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In so doing, the Taliban have committed a crime against culture. It is abominable to witness the cold and calculated destruction of cultural properties which were the heritage of the Afghan people, and, indeed, of the whole of humanity. The Buddhas of Bamiyan were not inscribed on the World Heritage List but deserved to be and their destruction represents a true cultural crime. The Taliban heeded neither the unprecedented scope of international mobilisation, nor the advice against their decision, spontaneously issued by the highest religious authorities of Islam. Everything possible must be done to stop further destruction.