We can more suitably compare Bamian with the caves of the thousand Buddhas in Tun-huang in the Nan-shan.

Frodsham and his guard fell in alongside Tiger and Mack, Mack flicked the safety off his L85; an unreliable piece of crap that the green army troopers hated, and the SAS had replaced with M16's and then C8 SFW carbines.

[OOO slips out the door before the angry mob of alt.1ders blocks it off. They move on past him, acting as a single mind. Someone in front holds what appears to be a thermonuclear device. It is Sir Spam Spam Spam Spam Silly Troll (Spam Spam Spam Spam Silly is his middle name). OOO has been told the mysterious object is not, in fact, a thermonuclear device, but only a case for a smaller, more efficient explosive, but you never can tell with the Troll. OOO would finish the story for you but he ran so fast the other way he has no idea what ended up transpiring. Well, maybe some idea...]

The bush-turkey is about the same size as a tame one; the colour dark brown, with light grey feathers on the breast, and full plumage on the head and neck.