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Buddhas destruction my life’s bitter memory: Witness

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BAMYAN (Pajhwok): The man, now 65, who helped the Taliban in 2001 as “a bitter memory in my life that hurts.”

Syed Mirza Hussain was 26 years old when the Taliban brought in explosives by truck and attached bombs to the 6th Century statues, once the world's tallest Buddhas, in 2001.

Taliban held captive Mirza along with several other local men and ordered them to plant explosives on the statues. 

In an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, he said: “I feel fear when . . .

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