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Sri Lanka urges protection of Afghan Buddhist heritage

Publication date 23 September 2021 | 22:00 | ICT

Sri Lanka on Wednesday called on the world to safeguard the Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan under the Taliban, who provoked outrage by destroying giant Buddha statues when they were last in power.

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