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Afghan buddha’s virtual return 20 years after being destroyed by Taliban
Twenty years after being blasted out of Afghanistan’s rugged central highlands, one of the country’s famed Buddha statues made a brief virtual return as a three-dimensional projection.
Key points:
- A day of commemoration was held for two destroyed Buddha statues in central Afghanistan
- A projection filled the alcove that once housed Salsal, a 55-metre tall statue
- The Taliban drew international revulsion when they blew up the centuries-old figures in 2001
The virtual replication filled the alcove that had hosted the statue for centuries and topped off a day commemorating the destruction of the two famous Buddha statues by the Taliban in March 2001 in central Afghanistan’s Bamiyan valley.
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