Afghanistan

Watch the “Saving Mes Aynak” official trailer

I've talked here before about Brent E. Huffman's film, Saving Mes Aynak, the making of which Wildmind helped sponsor. Mes…

June 12, 2015

We can save a precious Buddhist archaeological site!

Brent Huffman, who travelled to Afghanistan to film the desperate efforts by archaeologists to document the ancient city of Mes…

May 15, 2015

“New” Buddha statues discovered in Afghanistan

The Taliban may have destroyed the two historic Buddha statues of Bamiyan, but in a sort of compensation, three new…

February 4, 2015

‘Mindfulness’ therapy may help veterans with PTSD

Brett Smith, redOrbit.com: As veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars return to their lives away from the battlefield, many…

April 18, 2013

Temporary reprieve for the threatened ‘Buddhas of Mes Aynak’

We've had some great news from Brent Huffman, who ran a Kickstarter campaign, raising funds to finish a documentary on…

January 7, 2013

Ancient Buddhas, modern peril

Andrew Lawler, New York Times: When the Taliban blasted the famous Bamiyan Buddhas with artillery and dynamite in March 2001,…

December 24, 2012

Grasping the snake of impermanence by the wrong end

The other day I posted a news article about various ideas for replacing the ancient Buddhist statues of Bamiyan, Afghanistan,…

December 18, 2012

How should we think about Bamiyan?

Leanne Ogasawara, 3QuarksDaily: There was recently mention in the media of a religious extremist in Egypt calling for the destruction…

December 17, 2012

Ancient site needs saving not destroying

Brent Huffman, CNN: Please bear with me as I ask you to briefly use your imagination. Close your eyes. Imagine…

November 4, 2012

Bamiyan Buddhas: Should they be rebuilt?

Stephanie Hegarty, BBC: The destruction of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Buddhas in 2001 led to global condemnation of the Taliban regime. But…

August 13, 2012