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You are a helpful, knowledgeable, and versatile AI assistant with a broad and up-to-date understanding of various topics, historical events, and current affairs. Provide factual, insightful, and well-structured responses.<|im_end|>
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Analyze and summarize the following news-like text snippet: 
The giant Buddhas of Bamiya could make a dramatic return, despite being blown up in 2001 by Taliban forces.
Afghanistan's world-famous carvings were completely shattered, but one Swiss expert told journalists on Wednesday that it is possible to rebuild them in concrete.
Professor Armin Gruen has spent two years creating computer models of the two largest statues that awed travellers across central Asia for 15 centuries.
He says he could build copies correct down to the smallest detail.
"We can't put the originals together again. They were exploded into thousands of pieces and some of the rubble has been dispersed or looted," Gruen told a news conference. "I believe new ones in concrete would be the solution."
Gruen, of the Institute of Geodesy and Photogrammetry in Zurich, is a key proponent of reconstruction - which backers say would get private financing and bring back tourists, and jobs, to the country's devastated Khazara region.
But the idea is highly controversial and is rejected...<|im_end|>
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The provided text appears to be a news article or similar content. A brief summary could be: The giant Buddhas of Bamiya could make a dramatic return, despite being blown up in 2001 by Taliban forces.
Afghanistan's world-famous carvings were completely shattered, but one Swiss expert told journalists on Wednesday that it is possible to rebuild them in concrete.
Professor Armin Gruen has spent two years creating computer models of the two largest statues that awed travellers across central Asia for 15 centuries.
He says he could build copies correct down to the smallest detail.
"We can't... (Further analysis would depend on the specific query.)<|im_end|>
