What cultural monuments did the Taliban destroy under Omar's rule?
The Eiffel Tower
The Great Wall of China
The Buddhas of Bamiyan
The Pyramids
Answer
The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two monumental statues carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley of Afghanistan, which were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001. The statues were built in the 6th and 7th centuries and were considered to be one of the most important cultural monuments in Afghanistan.
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