In this June 17, 2009 file photo, two women walk past the cliffs that once held giant Buddhas destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 in Bamiyan, central Afghanistan. The Taliban dynamited the huge Bamiyan Buddhas in March of 2001, deeming them idolatrous and anti-Muslim. It was one of the regime's most widely condemned acts. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)