AFGHAN BUDDHA

Anti-Taliban Afghan Militia Force (AMF) soldier Sadat holds his head after viewing the sight of one of the three Buddha statues destroyed by the Taliban government's reign, Friday, Aug. 2, 2002, in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, 160 kilometers (100 miles) east of the Kabul. U.S. first lady Laura Bush said in May, 2002, that she would ask wealthy friends in Texas to donate money to help restore the three towering Buddhas blasted to rubble by the Taliban last year. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)