The dynamiting of the Bamiyan Buddhas by taliban received huge media attention.which by itself might have spurred Taliban to go ahead with destroying all the statues instead of symbolic one.Should American Military lag behind ?
so they destroyed an ancient canal system thinking it is a terrorist hideout.By Michael M. Phillips
"Updated May 14, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Karezgay, Afghanistan Deep beneath the desolate landscape here are miles of canals that have watered wheat fields and vineyards for untold generations. They're also at the center of a dispute that handed the Taliban a propaganda victory and angered the very people the U.S. military hopes to win over through its troop surge. Rushing to expand a base to fit the new forces, American commanders destroyed an ancient irrigation tunnel system"
Hadden, Robert Lee. 2005. "Adits, Caves, Karizi-Qanats, and Tunnels in Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography." US Army Corps of Engineers, Army Geospatial Center.
so they destroyed an ancient canal system thinking it is a terrorist hideout.By Michael M. Phillips
"Updated May 14, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Karezgay, Afghanistan Deep beneath the desolate landscape here are miles of canals that have watered wheat fields and vineyards for untold generations. They're also at the center of a dispute that handed the Taliban a propaganda victory and angered the very people the U.S. military hopes to win over through its troop surge. Rushing to expand a base to fit the new forces, American commanders destroyed an ancient irrigation tunnel system"
Hadden, Robert Lee. 2005. "Adits, Caves, Karizi-Qanats, and Tunnels in Afghanistan: An Annotated Bibliography." US Army Corps of Engineers, Army Geospatial Center.
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