WIth Taliban out, Afghan arts and culture emerge Posted by Scott Manning on January 16, 2002 | Comments (1)

Destroying two 100-foot-tall Buddhas was high profile, but hardly all the Taliban did to Afghanistan's culture.

The world was shocked last March when the radical Islamic movement, which ruled most of the country for five years, reduced to rubble the two ancient statues. The Taliban forbade the display of art depicting living things. An untold number of artworks were destroyed.Now that the Taliban have been ousted, Western press reports are sharing accounts of heroic efforts that were made to save Afghan culture from the Taliban.Full Story...