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English: 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."
Date Not specified, but from a 2009 report
Source http://www.usaid.gov/press/frontlines/fl_may09/p16_agriculture050929.html
Author USAID, not specified
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