UNESCO, which is nearing the completion of an effort to preserve the Buddha niches in Bamiyan and wall paintings, does not favor rebuilding the figures.
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Exploitation of the estimated two billion tonnes of iron ore deposits in Hajigak mine - located in Bamiyan - is expected to begin by 2015.
"This is one of our desires ... that we at least will have something for the tourism attraction, the tourism destination here in Bamiyan, " he says.
We took an excursion to see ancient Buddhist monks' caves with their elaborate meditation paintings and tall Buddha statues in Bamiyan (since destroyed by the Taliban).
The prospect of mineral extraction in the Bamiyan Valley, both the challenges and opportunities it could provide, were also discussed in the context of sustainable development.
The scientist said the work would require a small factory to be built in the Bamiyan Valley.
CNN: Will one of two destroyed Buddha statues be reconstructed?
In central Bamiyan province, where predominantly ethnic Hazaras suffered under Taliban rule, thousands of voters cast their ballots behind cardboard screens inside dust-caked tents.
In April, opposition forces managed to take Bamiyan, in central Afghanistan, cutting off the Taliban's supply route to the north-west.
The Alliance said Taleban commanders south of Pul-e-Khumri had defected, weakening the garrison in the town of Bamiyan - the Taleban's main base in the central highlands.
We all remember the destruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan in Afghanistan.
Professor Tarzi worked on projects to restore the other Bamiyan Buddhas in the late 1970s and has spent most of his career researching the existence of the missing giant.
Take, for example, the province of Bamiyan, a mountainous region in the center of the country.
Abdul Rehman Shahid, a member of parliament from Bamiyan Province, couldn't confirm whether children worked in those mines, but added that the government recently enforced a ban on transporting coal there.
Hamasa Zaki, a plucky 19-year-old, started out in the call center but within two years has worked her way up to handling 30 accounts across Heraat, Bamiyan and Kabul.
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