Zemaryalai Tarzi, in Bamiyan this past August, hopes to uncover a third Buddha in the valley. He also directs a dig at a third-century Buddhist complex he calls the Royal Monastery. Alex Masi A ...

Days after Taliban founder Mullah Omar ordered the destruction of all Buddhist statues to prevent idol worship, the gigantic 1,500-year-old Buddhas of central Bamiyan province were pulverised -- the ...