Bamian

In March 2001, ignoring an international outcry, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan destroyed two 2,000-year-old Buddhist statues in the cliffs above Bamian.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

In March 2001, ignoring an international outcry, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan destroyed two 2,000-year-old Buddhist statues in the cliffs above Bamian.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

In March 2001, ignoring an international outcry, the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan destroyed two 2,000-year-old Buddhist statues in the cliffs above Bamian.

A Country Called AMREEKA Alia Malek 2009

Recently checked out Bamian, a very nice Afghan place.

Dining xtra 2008

There were six rahdari collection points for Central Asian fruit destined for India moving the approximate 130 miles along the route segment between Bamian and Kabul.

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008

The Taleban conquered Bamian, the largest town in Hazarajat, late in their campaign that brought them control over more than 90 per cent of Afghanistan's territory in that period.

Josh Mull: Afghanistan: Has Hamid Karzai Already Joined the Taliban? 2010

Most Hazaras had been hostile to the Taleban's advance into their region in the 1990s after the movement that considered Shia as non-Muslim had committed some mass murders against the minority group, for example in Mazar-e Sharif, Yakaolang (Bamian province) and at the Robatak Pass (Samangan).

Josh Mull: Afghanistan: Has Hamid Karzai Already Joined the Taliban? 2010

Recently checked out Bamian, a very nice Afghan place.

Archive 2008-10-01 xtra 2008

Under this deal, Akbari's fighters guaranteed that Bamian remained calm and accepted a presence of Kandahari Taleban in the town.

Josh Mull: Afghanistan: Has Hamid Karzai Already Joined the Taliban? 2010

Tuck as rendered in the original is today's Tank, and Babian is Bamian. back

Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008