MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): All needed measures have been taken for celebrating the upcoming new solar year and the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony in northern Balkh province, local officials said on Sunday.
Every year on the first of Hamal, March 21, Nawruz is celebrated across the country, especially in Mazar-i-Sharif where a flag is raised on the shrine of the fourth Islamic caliphate, Hazrat Ali (RWA).
People and government officials from different parts of the country travel to Mazar-i-Sharif to participate . . .
