US EditionTaliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites
- Since their return to power, the Taliban have publicized archaeological finds related to Buddhism, highlighting their new approach to heritage sites.
- In December 2021, the Taliban reopened the Afghan National Museum after previously destroying pre-Islamic artifacts.
- Experts indicate that the Taliban display little concern for intangible heritage, which includes music and women’s rights.
- The Taliban seem aware that destroying the Bamiyan Buddhas harmed their reputation and are focused on preserving material heritage.
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The same Islamist fundamentalists who, 20 years ago, ransacked the rich cultural heritage of their country, now proclaim that they want to protect it.
The Killeen Daily Herald
Taliban change tune towards Afghan heritage sites
In March 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by dynamiting the giant Buddhas of Bamiyan. Two decades later, they are back in power and claim to be making strides to preserve Afghanistan's millennia-old heritage, including pre-Islamic relics.
From the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan to a manifest desire to preserve, the Taliban try to rewrite their relationship to the cultural heritage. In 2001, the entire world witnessed, powerless, the destruction of the famous statues of Bamiyan by the Taliban. Today, when they returned to power, they claim to want to protect the archaeological treasures of the [...] The Taliban and their new face: protectors of the Afghan heritage? appeared…
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