{"id":66427,"date":"2012-12-25T13:14:10","date_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=66427"},"modified":"2012-12-25T13:14:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-25T13:14:10","slug":"chinese-led-copper-mining-threatens-afghan-buddhist-monasteries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/chinese-led-copper-mining-threatens-afghan-buddhist-monasteries\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese-Led Copper Mining Threatens Afghan Buddhist Monasteries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Taliban&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Taliban<\/a><\/span> blasted the famous Bamiyan <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Buddha&amp;x=5&amp;y=7\">Buddhas<\/a><\/span> with artillery and dynamite in March 2001, leaders of many faiths and countries denounced the destruction as an act of cultural terrorism. 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