Afghanistan Beyond the Headlines: Exploring Its Ancient Faiths

[@jehielhernandez8152]

To all Muslims saying that “You can’t make God from Stone” Buddhists don’t consider Buddha as God. Buddhism doesn’t require belief in God. It’s about how you should live. It’s like a peaceful Philosophy.

[@DailyQuranRecitation1234]

Bro what's your problem we don't want to see that stupid statue on our country.

[@jehielhernandez8152]

All countries Latest Songs It’s just art. Live and let live. Don’t destroy because you don’t like it. You didn’t build it or sculpt it, why do you destroy it

[@DailyQuranRecitation1234]

@@jehielhernandez8152 If I was the pesedent of Afghanistan of course I wouldn't let anyone to destroy. I would've put it in top 6 tourist destination in Afghanistan cause lots of Budist people would defently come and see it. For us its just a statue for Budist peoples it there GOD.

[@jehielhernandez8152]

All countries Latest Songs You didn’t even read my original comment. Shows how ignorat you are.

[@DailyQuranRecitation1234]

@@jehielhernandez8152 Is just a statue You guys make it and you are praying for it. Why do you guys sell your own GOD on the market this shows that hindu religion is all Rubbish.

[@erkinking5961]

Thank you for showing my country my home Afghanistan 🇦🇫 seeing this documentary really makes me cry 😔😔 We lost so much of our history to some stupid wars hopefully there will be peace in my country my beloved home Afghanistan/ mazar-I-Sharif 🇦🇫

[@yinchuun]

Afgsn was a peaceful country until Satan came to create war.

[@bhushansoni2488]

Imagine how Afghanistan would have been before Islam, it was peaceful place during Buddhism, later every one knows what happened to this place..

[@erkinking5961]

@@bhushansoni2488 before and after Islam Afghanistan was beautifully place until we got neighbors like British India USSR and Pakistan they literally destroyed all of Afghanistan

[@Natapat55]

@@erkinking5961 India, Pakistan always neighbor. Also, Soviet Russia always stay at the same place. Only Islam and Britain that came later.

[@erkinking5961]

@@Natapat55 British-India (British raj) became neighbors in 18th century Russian tsar became neighbors in WW1 and Pakistan became neighbors in 1947 so yeah they weren't always there especially Pakistan

[@ympramudithatharanga2485]

Very sad as a buddihist we respect all the religions all are humans why people not respect each other

[@sopinahtubi8780]

And yet the Rohingyas killed by buddist you silence

[@shanijayasuriya5650]

@@sopinahtubi8780 maybe they were afraid thier country could become another Afghanistan.

[@sengherb]

@@sopinahtubi8780 unfortunately Islam cannot co-exist wth other religion.... Islam have problem wth all religion evry wher in the world.

[@aamirkarim]

@@sengherb except when you want to earnmoney from arabs, fyi slaves were forced to do hard labour in making those carvings on mountains, while the lamas and kings lived luxuriously.

[@shubhmishra66]

@@sopinahtubi8780 you dare have the guts to say that being from a terrorist religion.

[@desireevandermei]

I cried when they blew up the Buddha's. Destroying your own heritage is extremely stupid and sad.

[@sopinahtubi8780]

And Rohingyas peoples killed by buddist you just keep your mouth shut

[@ygus3030]

Sopinah Tubi :: was it the Buddha's fault by what the Rohinga suferred? Was it the Muhamad's fault when radical moeslem blew up peoples? When you mix politic with religion, you got chaos everywhere.

[@chickkye7009]

D vdm it is what the people in that country want why bother.

[@aamirkarim]

Do you cry for the slaves who were forced to work on such humongous useless hard labour.

[@aamirkarim]

Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.

[@shah5634]

Hats off to David Adams! I loved this coverage and his story telling. Excellent!

[@justinbrat]

How could we allow such sadness to continue in a country that’s suffered so much.. they literally have nothing else left to lose Thank you for the beautiful piece

[@jimmyjiang8157]

Buddha says everything will come and go , live and die. Which is a circle

[@sanjaymourya6838]

Thank you (for putting it in words what I was thinking)...

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Shalom, Salam, Peace. The original Buddha face was a western one. Quran [Last Testament] History will always repeat itself. [So each time we go round we gain wisdom]. The planets orbit in a circle as Muslims orbit the Kaaba [Mecca], all things testify one God.

[@dipa9243]

@@omarlittle-hales8237 wtf

[@omarlittle-hales8237]

Hola Jimmy Jiang, Wheels, Rings, Sun, Moon For Example Are Circles, What If Buddha Observed The What Is Apparent. From The Creationist View, If Adam & Eve Were Sent From Heaven To Earth, Which Knowledge Of One God. As Time Pasted, Tribes Went Their Separated Ways To Form Buddhism & Hinduism And Other Polytheism Religions. The Original Has No Form Because He Is Above Any Form, Being Creator Of All Forms.

[@lionkills1]

@@omarlittle-hales8237 No form, no religion, just people interpreting it in many different ways. Everything is part of it, nothing can exist without it, no one knows it's end or limitation. Evolution is part of it, it's constantly creating and destroying. It's truly without hate or fear.

[@The_Reality_Filter]

Such a shame that the Buddhas of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Taliban.

[@Useruser-pe4my]

@Khoshal-khan Neither do you have or will you have any power except by the will of Allah. All power is Only with the One Creator.

[@salehfarman3879]

ADGHANISTAN IS A SOVEREIGN LAND. THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT!

[@noname13years62]

@@salehfarman3879 China is a sovereign land , they can do whatever they want with Ughyurs , why the Muslims are howling then?.

[@stellawilliamoldvideosofch3856]

@@Useruser-pe4my your allah was unable to protect his child rapist muhmd who was bewitched and controlled by satan

[@noname13years62]

@Simple Girl / boy or whatever you are , please check that Saleh persons comment regarding Afghanistan, I replied accordingly.

[@funday352]

Imagine if Afghanistan is still a buddhist country, either they might look like Bhutan or some East Asian countries

[@janeethapa8730]

imagine if people left afghansitan alone. and let them fix their own issue

[@sultanimilad527]

get lost

[@harsukhriar8688]

But now afganistan is backward country Due to Islamic terrerisst

[@ujjalshill6442]

@lolololololo lolololol lol 😂 buddhism went to afghanistan from india by monks

[@benzamani6630]

@@ujjalshill6442 your wrong. Buhda was there way before Islam. Islam was brought from Egypt.

[@topgyaltsheringbhutia2933]

They destroyed their own heritage and a livelihood for poor ordinary Afghans.

[@antoniomanaserian3838]

Such a shame that the Buddhas of Bamiyan were destroyed by the Taliban.

[@mikesheth77]

Partly Budhist fault. Never known for fighting against obvious evil! May be naive! Wishful thinking if we are nice others will be nice!

[@13minutestomidnight]

Most of that destruction occurred in the last few hundreds of years, probably around the same time that extremist Christians during the Renaissance and through the British civil war were denouncing all art as evil and sinful based on the EXACT same scripture. In fact, Puritans were so extreme in their iconoclasm that they destroyed masterpieces by the greatest painters in Europe (well, the ones they didn't sell to the Italians....for the money). Early Christians too tended to destroy pagan art they came across once they were the official religion of the Roman Empire (why do you think the pagan Greek and Roman sculptures were buried when Michaelangelo found them?). This is a very old problem: the victors wipe out the history and values they want to pretend never existed. Of course, Islam and Persia have a really vibrant history of arts, science and mathematics (although that didn't make them any less violent than the expansionist European Christian empires either - they were all pretty similar on that score). The irony is that it was only after the resurgence of Islam after the overthrow of the Russians, that Islamic regimes became so radical.

[@k.s.tgroup4462]

No they. Not. Only. Destroyed. Heritage. They ignore. There. Fore fathers. Culcure. Now the afgans. Paying. THE. EMI. To that. With endless

[@usernepali1233]

The lion is blind and alive in the land of lost buddha. (Too emotional) 😭

[@gullekaakh1602]

In India, the lion would have been long raped and killed......lol

[@nithishnithish504]

@@gullekaakh1602 this is not Pakistan where even goats are raped

[@pashtomusic1314]

@user nepali123 we feel the pain . I will suggest you a recent vlog made by an indian during his visit to Afghanistan. The channel name is " nomadic indian " . Unbelievable location and chosen by our grand grand fathers had constructed . A must watch video .

[@saramshagorkhali101]

@@gullekaakh1602 good thing he is nepalese then ay

[@ramenyaramenya6223]

Feel sorry for the blind lion who know how many days it has gone hungry.

[@arianadelsur1604]

Thank you for bringing the Afghanistan we know so little about. I am surprised by its beauty and sadden by their history.

[@bellytimtim2738]

I pray for the peace of this troubled country. May it be that in time, this country will thrive and most of the people's dream are realized.

[@ahmadfawadsharifi1615]

If our two idiot neighbouring countries Pakistan and Iran leave us alone .

[@thermodynamics10]

Only the path of Buddha can make this world a peaceful and happy place... Nonviolence, love and rational thinking..

[@iamok5417]

@skaiu So true which is very sad.

[@samimsamimhadi]

Thank you, one of the great documentaries I have ever seen.

[@48hd38]

It's very sad !!! As rest of the world just watched it happen Japan was the only country that tried to negotiate rather pay the muslim militants not to demolish the statues of Buddha !!

[@juneliad1160]

And the place was beautiful.

[@aamirkarim]

Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.

[@juneliad1160]

I remember people of Rohingya was thrown by buddhists.I know people who are buddhist are good.why they let Rohingya suffered? We are all human we know how hard they live now.....

[@Y_4_L]

@@aamirkarim tf bro i saw the same comment again. I was not gonna reply but what the hell are you tryna say. Illogical. Then the pyramids are also illogical , The statue of Liberty is also illogical , All the statues all over the world are illogical ( Acc to you) . Nobody gave you the fcking right to trample on someone's religion and say it's illogical. Every statue , every scripture, every monument has a deeper meaning to it. So don't go and say if Buddhism idealogies are illogical. And a fun fact the budhhists scriptures you see were not carved by the Lamas. It was carved by the people who admired Buddha. Back in his time budhhism was not so widespread as other religions so they had little support but atleast loyal and trustworthy And see Buddhism's history is so far and widespread that so many idealogies of the High Buddhists Lamas clash against eachother. Pls don't point out towarss buddhism. Nor we Buddhists have pointed that Islam is bad or Christianity is bad or any religion. So you better not too. And Dalai Lama has his subjects in poverty ok. Lmao . Nothing is perfect bro. No matter whatever religion may it be people are gonna suffer. Muslims are suffering to , Christians are suffering too , Jain's are suffering, many more ,don't look at things with a narrow mindset. All we can do is help eachother during the sufferings. That's what my religion has taught me . Idk about yours.

[@ceolbeats7182]

Senpai Young Well said👏🏽 it is unbelievable what some ppl post, glad u took the time to put it right👍🏾

[@mettbel634]

Imagine if they remained as Buddhists all these years.how peaceful and nice place this would be.

[@kconsidine313]

Do you think it would have really mattered??? This was not the religion of Islam....it would be good to actually learn the agenda of the cult we we call civilized people!!

[@davidbrislin1126]

Look no further than the history of Vietnam and the entirety of Indochina in the 20th century for your hypothetical. If Afghanistan remained buddhist, it still would have been invaded by the Americans and Russians.

[@defenderofnation6955]

afganistan would have been prospouros and peacefull country had it remined as buddist country. now blood tears and sorrow are afganistans companions. how sad it is. this was the country mentioned in buddist texts as gaandara deshya(kandahar?) .

[@islandsunset]

Had they been Buddhist, I think British would have incorporated it in British India and USSR would have never invaded it or it would have been invaded by USSR long before British even thought about it. The thing is, what ifs can be answered in either way.

[@sdsfgsty]

It would be like Myanmar uuuuu soooo peaceful!

[@sh3nalcxsta259]

Namo Buddha. 🖤 Frm srilanka

[@youtubevideo7086]

The times of Taliban was just similar to horror movies, ,, the most of them were not Afghan, , But from another countries like Pakistan, Ozbakistan , Tajikistan, Arab countries, Bangladesh, , Some Jihadists from Europe and others,,,, with money of Rich Arabs and help Pakistan , ,,, Afghanistan and Afghan poeple've lost their everything in that scary times, ,, I hope and wish that Afghanistan and Afghan poeple will see their old time and pride again

[@rdgaikwad26]

Your ancestors was great who build such huge and beautiful monument, now today's day and with modern technology we can't able to build such sculptures.

[@MkShantrul]

The people and culture of these countries on Asia are beautiful. I wish they had a normal life too.

[@anggasinaga219]

You re fukcing stupid

[@youtubevideo7086]

@@anggasinaga219 You too

[@sourabhdas615]

@@youtubevideo7086 bro this ISI & Punjabi military establishment destroyed everything man , Bangladesh too was there shocking...I guess if Taliban comes too power much destruction will be done minorities Sikhs & Hindus r leaving to India in fear ...I hope & pray evils force ends there & Afghanistan return to glory & peaceful days

[@stewarttams2305]

fantastic doc, I really enjoyed it, I would love to see peace & more tolerance coming back to Afghanistan

[@waalimohammad4467]

and I would love to see you as a good muslim and in paradise

[@sahasransusbarik]

Peace will come if Islam will be eradicated from this world .

[@vagabond-m8b]

Thank you!

[@w.h.b2927]

¡ Eradicate your hate !

[@DrTubeman]

Well done, so much destruction over the centuries still hasn't shattered how beautiful a country Afghanistan and it's people has to offer the world.

[@Harris.S]

With out any doubts it is. I love afghans & Afghanistan.

[@Subash-g6i]

Destruction through islam happening in 1000 year all native culture are being wipeout by Islam and culture and their practices are forbidden in Islam and they want only Arab God , Arabic and arab culture and dresscode.

[@TallPaulKnits]

@rshan It’s no different than any other civilization.... crush and replace

[@anakagungraharjaputra5975]

@@Subash-g6i i think you right. .if every body honest

[@kamranmisri2366]

Destroying These Idols has a background. One Swedish NGO which was working to protect these Bamiyan buddhas Came To Mullah Umar, And told him their cause, He Asked them that there are Afghan children dieing of hunger you give funds to those children but NGO refused so He destroyed those idols which were more important than lifes of Afghan Children.

[@nobleeightfoldpath8633]

The earth is so beautiful its sad we are divided by man made borders. Thank you for these videos 👍

[@lilrask9464]

The Europeans mainly the British drew border lines all over the world and so many are in the wrong places. They created borders going by geography of land or water, but they forgot to make borders in accordance with tribes and communities.

[@lilrask9464]

@Gonorrhea DischargeYeah man, you'd feel violated and it would've been difficult to make them leave. Bloody colonizers huh! 😠 🤔

[@lilrask9464]

@Gonorrhea DischargeYeah man, you'd feel violated and it would've been difficult to make them leave. Bloody colonizers huh! 😠 🤔

[@lilrask9464]

@Gonorrhea Discharge LMAO! Love the name BTW!

[@lilrask9464]

@Gonorrhea Discharge LMAO! Love the name BTW!

[@topgyaltsheringbhutia2933]

There is a saying in hindi, " hitting one's own leg with a machete " and destroyed a heritage which has been built by the own forefathers.

[@vk3act]

Yre mogo

[@shyamashyam391]

ନିଜ ଗୋଡ଼ରେ ନିଜେ କୁରାଢ଼ି ମାରିବା

[@dyzio3000]

This guy is like the Gordon Ramsey of travel documentaries. Brave man

[@sarathw5740]

Thank you for taking such a risk to produce this wonderful documentary. I never knew the Buddha's statue was 52 meters high. That is pretty incredible.

[@denseone]

The Buddha taught detachment from worldly possessions, so in keeping with his teachings I shall remember and let go of the majesty of the Bamiyan Buddhas

[@Harris.S]

That's a good way of thinking to let go of these things.

[@SI-ln6tc]

For non Buddhists? For historians?

[@kconsidine313]

Buddha taught the same things as Islam.... many people think he was a Muslim like Moses Isaac Jacob and the rest of the prophets...people do not understand the true religion of Islam, rather they listen to the news and propaganda which has an agenda and is organized to destroy the world. The workings of the 1% is more devilish than anyone who doesnt study can imagine.

[@dilipsharma3878]

U r wrong, it is a world heritage

[@rdgaikwad26]

Your not a historian so you did not feel the pain what world lost entire history of region.

[@Diyunuwa]

Wow thank you so much for this beautiful documentary. I never knew human form of Lord Buddha was created here. Thank you again.

[@lilrask9464]

That place was amazing. I'm really enjoying these series by David Adams

[@aoeu256]

The Russians and Americans should reimburse Afghanistan for all of the damage caused by land mines.

[@casper-z9rkls6gl]

Saudi Arabia must reimburse Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey for the hell they have brought.

[@jayaramprabhu5595]

Super powers are solely responsible for the creation of Taliban & alquaida.

[@DisHappah]

The American military stopped using land mines since the 60s

[@roblox_games1982]

Plant more

[@ZZH1986]

Watching from Oklahoma & taking a break from farming on this beautiful Sunday morning! There are lots of hateful statements and senseless arguing in the comments. Do not make the same mistakes of our ancestors and let pride and egos obscure your view of your fellow man! We all want the same things in life. Learn to respect other cultures, you don't have to agree with it or change it. Just be humble and realize in the eyes of God we have all fallen very short of his original vision of humanity.

[@cukabakso3818]

Like this much

[@manikandank4076]

Namo Buddha😢😢😢😢😢😢 Form India Tamil nadu state

[@msn9006]

I can understand the suffer, ancient tech and many statues of the indian subcontinent are lost due to terrorism

[@duangtas.7512]

Thank you for sharing this video. It's full of humanity in your journey. I love what you did with people.

[@craigferguson9648]

30:36 the old man saying "3 of his 5 children died because of hunger" in Dari. You could feel the pain in his soul. Every man has the right to basic human needs :(

[@rairadio7119]

I know this will sound rude, but people need to stop having children in multiples when they are guaranteed to suffer from extreme hunger. It's not fair to these kids.

[@flautusflautus3169]

@Zazai king they have.... They can cut their own di..., they can stop fu... Thay can stop belive in their religion who says.... So, they have

[@suttachannel3477]

I'm not teaching to make you my student I'm not interested in making you my student I'm not interested in breaking up your relationship with your old teacher I'm not even interested in changing your goals because everyone wants to be free from suffering try this what I have found and judge by yourself if it's good for you, accept it otherwise, do not accept it. ~ Buddha ~ Udumbarika Sutta-DN hatred should not be reciprocated with hatred, hatred must be returned with love. this is the eternal law ... Buddha ... very democratic, does not threaten to use weapons

[@shashas]

you know the documentary is good when you have tears in your eyes...

[@elsainnamorato2231]

Broke my heart, when I saw that father crying ,over his children he lost. Why cant my country USA provide them with food and ROBOT remove these bombs.they need our help🙏

[@elsainnamorato2231]

And you really expect me to believe that we have nothing to do with it? You are so heartless and ignorant

[@AhmedMohamed-tv6kr]

This was before 2000. There are more now.

[@hamidghulami1321]

Your contry help Mujahedin, who were the same as Taliban and ISIS. MUJAHEDIN were fighting against Soviet Union.

[@momak3103]

USA help thé mujahidin again Sovjet hypocriet

[@Sarke2]

They are now sadly lost forever. This is fantastic documentary with historical significance because it was filmed shortly before destruction, and one of the rarest to be filmed in times when Taliban totally ruled Afghanistan, thank you for posting this

[@refresherrefreshed2966]

For me,WHAT A TREASURE!!!1976ish,, sitting around with an ex-team mate,He started showing mane pics from his brothers trip(THEGOLDENTRIANGLE) Supposedly a few months V Kay(ACTUALLY WAS SAYING V KAY BEFORE THIS)When they entered Afghanistan they could,nt believe the friendship and family dimensions that they stayed almost a year...I saw at least 200 pics of their time living among their new fond friends.It,s never left me etc etc.Another time

[@waalimohammad4467]

they filmed and shown to the world and taliban realised it should be broken

[@sandhyaraghuram947]

@Hamza Khan And that is why you and your kin are heavily disliked.

[@Sugarsnaps24]

That father crying that he lost his kids in the minefields broke my heart...

[@festimkupa4280]

same

[@davidsheriff8989]

David, you have to be admired for your patience, tenacity and daring....

[@Hadi-nv3bl]

hope to see peace in this land one day...

[@shab3883]

No just believe in Allah SWT and don’t believe in bhuddism,because how can a human be the lord it doesn’t add up

[@shab3883]

ᜁᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜌ ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜒᜃ Very sorry for my misunderstanding.Also those terrorists are the blacksheeps of Islam and let’s be real every religion has blacksheeps so to assume those terrorist as the representer of Islam is completely wrong and that’s the media does.To clarify I don’t think any religion in the world spreads war,hatred,diversity and racism.Bonus= the word jihad comes from the Arabic word jihād meaning effort,struggling,striving oneself against sin and to struggle on behalf of God and Islam,you can search it in google but unfortunately the terrorist and the media turn jihad into holy war.In Arabic holy war = (حرب مقدسة).You can translate holy war to Arabic and see it for yourself.I am not very knowledgeable of Islam but I tried my best good night and nice to meet you may peace be upon you and your family by👍🏻✋✋🙂

[@mygmail5470]

Not until islam exist

[@ArianaTaj]

Thanks a lot. It's great to see the oldest statue of Buddha🙏

[@jafarnakhaee949]

Thank you so much for this beautiful and great documentary Mr.David Adams on Afghanistan! I just like to mention one thing about Hazaras people of Afghanistan and elsewhere ; We , Hazaras are not descendent Of Ghengiz khan but some of Mongols mixed up with Hazaras in the past centuries. Hazaras in fact in thirteen , 13 century when Mongols invaded Khorasan now is called (Afghanistan ) fought with them in Bamyan ... probably you heard this from people and you just mentioned in your documentary. Thank you!

[@triciacrowder]

I have a Hazara friend that say that they descent of Gengis Kanh

[@jafarnakhaee949]

Tricia Crowder that is not true what your friend says . You can make some research about it and you will find out the truth.

[@tseringlhamo2654]

The place where Buddhism is destroyed then you should know that this place is not peaceful & people will suffer very much because Buddhism is peace🙏🙏🙏 So people & Country which practices Buddhism are fortunate & lucky because place ,country & people of that country will b compassionate peaceful towards everyone because of following Lord Buddha's teachings.

[@sharonpaul3398]

Yea but Chinese followed zen bhuddism before and they had the most deadliest wars in human history . So in conclusion it doesn't mattrr which religion u have we just need to have a good mindset and try our level best to love one another ❤💕♥ peace..

[@차동섭-m8o]

You are absolutely right

[@tseringlhamo2654]

@Ahmad sanjar yes indeed peaceful

[@pageribe2399]

​@sharonpaul3398 Yes, religion is not the problem; people are the problem. *********** I'm surprised any of those Buddhas are left. One of those Muslim armies blew away several of them some years ago. It wasn't just some bullet holes and defacement resulting from target practice, either. The statues were eradicated!

[@amadujagitay4385]

Yea peaceful like Myanmar right?

[@CeylonDiary]

You're a Great Documentary Maker...do more...Greeting from Our Team....

[@henryl6420]

Can Buddhism have a chance to return there and transform it into a peaceful country again?

[@TheAbdulmalik999]

There is No chance Afghanistan history says we don’t accept others to come our country.

[@pali_aha2781]

@@TheAbdulmalik999 , sir, the Buddhists were there BEFORE you, before Muhammad, before the creation of Islam.

[@aamirkarim]

Please all budhhists, do not destroy ecology and nature, leave mountains alone, no need to carve statues in mountains, there is no need to make labourers suffer working like slaves carving your illogical ideas of budha, dalai lamas have put their subjects in abject poverty and hardships, lets wipe out these symbols of slavery so no u ever thinks of repeating these statues, a common man has every right to live as luxuriously as the budhist kings like ashoka and dalai lamas.

[@aamirkarim]

@@pali_aha2781 islam was followed by adam, the first human being, may peace be on him

[@pali_aha2781]

@@aamirkarim, the fairy tale of islam wasn't created before the christians who weren't imagined before the Jews.

[@polarspirit]

I'm so thankful I'm living on a land of Buddhism. I will sacrifice my life to protect Buddhism

[@ayushraj4554]

So Where do you live?

[@bonmardonov8312]

No need to brag about it , all believers of any faiths would do that

[@Noone-gz8li]

@@ayushraj4554 India offcourse

[@jaffaraziz1410]

Hey peaceful bodhs what about Rohingyas you have evicted....

[@wonderworld7721]

@@jaffaraziz1410 : we don't care about terrorist... whatever happened, they deserve it !!!...

[@riffraff8020]

Before Buddhism came to Afghanistan, it was a Hindu nation. Buddhism was established in India in 500 BC.When Islam was established in 6century AD, Afghans were converted to islam by brutal force. Throughout the world Islam was spread thru brutal means. Buddhism was spread by peaceful means.

[@greaterbharat4175]

@USMAN GAMINGERAghandhar is orginal name of Afghan , ghandhar was hindu kingdom before bhuddism , and pharsi is branch religion of vedas ( they worship agni,varuna , shukracharya ( Zoroastr ) ) which we hindu pray but not shukracharya and ahura is ashura to us ( indra was top ashura we worshiped )

[@assadullahazami2981]

we was never converted by force

[@user-yi2m456]

Lord Buddha inspired mankind to be creative Alla inspired mankind to be destructive

[@repentkingdomofheavenisnea1988]

That was one of the best, most people never thought of history in this place.

[@Neednoy2]

As a Bhuddist, I would love to visit this place one day.

[@miheersinghgurjar3717]

This status was build by my ancestors kanishk the great but radical islam destroyed all the idols and all historical places

[@alvintheng8501]

@arcticnorth one of your ignorant friend show up 🤣

[@miheersinghgurjar3717]

@Shaz B. lol this people were not even in existence when kushan empire was ruling over this region islam is responsible for all this destruction and killings

[@zulqarnain034]

@arcticnorth ask any muslim(not taliban and isis) they will condemn this and you say muhammad pbuh was wrong in many ways and he didnt know how to read and write, yet he was the first person documented to give minority rights, the documents still exist in arabia to the christians of medina, theres so much i could write like for example he gave women rights in arabia when people were burying there daughters alive, i could write so much more, but i have a question have you ever anything even close to that?

[@zulqarnain034]

@@miheersinghgurjar3717 we dont associate with this type of islam my friend, and majority of the muslims won't.

[@zulqarnain034]

@arcticnorth read about the prophet muhammad(pbuh) look at the amount of prophecies he made and look at the amount of good he did and then talk

[@gazgaffa8437]

Imagine losing 3 kids in 2 weeks, god bless you.

[@behati9108]

"Theyve been in war for 2 thousand years".. Wow cant imagine.

[@TheCashman007]

i wonder if they will ever move forward as a country !

[@sheikhsahab7502]

@@TheCashman007 we will...

[@villainsneverdie5160]

Janith Dasunpriya if powerful countries let us to live our normal life so we will rebuild our country. But as long as Afghanistan remains in this world every superpower will invade our country and at the end they will never achieve for what they expected. Our mountains are good enough to freak them all.

[@Hozenfefer]

@@sheikhsahab7502 I hope you'll become a great country again. You deserve to be ritch, healthy and happy, my dear Afghan people.

[@villainsneverdie5160]

When god wants to destroy a nation so he send them to Afghanistan with hope.

[@deborahannehart6788]

Amazing, fascinating, rich, sad, and beautiful! What wonders you have shown me! My heart breaks for the people though, who have almost never known real peace.

[@mrorphy8777]

I really enjoyed watching this type of Documentary, the glimpse of the old Civilization and Religion fascinates me.

[@hopememba]

A blind lion..as a Kenyan,i find that sad😭😭😭

[@cynthiadiaz7533]

I also found that lion very sad.

[@momak3103]

@@cynthiadiaz7533 this lion is old

[@cynthiadiaz7533]

@@momak3103 This doesn't change the sadness of this poor lion. He died at 23 years of age which is very old for a lion.

[@JennaSakura]

I don’t even want to hear “the will of allah,” or “god willing.”

[@JennaSakura]

Last I checked, you cut our heads off if we don’t want to hear it.

[@daria841]

why not?

[@hamwatan1456]

God is great ALLAH ☝🏼❤️❤️❤️

[@mikesheth77]

Yes that Islamic stupid slogan made them lazy useless people! Don't work it's Allah's wish!

[@Jathinr]

I'm surprised that there are very few remains of hindu temples in Afghanistan, even though hindu kings ruled Afghanistan most of the tribal people may have been outside the caste system of Hinduism and may never had access to hindu temples .

[@Useruser-pe4my]

Hindu is a geographical reference of people who live in an area called hind, its not historically a religious reference.

[@Useruser-pe4my]

@Solitary confirmed Shitzophrenic I don't know explicitly what he is talking about. There have been many wars in that area where people from all faiths died, so that is a bias statement by him, to ignore the deaths of others. With my little knowledge i understand the word Hindu predates the word Hinduism by 1000s of years. The word Hindu historically denotes people who live in Hind, a geographical area of central and southern asia. Hindu Kush is a valley along the Himalayas. So it seems that the word Hindu is actually not a religious identity but a geographical identity that has been hijacked by a religion. So thats is how i try to understand how an area called the hindu kush lies in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and China. You can look at old maps to verify. Thanks Keep well

[@ChatGPT_IND]

Some texts refer to Hindu(geographical context) from Indus river, some from hindukush mountains itself. But as you rightly point Hinduism is basically derived from Hindu. Most hindu temples under rulers like Kanishka were probably demolished in war and communal intolerance of centuries. The Era where art flourished and has a history to tell, is lost among the man made borders and our failure to appreciate & cherish ancient heritage. It is sad but we are blessed to see what remains.

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

No wonder they don't give a damn about that history. It was the religion of kings, not of them. Just like Spaniards don't care about Islam. It was the religion of the rulers, and the people never held a status in it, even if they may have been forced to convert.

[@nazifareza3064]

Such as amazing documentary I ever watched. Loved the way you respected all those people. You are right, you are the first person who filmed such beauties of Afghanistan that no one knows about. Keep up the good work!

[@nikkiverma7299]

Very well made documentary... sad to see so much destruction.., seeing those innocent eyes made me cry for Afgans... my ancestors come from Hindu Kush once upon a time... it must have been such a beautiful and flourishing country with peace and now see what’s happened 😣

[@rationalityrules111]

This is heartbreaking.

[@lancerutherford3933]

he needs to do a follow up doc

[@sagartaj2986]

This man deserves respect

[@sirtom2819]

Great travelogue. Beautiful cinematography and smoothly edited. Informative narration. Would love to go there some day.

[@oldnepalihippie]

As a buddhist living in Nepal, it is so sad to know of this history lost due to war. Since I was a child growing up in Brooklyn, I always wanted to ride the Khyber Pass and explore the ancients. I guess this is as close as I am going to get... at least Im in a place where Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists all still practice in peace. There is that...

[@Harris.S]

I love afghans & Afghanistan for ever .

[@karmatse1995]

Wats their to love communist religion

[@Harris.S]

@Karma Tse what's communist religion?

[@pashtomusic1314]

We Afghans wish that you visit again to Afghanistan to capture the changes . Unfortunately still it's not like what we want and how we want our land . Thanks regards .

[@markw5779]

Peace be upon you.

[@jordanf8797]

As-salamu alaykum

[@kamranmisri2366]

Destroying These Idols has a background. One Swedish NGO which was working to protect these Bamiyan buddhas Came To Mullah Umar, And told him their cause, He Asked them that there are Afghan children dieing of hunger you give funds to those children but NGO refused so He destroyed those idols which were more important than lifes of Afghan Children.

[@pashtomusic1314]

@e p is this your logical question?

[@pashtomusic1314]

@@kamranmisri2366 these are the rumors to divert their wilderness . We afghans suffered directly from Mula's brutalities. How someone who has brought up on the slices of the people can understand politics and ruling? They were the most fundamentalist and extremist people on earth .

[@6927821c]

these few hundred years old religion never even respect 2500 years old religion,wth !

[@ShortAIstoriesforkids]

Ping pong Lee, Will You ever consider in China as human beings?

[@6927821c]

Ashraf Khan do you consider you the human or pig?

[@salehfarman3879]

@@6927821c Your are PORK EATER AND YOU ARE THE PIG

[@noname13years62]

@@6927821c Hello there Shawn , have you heard of Ughyurs , do you know what they really were ?. Ughyurs were originally Buddhist people , the Muslims massacared them and occupied their homeland and even their identity . The Muslims didn't call themselves Ughyur as early as 1930s .

[@6927821c]

Don’t worry pig , as long pork are halal you must eat .

[@shineisle2263]

As long as you live with the words of the Buddha, flowers will rain where you are.🙏 🌼🌸🏵️🌹🌻🌻🌹🏵️🌸🌼

[@kyawsanhp]

Islam is what kind of religion... Now everyone know....but i am proud of buddhism

[@dayagargeshukl4028]

🙏🙏🙏 Great Salute to Lord Gautam Buddha! Its unfortunate that fanatic Talibanis destroyed Bamiyan's statues of Lord Buddha!!

[@matthewlubin5425]

Just like in the Dhammapada, when the bikksus tattled in Dhammarama for being aloof and away from the Buddha, similarly as is said of Buddha's of Bamyan's circumstance "They destroyed statues of depicting The Venerable one! It's such a shame, how stupid and sad they are!". Dhammarama explained why he had not come to see the Buddha and also reported that he had been striving his utmost in Insight Meditation Practice. The Buddha was satisfied and was very pleased with the explanation and conduct of Dhammarama and he said, "My son, Dhammarama, you have done very well. A Bhikkhu who loves and respects me should act like you. Those who made offerings of flowers, scents and incense to me are not really paying me homage. Only those who practice the Dhamma are the ones who truly pay homage to me." At the same time that the statues added an awesome representation of human's ability to create to world culture and heritage, what good are statues doing for Buddhism when the Buddha himself saw no value in them?

[@sultanasultani1884]

I am feel sorrow and sad for my back home and my people 😭😭

[@sitthapromwasphornsaran5736]

Thanks David, this is a wonderful piece of work.

[@constancewalsh3646]

In buses, trucks and hitch-hiking, I made my way to Bamyan in 1967. All by myself, a girl of twenty. Can this be? I would not believe it if I did not have the photograph. Watching this, deep pangs of memory for the love I had for Afghanistan. An indescribable passion for its people and their ways, and the wild rocky desert and mountains. In Bamyan, I joined a team of French archaeologists for company, but most of the time I simply soaked in that world of silence. My small room lay across the valley from the Buddhas, a valley green and still and beautiful. On the outskirts of the village I noticed an old man sitting in the shade of a tree by the roadside. The next day, he was in exactly the same position, and the day after. I passed by that tree - discretely - to make sure he was not leaving when I was not looking. He never budged. My spiritual nature was deeply awakened by all I experienced on that journey. I was completely ignorant of the culture and the history of this ineffable place, but another kind of knowing had seeped in.

[@KD400_]

Oh u were there in 67 tell me how was it there then

[@epicmotions4064]

Wow the greatest documentary ever i seen beautiful afghanistan

[@JorgeRodriguez-nx5eq]

My respect for all Buddhists people An example or kindness Peace and Compassion to al religions in the world

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

That's what they want you to think.

[@Ο_Θετικός]

Poor people, they destroyed their own future..A shame

[@Ο_Θετικός]

@Ralle PLUTONIUM And they converted to Islam out of fear..

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

Buddhism was never the future.

[@myominkhaung7832]

Our ancestors were Buddhists and they have lived their lives happily and peacefully, until their religions were forcibly removed from them. We should all change our religion back to the original Buddhism, as it was the religion of our forefathers, to give true respect to them. We can become Buddhists by practising the Teachings of The Buddha. Buddha has taught to do “no harm to ourselves and no harm to others” as his principal peaceful message. How can we become a Buddhist? By following the Buddha’s teachings of Love and kindness to oneself and to others by “not doing evil things, to purify one’s mind and to cultivate good”. No one can make you or unmake you a Buddhist. It is in your heart and you can practice it in your daily life. We don’t have to shout that we are Buddhists. By practicing the Buddha’s teachings, we become a Buddhist. We make it ourselves from our hearts! ازشما تشکر.

[@pradeepgautamyadav1596]

Not only Afganistan but whole world will face the plight from war.peace,compassion ,forgiveness n right path n action are the Message from Buddha

[@eugenio1542]

Too painfull to watch. Thanks anyway for a brave (or insane ?) way of exposing the madness.

[@ceolbeats7182]

Eugenio Try Cowspiracy

[@NoorKhan-zq5oz]

Great Documentary ❤

[@diptibant-2422]

My prayers to Buddha to make this land peaceful and tranquil.

[@johncostello5869]

Brave man. Fantastic to see the images they managed to capture.

[@Axi_Flight]

well done reporter 👍👍👍👏👏 I love Afghanistan and the many-country Afghan people give you patience and prosperity, fiery salam from Uzbekistan 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♂️🇺🇿🇺🇿

[@kikimiwa9994]

People can be Buddhist and be army strong, just like Taiwanese, where people are gentle and good hearted but they got very strong military power.

[@daveotuwa5596]

The Kontinental Hotel contains too much humility. Starless without the water in the pool. But still affordable before honour.

[@michaelg8642]

i wasn't paying attention for a while, but looked up when he said "the spectacular hindu kush"

[@gofar5185]

thank you tracks... it is an abandoned capital bcoz of severe & long drought... GAUTAMA BUDDHA was invited by a merchant in that capital and offered a vast land to build a temple and introduce BUDDHA TEACHINGS... the king allowed bcoz he knew, that vast land is not habitable with no agricultural promise...no value to the king... surprisingly, GAUTAMA BUDDHA presence attracted a number of would be disciples who then grew various kinds of plants that made that vast lands look like a forest... GAUTAMA BUDDHA then left that place to go to next place to conquer the hearts of people... later years, this time around, there is TRACKS there to film... to recall that abandoned capital bcoz of inevitable occurrences of severe droughts...

[@Jhonnycomelate]

So glad that they're in the hands of the most peaceful people on this planet. The people should definitely have the monopoly over the word "peace" and "compassion" .

[@amor-fate55555]

This Documentary is from 1998.

[@shivamshivam2013]

The title of the video should be changed to 'How Islam treat other Religions'

[@kapil4417037]

then what happened to buddhism in india, where and how did they vanished, how did buddhism vanished in india, wh buddhist temples in india converted to hindu temples

[@ikmalm.1324]

How hindu treat Islam, Sikh, Christian, and Buddhism in India should be the title for our next video

[@manish53622]

@@ikmalm.1324 please do that and don't forget to mention that largest population of Muslims in southasia and sikhs in allover world lives in india on the other hand our neighbors consists of 99% of one religion, so shutup and don't teach secularism to india

[@manish53622]

@@kapil4417037 whole part of sindh and today's Pakistan was also Buddhist' have you ever thought why Buddhism vanished from there and for your question , Buddhism may have vanished in india but we still consider budha as lord buddha and he's dearer to us same like vishnu or any other god

[@ikmalm.1324]

@@manish53622 yeah what a great point cow worshipper. When human lives is matter in India more than cow then come here to talk.

[@norbutsering4561]

When u destroy Buddha's statue and forgot his teachings that's what happens to your country, war and war

[@nigelsheppard625]

Sabbe Sankhara Anicca, that is the Lords teaching. In destroying these Buddha rupas, these iconoclastic barbarians merely proved the Lords teaching and the fragility of their own.

[@banty1t]

@@abdelaziezdeboer6377 come out of your citadel. Don't try to justify the crime in the name of religion.

[@banty1t]

@@abdelaziezdeboer6377 this is not your fault, it's your upbringing that should be blamed. Come out of worshipping or not worshipping idols or no idols. It's anyone's own choice if he or she wants to worship an idol or not. Who are you to judge or direct his or her choice?

[@banty1t]

@@abdelaziezdeboer6377 hahaha. If you have the true God with you, why does all the muslim countries are living in extreme poverty and becoming a war zone? You must read the book named Satanic Verses. You will get to know about the truth.

[@Himalayan_Overland]

@@abdelaziezdeboer6377 even if we put Mohammad statue and destroy it with a bomb, it won't say anything.. It will just vanish.... for the reason that God is always in hearts. The statues just remind us of their majestic presence. I have seen people burning Quran and the Allah of Quran cannot save itself either... what do you say... so the only thing to remember is that "THE ONE WHO LOVES AND BELIEVES HIS GOD CAN RESPECT GODS AND BELIEFS OF OTHERS"..

[@loredanatis8122]

I never knew what amazing land and deep in time culture this Country has. I feel sorry for all those kids who had to be born in such horrible times. I hope one day it will be everywhere peace and I could travel to find and learn more about the beautiful Afganistan. Peace! 🌼

[@javadahmadi]

An excellent documentary. Thank you

[@ManuDivya202]

The truth is that The Sun, The Moon and the Buddha teaching can't be kept hidden.

[@thirstiestvillager9233]

The moon and sun hide every daly.

[@ajaylokare5384]

Please save Maharashtra Buddhist Caves from Encroachment . #abcprteam #abcpr #leni

[@Vikas-rx3gv]

when buddha leaves a country , war comes...

[@pillowlighter7045]

How about Myanmar????? Your comment makes no sense

[@Dehkada]

As a Muslim I agree with you, Islam brought violence and barbarism

[@pillowlighter7045]

@@Dehkada My comment got deleted. lmao. You misunderstood entirely. The buddhist created a genocide against these muslims called Rohingyas in Myanmar. Please do research and educate yourself about Islam.

[@pillowlighter7045]

@@Dehkada I hope my comment does not get deleted again due to an agenda.

[@alexcasey8606]

Thank you David Adams for sharing this beautiful documentary. It is so sad to see Afghan suffer from wars causing by people from other countries.

[@Zifiron]

This is a great documentary. Great stuff... What a place and what a world we live in.. It's very sad and beautiful at the same time..