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Photo essay: Nowruz trip to Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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Some of the remaining frescos. Most have been destroyed.

Photo essay: Nowruz trip to Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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This thing weighed about 20 Kg.

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In one of the caves with views out onto the valley.

Photo essay: Nowruz trip to Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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The identified bits and pieces have been catalogued and are being kept in a couple of tent structures until they decide how to go about putting them together.

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Photo essay: Nowruz trip to Bamiyan, Afghanistan

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These are the remains of the shrapnel of the explosives the Talibs used to destroy the "idols".

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Our guide told us that as kids he and his friends used to come and play in the caves and passage ways around the Buddhas after school.

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I asked him how he felt when the Taliban destroyed the ancient Buddhas. He said, he was in Mazar-e Sharif at the time and was devastated when he heard the news.

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After buying our tickets, we were assigned a local guide to walk us through the structure.

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Poster saying: "Afghan cultural heritage is being destroyed."

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