First Mes Aynak had to contend with Taliban fanatics, now China’s state-owned mining company will finish the job the Taliban started. This is just so tragic. 
https://medium.com/@BrentHuffman/good-and-bad-news-about-the-impending-destruction-of-mes-aynak-an-ancient-buddhist-city-in-a2b913d48c98
Keep in mind that killing symbols is the first step to killing memory, to killing history.