THE TALIBAN HAVE PRACTICALLY ACHEVE THE DESTRUCTION OF THE STATUES OF
BUDDHA








ISLAMABAD, March 12.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Vladimir Schreter).  The
taliban have practically acheve the destruction of two single statues
of Buddha, in the Afghan province of Bamiyan, A declares has Kandahar
the spokesman of the taliban Abdul Hayee Mutmaen.

" Let us say that the statues do not exist any more ", said an Afghan
civil servant, before adding that Sunday these statues have ete
detruites has 90%.

Up to now, no journalist nor international observer still has reussi
has to visit Bamiyan to be convinced of the disaster.  With its held
press conference the day before has Islamabad, the Minister for the
Businesses etrangere of the mode of Kabul Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil
promised that the taliban would let become the journalists has Bamiyan
after having entirely detruit the statues in question.

The international community and the leaders of tens of country,
Moslems including, insist on what the taliban arretent the vandalism
campaign in their country.  A delegation of Egyptian monks of the
celebre university Al-Azhar led by the mufti Nasr Farid Wassil is
arrivee Sunday has Kandahar to try to convince mollah Omar to cancel
the decree on the destruction of the monuments anteislamic.

The Foreign Minister of Katar Ahmed Al-Mahmud, who is has Kandahar to
him-also, mene in the name of his government and of the Member States
of the Organization of the Islamic conference, of the negotiations
with the taliban for arreter destruction of the cultural monuments of
universal importance.