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Afghan Buddha in virtual return on anniversary of destruction by Taliban

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Twenty years after being blasted out of Afghanistan's rugged central highlands, one of the country's famed Buddha statues makes a brief virtual return as a three-dimensional projection fills the alcove where the destroyed statue stood for centuries. IMAGES

Added on the 09/03/2021 19:06:42 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images

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