Spoetnik
20-10-05, 14:58
Official linked to blowing up buddhas is elected
Associated Press in Kabul
Wednesday October 19, 2005
The Guardian
A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two giant 1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban's reign has been elected to parliament, election organisers said yesterday as results from two provinces were finalised.
Mawlawi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi was the Taliban's governor of Bamiyan province where the Taliban destroyed the statues in 2001, considering them idolatrous and anti-Muslim.
After the regime was ousted later that year, he fled to the north. On September 18, he stood as an election candidate in Samangan province and won.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1595447,00.html
Dat zal em leren om duizend jaar oude Boeddabeelden op te blazen.
Associated Press in Kabul
Wednesday October 19, 2005
The Guardian
A former regional governor who oversaw the destruction of two giant 1,500-year-old Buddha statues during the Taliban's reign has been elected to parliament, election organisers said yesterday as results from two provinces were finalised.
Mawlawi Mohammed Islam Mohammadi was the Taliban's governor of Bamiyan province where the Taliban destroyed the statues in 2001, considering them idolatrous and anti-Muslim.
After the regime was ousted later that year, he fled to the north. On September 18, he stood as an election candidate in Samangan province and won.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/afghanistan/story/0,1284,1595447,00.html
Dat zal em leren om duizend jaar oude Boeddabeelden op te blazen.