BAMYAN (Pajhwok): The Qala-i-Chahl Burja, a historic fort with 40 towers built around it in the Yakawalang-II district of central Bamyan provinces has been nearing extinction due to negligence on the part of the government. The historic fort is...
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghanistan Embassy in India plans to celebrate the first “Indo-Afghan cultural week” in New Delhi from Wednesday. Afghan envoy to New Delhi, Dr. Shaida Ahmad Abdali, said the event scheduled for November 29 would showcase...
GARDEZ (Pajhwok): High dowry still persisted notorious culture in southeastern Paktia and other provinces of the country that made the lives of young men and women difficult. Zarghoona Hemmat, head of the Afghan Women Network (AWN), said young men...
CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Acting Information and Culture Minister Mohammad Rasool Bawari said on Tuesday efforts were underway to rescue Afghanistan from “foreign cultural invasion.” The acting minister said this while inaugurating a three-day cultural...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A new survey released on Monday said the presence of women journalists in Afghanistan has decreased due to insecurity. Conducted by the Center for the Protection of Afghan Women Journalist (CPAWJ), the survey was presented at an...
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): British teacher Robert Sampson says if the world reads Pashtu poetry they will understand the Afghans hate war and love peace.
BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A mass marriage ceremony involving 37 pairs was held in central Bamyan province on Sunday, thanks to the Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC)’s financial help. The ceremony was attended by Bamyan governor Mohammad Tahir...
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday called Ahmad Ali Kohzad as one of key figures and representative of the Afghan history, emphasizing that all his books should either be printed or digitized. President Ghani was addressing...
ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Thirty-five couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony arranged by a welfare organization in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday. Haji Ibrahim Habibyar, head of the welfare organization, said the purpose of mass marriage...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Painting arts of women , depicting the bad situation of women in Afghanistan , were put on display in capital Kabul on Saturday. Shakila Shaqaiq Payez, head of Change for Afghan Women organization, who organized the exhibition, told...
KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A young woman from southern Kandahar province has scripted the entire holy Quran with embroidery and wants to present her highly artistic work to the National Museum. Zamarud Afghan, 28, spent seven and half a years...
HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Several historic sites and monuments in western Herat province face ‘extinction’ due to government’s negligence, an official said on Wednesday. Arya Raufiyan, the provincial information and culture department head, told a press...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Chairman of the High Peace Council Mohammad Karim Khalili on Sunday stressed over peace and stability in the country and said that Afghanistan would not be allowed to become second Syria as efforts for proxy war on Afghan soil were being made.
FARAH CITY (Pajhwok): Some youth in western Farah province launched blood donation drive on the occasion of 10 th Muharram-ul-Haram to pay homage to the sacrifices of Imam Hussain (RD) and his companions in Karbala.
KABUL (Pajhwok): The sixth death anniversary of former president and High Peace Council (HPC) chief Burhanuddin Rabbani was observed in Kabul on Thursday, with participants demanding security, peace and unity in Afghanistan . The ceremony was...
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): The Nangarhar hajj and religious affairs director on Thursday asked Pakistani clerics to stop issuing fitawas for jihad in Afghanistan . The Pakistani ulema have recently again issued a fitwa declaring jihad (holy war) in...
KABUL (Pajhwok): Visiting the National Archives, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah on Tuesday promised to submit some historic papers and linear works available with him to the archives, asking people to cooperate with the cultural...
BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A fist-of-its-kind ‘Election Museum’ that chronicles Afghanistan ’s electoral journey with photographs, documents and technical items was inaugurated in central Bamyan province on Tuesday. The museum was officially inaugurated...
KABUL (Pajhwok): A senior Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) official on Wednesday warned media outlets of legal action and closure over failing to pay taxes in-time.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan officials, lecturers, students and culturists on Tuesday held a gathering in Kabul to mourn the death of Nancy Dupree, an American historian who spent decades preserving Afghanistan ’s heritage. Dupree passed away peacefully...