Members of Taliban stand at the site where the Shahmama Buddha statue once stood before being destroyed by the Taliban in March 2001, in Bamiyan province on October 2, 2021. In the world-renowned Bamiyan valley of central Afghanistan, Taliban gunmen stand guard by the vast cavities that once housed two famous Buddhas – blown up by the Islamists' leaders 20 years ago. (Photo by Bulent Kilic/AFP Photo)
