Keywords: Bamyanpotatoboy.jpg en Per original A boy collects potatoes in Bamiyan Province in central Afghanistan In the background stands the empty niche carved in the mountain where a giant Buddha statue stood more than 110 feet tall for 15 centuries until the Taliban blew it up six months prior to the 9/11 attacks on America http //www usaid gov/press/frontlines/fl_may09/p16_agriculture050929 html USAID not specified Not specified but from a 2009 report PD-USGov-USAID PD-USGov Farmers from Afghanistan Bamiyan Valley People of Bamyan Province Buddhas of Bamiyan |