In March of 2001, the Taliban destroyed a pair of 173-foot tall statues depicting the Buddha carved out of an Afghanistan mountainside. The world's collective horror at this act of senseless destruction was soon overshadowed by the greater loss of human life. But in the archived news stories from the pre-9/11 world, it's remarkable to read the pleas from Muslims, Buddhists and Christian government officials as they attempted to sway the Taliban... More >>>