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The valley of Bamiyan, Bamyan, Afghanistan, 2012

The valley of Bamiyan

2012 Bamyan, Afghanistan

The Bamiyan valley in central Afghanistan once held two monumental Buddha statues carved into its cliffs, destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. This photograph of the valley dates from 2012.

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