{"id":8757,"date":"2022-03-30T01:57:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=8757"},"modified":"2022-03-30T01:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T20:29:34","slug":"taliban-are-preserving-bamiyan-buddhas-with-an-eye-to-chinas-investment","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/index.php\/portfolio\/taliban-are-preserving-bamiyan-buddhas-with-an-eye-to-chinas-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban are preserving Bamiyan buddhas with an eye to China&#8217;s investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><strong>The cash-strapped Taliban regime, which was adamant about bombing the Budhha statues a couple of decades ago, is suddenly eager to preserve them, possibly in light of potential Chinese investment<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2022-03-30T01:57:07+05:30\">30th March 2022<\/time><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: justify;\">\n<summary class=\"wo-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18.5px; text-align: center;\">Read more<br><br><\/summary>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The monuments in Bamiyan province had stood for 1,500 years, but their destruction was ordered in 2001 by the Taliban, who deemed them un-Islamic for being against the Muslim faith. The Taliban was already infamous at the time for banning television and imposing ultra-strict rules governing women&#8217;s behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\">The ruins in Afghanistan are believed to be of an ancient city. But the ancient city is not just of historical value. It is sitting on what can perhaps be the biggest copper deposit in the world. The deposits are estimated to be worth USD 1 trillion. China is keen on setting up copper extraction units and is reportedly lobbying hard with the Taliban regime for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><strong>About Bamiyan Buddhas:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-verse\" style=\"font-size: 18px; text-align: justify;\"><li>It is situated in Afghanistan.<\/li><li>Bamiyan Buddhas dated back to the 5th century AD and were once the tallest standing Buddhas in the world.<\/li><li>In 2001, the Taliban began blowing up the two statues.<\/li><li>Following this, UNESCO included the remains in its list of World Heritage Sites in 2003.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\" align=\"center\" ><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/800px-Bamiyan_Buddhas_Burnes.jpeg\" alt=\"Bamiyan Buddhas\" class=\"wp-image-8755\" width=\"553\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/800px-Bamiyan_Buddhas_Burnes.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/800px-Bamiyan_Buddhas_Burnes-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/800px-Bamiyan_Buddhas_Burnes-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/polscienceweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/800px-Bamiyan_Buddhas_Burnes-585x414.jpeg 585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wionews.com\/south-asia\/post-bamiyan-taliban-looks-to-preserve-buddhist-ruins-to-attract-chinese-money-466092\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WIONEWS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cash-strapped Taliban regime, which was adamant about bombing the Budhha statues a couple of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8756,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio-category":[428,437,426],"class_list":["post-8757","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-428","portfolio-category-march-2022","portfolio-category-newsfeed"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taliban are preserving Bamiyan buddhas with an eye to China&#039;s investment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The ruins in Afghanistan are believed to be of an ancient city. 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