After destroying the Bamiyan Buddha statues, Taliban attempts to destroy the historic bazaar nearby
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After destroying the Bamiyan Buddha statues, Taliban attempts to destroy the historic bazaar nearby
More than two decades after destroying Bamiyan Buddha statues in Afghanistan, the Taliban have now begun construction work near the cliff to develop a tourism complex where two colossal statues once stood. A terrorist organization disguised as the government of Afghanistan wants to 'rebuild' a historic market that was ravaged in 1990 when the country's civil war was at its height.
Reportedly, the tourist complex will have guesthouses, restaurants, public toilets, parking as well as grocery and handicraft shops. While the Taliban attempts to embrace modernity by building a new complex, some experts believe that the ruined market is a landmark in its own right. In addition, the market may be sitting on top of other ancient remains buried beneath it. Thus, by building new infrastructure, the Taliban could cause too much damage to the site.
When the Taliban took power in Afghanistan last year, it charged tourists $5 to try to access the site where the statues once stood and see the holes.It is worth noting that the Bamiyan Buddhas were carved from a rocky cliff in the Bamyan Valley of central Afghanistan in the 6th century AD and stood about 180 feet tall for 1400 years, until the Taliban blew them up with heavy explosives in 2001, Just before the US invasion ended his brief rule over Afghanistan.