Buddha's face mutilated by Taliban
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Swat was once an important center of Buddhist culture and trade. The monk credited with introducing Buddhism to Tibet, Padmasambhava, was born in Swat. A team funded by the Italian government is working with Pakistan's archaeology department to restore and preserve centuries-old Buddhist sites in northwest Pakistan. Militants detonated the face off the towering, 1,500-year-old rock carving in northwest Pakistan in fall 2007, it fell to an intrepid Italian archaeologist, Luca Olivieri, to come to the rescue. – Photos by AP
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Jun 25, 2012 10:44am
It is acts like these where religious discrimination is set aside to help restore idols of others that tell not all is not lost in your country.The will of these people is to be lauded.
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Jun 26, 2012 04:41am
Such radical minds think nothing except destruction. In course of time they begin to destroy themselves as that is the only skill they possess. How can one destroy it's own past, it's own history. Such people have to be of low intellect and possess debased mind.
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