UN agency suspends Afghan cultural celebration

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 11, 2021 12:40 am

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN: Bamiyan's cultural center should have been completed last month, showcasing the remarkable heritage of a site that Afghanistan's Taliban desecrated two decades ago by dynamiting ancient statues of Buddha.

But the red carpet celebrations will have to wait. After the Taliban swept triumphantly into the capital Kabul, everything was put on hold.

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