Above, a gold-plated seated Buddha overlooks the China Metallurgical
Group Corporation mine.
Brent E. Huffman
Golden Buddha, Hidden Copper
Twelve years after the Taliban blew up the world-famous Bamiyan Buddhas, a Chinese mining firm -- developing one of the world's largest copper deposits -- threatens to destroy another of Afghanistan's archeological treasures.
BY LOIS PARSHLEY | SEPTEMBER 21, 2012
Lois Parshley is an assistant editor at Foreign Policy.
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