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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 17 2017, 10:33 AM (47 Views) | |
| Guest | Aug 17 2017, 10:33 AM Post #1 |
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Mirza Hussain was 26 when Taliban commanders ordered him to plant explosives on the famous Buddha statues in his home province, Bamiyan. The ancient sandstone carvings, once the world's tallest Buddhas, were annihilated in an act of destruction that shocked the world, and helped set a precedent for the recent vandalism of Iraqi heritage sites by Islamic State fighters. A lot has happened in Afghanistan in the 14 years since the Buddhas were destroyed, but for Mirza Hussain the memory is still vivid. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-31813681 More and video@link |
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| Guest | Aug 17 2017, 03:14 PM Post #2 |
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Yes it is rather crazy how people who are offended by the Civil War and the history of the United States are destroying statues, etc. I am fairly progressive but this reminds me sort of what happened in the Soviet Union and what IS and other groups are doing. |
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