Tomb at base of cliffs near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Village at base of cliffs near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Village at base of cliffs near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

View of Bamiyan valley and village showing cliffs with empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

View of Bamiyan valley and village showing cliffs with empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Tomb near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Tomb near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Boys walk past tomb near empty niche where the famous carved Budda once stood destroyed by the Taliban in 2001

Kakrak valley watchtower at ruins which were once the site of a 21ft standing Buddha in a niche discovered in 1030 and surrounded by caves whose Buddhists paintings thought to date from the 9th and...

Kakrak valley watchtower at ruins which were once the site of a 21ft standing Buddha in a niche discovered in 1030 and surrounded by caves whose Buddhists paintings thought to date from the 9th and...

Kakrak valley watchtower at ruins which were once the site of a 21ft standing Buddha in a niche discovered in 1030 and surrounded by caves whose Buddhists paintings thought to date from the 9th and...

Kakrak valley watchtower at ruins which were once the site of a 21ft standing Buddha in a niche discovered in 1030 and surrounded by caves whose Buddhists paintings thought to date from the 9th and...