Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara at the district’s central province of Bamiyan in Afghanistan in a modern city. The high mountains of central Afghanistan, Hazarajat. 300,000 ethnic compositions of most of the population, the houses, I think, the Persian-speaking ethnolinguistic group is the source of Central Asia.The capital of Bamiyan province.
Bamiyan Buddhist kingdom of Gandhara is also important. Central valley of Bamiyan of Bamiyan province, there is a large statue of Buddha, the oldest dating from the second half of the third century, was demolished in 2001.The Taliban regime (1996-2001) The Bamiyan Valley is a major battleground between the domestic political organization Hizb ut-mail Taliban celibacy. As fighting spread to the north, thousands of refugees in other parts of Paradise Valley in Afghanistan.The Bamiyan Valley changed hands several times between September 1998 until mid-May 1999th Taliban forces killed several hundred domestic and many died of hunger.

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces

Ancient Gandhara, Afghanistan: Bamiyan Valley famous for Large Buddha Statues Demolished by Taliban forces