everything is so touching.

God love people of Afghanistan. God love these children.

[LordKaisen]

@Toronto2245 I share your views but whatever you do DONT donate to these so-called charity funds. If what news sources say are true, a good lot of the money donated just end up in terrorist hands by coercion or outright debauchery. Evil always tries to take advantage of the situation...

But if you truly want to donate, give some to credible organizations (red cross?), but even then very little. The community needs to prove that these funds actually make a difference, which I'm not seeing...

[kyawmlinn]

my heart is torn apart !_!

[ammigable]

SHE IS ADORABLE

[Toronto2245]

@bpsamadorov These are POOR people... POOR POOR PEOPLE. You sitting on your ass mocking them isnt going to help... Maybe donate a few dollars?

[bpsamadorov]

Shameless basterds..... Thats their so called religion what they have taught them!