Religion & Culture

The Council of Ministers has decided that the fee for media frequency licenses should be reduced by 50 percent in the grade one provinces and media outlets could pay the liabilities in installments over three years, a statement said on Wednesday.

Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi has urged international cultural organisations and countries to cooperate with Afghanistan in preserving its cultural heritage.

The visit of religious scholars from Uzbekistan is evidence of cordial relationship, mutual respect and cooperation between the two neighboring countries, a statement said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) has banned around 400 books across the country, calling them against Afghan and Islamic values.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has reported the killings of 1,714 journalists worldwide since 1993.

On the invitation of the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) a delegation of religious scholars from Uzbekistan has arrived in the capital Kabul, a statement said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Information and Culture (MoIC) has distributed awards to nearly a hundred poets, writers, painters, artists, journalists and researchers at the Cultural and Artistic Awards Distribution Festival.

The Afghanistan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU) and a private hospital has inked and agreement on offering journalists and their families up to 70 percent discount in health services.

Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi has urged UNAMA to cooperate with his ministry in construction of buildings for public libraries and setting up mobile libraries across the country.

The Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA) would expand its cooperation in the restoration of Afghanistan's historical monuments, the equipment of the national archive, art gallery and public libraries, a statement said on Thursday.

Acting Minister of Vice and Virtue Sheikh Mohammad Khalid Hanafi has said the implementation of Sharia law is both a duty of the Islamic system and a demand of Afghan society.

FAIZABAD (Pajhwok): A number of culturists in northeastern Badakhshan province say cultural activities have improved compared to past years and the government should increase its