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2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery found:
Major discovery in Afghanistan
In 2001, Afghanistan's ruling Taleban blew up two
giant Buddha statues in defiance of international efforts to save
them. United Nations former Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in
Pakistan on a tour at that time, described the Taleban's acts as a
disservice to themselves and Islam.
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