Timeline Sunday 11 March 2001

Events on Sunday 11 March 2001 1

• 2001 Taliban destroy the Buddhas of Bamiyan Sixth-century statues dynamited in Afghanistan In March 2001 the Taliban government demolished the two giant standing Buddha statues carved into cliffs in the Bamiyan valley, declaring them idolatrous. The larger figure stood about 55 metres tall and dated from the sixth century. The destruction drew international condemnation.