Religion & Culture

Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai says the role of media and spokesman is an urgent necessity for society in the current era.

The Academy of Sciences on Saturday commemorated the 46th anniversary of the martyrdom of Hazrat Zia-ul-Mashayekh Mohammad Ibrahim Jan Mujadidi.

The Information and Culture Department registered 57 more ancient monuments in central Maidan Wardak province in 1403 solar, an official said on Wednesday.

As many as 1,500 foreign tourists have visited northern Balkh province over the last nine months of the current solar year, an official said on Wednesday.

The usurpation and excavation of the ancient and historical site of Hazarsum in the village of Kokjar, Hazrat Sultan district of northern Samangan province, has been completely prevented and the site would be preserved as part of the country's cultural heritage, an official said on Tuesday.

A four-day calligraphy exhibition titled ‘Nasim-i-Mehr’ commenced in western Herat province on Wednesday to protect Herat’s original and Islamic calligraphic arts.

Pashto poet and writer Mohammad Waseem Mohmand from northern Baghlan province has passed away due to an illness.

Some residents and cultural activists in northern Balkh province have expressed concern over the destruction of a historic Berbar fort located Dawlatabad district and called on the government to reconstruct the historic site.

KABUL (Pajhwok): A delegation from the Ministry Hajj and Religious Affairs has left for Turkey on an official invitation, the ministry said on Sunday. Led

A number of writers and poets in eastern Kunar province say they are unable to publish their works due to economic woes, seeking support from the government and businesspeople.

The Ministry of Vice and Virtue (MoVV) says Arezo TV channel has been closed for carrying out activities against Islamic values and Afghan traditions.

Hasibullah Zaheer, 26, who born blind, has completed his higher education like a sighted person and has almost completed writing tafseer of the Holy Quran and some important history books in Braille and tries to open new avenues of hope for other blind people.