Bamiyan Province

Osama hero of Jaipur blasts accused

indiasnews.net     03-Sep-2008   2 related          

3 Sep 2008, 0411 hrs IST, Rao Jaswant Singh,TNN JAIPUR: His hero, it seems, was Osama bin Laden, but one could never have figured that out. People knew Shahbaz Hussain as a 32-year-old who ran a cyber cafe-cum-computer...                    

Lyse Doucet: Pro Taliban spokeswoman.

newportcity.blogspot.com     28-Aug-2008          

This really doesnt even surprise me anymore, yet another Guardianista employed by the pro-Islamist BBC whittering on about how nice and misunderstood the Taliban are: A BBC news girl attacked TV yesterday for failing to...                    

Chalmers Johnson, Outlaw Administration

worldproutassembly.org     25-Aug-2008   1 related          

President Bush's supporters have talked endlessly about his global war on terrorism as a "clash of civilizations." But the civilization we are in the process of destroying in Iraq is part of our own heritage. It is also...                    

Political vacuum in Pakistan escalating war in Afghanistan: NYT

newstrackindia.com     20-Aug-2008   442 related          

Bamiyan (Afghanistan), Aug. 20 (ANI): The resignation of President Pervez Musharraf on Monday has created a major political vacuum in Pakistan, and this, according to the New York Times, is escalating the war in neighboring...                    

Artiste recreates historic Bamiyan Buddha

newstrackindia.com     11-Aug-2008   2 related          

Dehradun, Aug 11 (ANI): An artiste in Dehradun has recreated the historic statue of the Bamiyan Buddha, the original of which was destroyed by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. Raghuveer Panwar, a former artiste and modeler...                    

Archaelogists uncover ancient city in Afghanistan

iht.com     08-Aug-2008   7 related          

Centuries-old shards of pottery mingle with spent ammunition rounds on a wind-swept mountainside in northern Afghanistan where French archaeologists believe they have found a vast ancient city. For years, villagers have dug the...                    

UN aims to have historic Afghan city of Bamiyan mine-free by October

un.org     29-Jul-2008   2 related          

The United Nations Mine Action Centre for Afghanistan (UNMACA) has announced plans to clear a total of 1,800,000 square metres of land in the historic city of Bamiyan that is contaminated with mines and unexploded ordinance...                    

The New Yorker and the Ox Gored

typepad.com     17-Jul-2008   25 related          

By Patricia Lee Sharpe The New Yorker depicting the Obamas as terrorists? Having criticized the bombing of the Buddhist statues in Bamiyan and having also written that those Danish cartoons must be tolerated in the name of free...                    

Hidden secrets

bbc.co.uk     17-Jul-2008   5 related          

A tour of Afghan caves housing the world's oldest oil paintings When the Buddhas of Bamiyan were carved out of the mountainside, the Roman Empire still dominated the globe. They towered over a rich valley in what is now central...                    

Rediscovering treasures of Bamiyan

newsvine.com     17-Jul-2008          

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:13 AM EDT When the Buddhas of Bamiyan were carved out of the mountainside, the Roman Empire still dominated the globe. They towered over a rich valley in what is now central...                    

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