Newuser7, First of all you have to understand shere these people are coming from. Who fully funded the Afgan War when the Russians occupied them ? The allied nations. Once the Russians pulled out the funding dried up. Remember Osama was a friend of US during this time. After the war they were strung out in the cold(once the purpose of the west was served). Do Statues have any values in Muslim Religion ? NOPE. In fact its agaist their religion to draw an image of MUhammad( I think of humans too if I am not mistaken cause they think it brings them Bad Oman). Therefore why would they wanna kep these statues that have no value to them. I think they just blew them up to provoke people. Just like Nepali folks burned the Mosques in KTm as a result of those NEpalese killed in IRAQ. Just like Salughtering a Cow in a Hindu neighbourhood incites riots in India. Same here...there is no difference.