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4 Nov 2026 by Ibrar Ali

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Bamyan lies in the Hazarajat. Its valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and held the Buddhas destroyed in 2001.1

In 2005, Habiba Sarabi became governor of the province, the first woman governor in Afghanistan.

Band-e Amir

The province is home to Band-e Amir, a chain of deep blue lakes held back by natural travertine dams. In 2009 it was declared Afghanistan's first national park.2

Footnotes

  1. New World Encyclopedia, Buddhas of Bamyan. ↩

  2. National Geographic, Afghanistan declares first national park, 2009. ↩