Religion & Culture – Page 79 – Pajhwok Afghan News

30,000 Afghans to perform Hajj as pilgrimage costs reduced

The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) announced on Saturday that 30,000 Afghans will travel to Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj this year, with the cost per pilgrim reduced by nearly 16,000 afghanis compared to last year.

Objection to Islamic laws deemed crime, critics to face justice: MoJ

MoIC renews licences of 3 media support bodies, revokes remaining

New radio station goes on air in Kabul

World has wrongly recognized Afghans: Robert Sampson

Zabihullah Ihsaas

20 Nov 2017 - 14:43

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): British teacher Robert Sampson says if the world reads Pashtu poetry they . . .

37 pairs enter wedlock in Bamyan mass marriage

Hadi Ghafari

19 Nov 2017 - 19:10

BAMYAN CITY (Pajhwok): A mass marriage ceremony involving 37 pairs was held in central Bamyan province on Sunday, thanks to the Ministry . . .

Prominent historian ‘Kohzad’ paid homage at Presidential Palace

Azizullah Hamdard

19 Nov 2017 - 19:06

KABUL (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on Sunday called Ahmad Ali . . .

35 couples tie the knot at Nimroz mass wedding

Muhammad Ramin

12 Nov 2017 - 15:06

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Thirty-five couples tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony arranged by a welfare organization in southwestern Nimroz province on Sunday . .

Women’s painting works on display in Kabul

Naheed Bashardost

11 Nov 2017 - 19:47

KABUL, were put on display in capital Kabul on Saturday. Shakila Shaqaiq Payez . . .

Kandahar woman scripts Quran in delicate embroidery

Bashir Ahmad Nadem.

7 Oct 2017 - 15:31

KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): A young woman from southern Kandahar province has scripted the entire holy Quran

Unattended Herat heritage sites face extinction: official

Storai Karimi

4 Oct 2017 - 19:59

HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): Several historic sites and monuments in western Herat province face ‘extinction’ due to government’s negligence, an official said on Wednesday . .