RASC: Takashi Okada, the Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan, visited the destroyed Buddha statues of Bamyan during a trip to Bamyan.
In a tweet, the Japan Embassy mentioned this rich cultural heritage as an asset for the people of Bamiyan, and said that Japan has been supporting UNESCO’s efforts to protect it for 20 years.
It is mentioned in the tweet that Mr. Okada welcomed the work of archaeologists to preserve these ancient works while visiting the Buddha site.
It is said that the Japanese ambassador to Afghanistan visited the UN refugee projects with Japanese financial support during his trip to Bamyan and met with some women of Bamyan.
It should be noted that during the first round of their rule in March 2001, as soon as they entered Bamyan, the Taliban destroyed the Buddha statues with a bomb blast, according to the Mullah Omar order, the leader and founder of this group. , they dug around the Buddha of Bamiyan.
After regaining control of Afghanistan, the Taliban group tried to show that they have a more flexible face in relation to the antiquities of the pre-Islamic period, but the organizations active in the field of preservation and maintenance of these monuments are discredited by the unpredictable behavior of this group.
Abdullah Sarhadhi, the governor of the Taliban group in Bamyan, recently defended the destruction of the Buddha statues in Bamyan in an interview with the Washington Post newspaper.
