Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Rajnath Singh pledges to build a replica of Bamiyan Buddha in Kushi Nagar

Washington: 24 Jul 2013



Rajnath Singh,who is on a five-day visit to the United States, reiterated on Tuesday his pledge during a major Afghan-policy speech at the Capitol Hill, jointly organized by the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies; US India Political Action Committee and American Foreign Policy Council.



The Bamiyan Buddhas, the two 6th century monumental statues of standing Buddha carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamiyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, were destroyed by the Taliban during their rule.





\"I would like to recall that I was the Chief Minister of India\'s most populous State, Uttar Pradesh, when one of Afghanistan\'s most prestigious and adorable historic sites at Bamiyan, which was also the world\'s biggest statue of Bhagwan Buddha, was vandalised by the fundamentalist regime of Taliban in 2001,\" Singh said in his key note address to the Conference on Afghanistan. The BJP chief said India and Afghanistan share a millennia-old strong civilization bond.



\"Afghanistan has passed through very difficult times in the last three decades. Conflict with the Soviet Union, followed by the repressive Taliban regime brought innumerable sufferings to the people of Afghanistan.\" People of Afghanistan now deserve peace and stability, he added.



Assuring Afghanistan of full cooperation in attaining stability, peace and establishing democracy, Rajnath Singh said, \"We applaud their determined efforts to establish a democratic and progressive Afghanistan. As the world\'s largest democracy, India would always be there to help Afghan people in their endeavour to democratize, modernize and stabilize their country.\"



US, the world\'s oldest democratic nation, will, I am sure, stand with Afghanistan in the long run in its democraticnation-building enterprise, he said.


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