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The Taliban opened a one-day book exhibition in Paktika.
The Information and Culture Department of Paktika province has announced that it has opened a one-day book exhibition in Sherna, the provincial center. According to Taliban officia…
Prince Harry is making a war movie about the Afghanistan war.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are working on a war film for Netflix. The film is based on the memoirs of a British officer about the Afghanistan war. Prince Harry himself…
Russia seeks to promote the Russian language and culture in Afghanistan through people’s diplomacy.
Dmitry Savolov, a member of the Russian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and Director General of the Russian Center for People’s Diplomacy, announced that the organization wi…
A young girl from Badakhshan completed a handwritten copy of the Holy Quran in two years.
Mursal Ataei, a young teacher from Badakhshan, has succeeded in producing a complete handwritten copy of the Holy Quran after two years of continuous effort; an endeavor she says w…
Mohammadullah Shirazi, the well-known writer and journalist from Khost, has passed away.
Reports indicate that Mohammadullah Shirazi, a writer, journalist, and translator from Khost, has passed away due to cancer.Mohammadullah Shirazi was a well-known figure in Khost’s…
Shamim Frotan won the most prestigious award of the Franco Loi Literary Festival.
Afghan journalist and poet Shamim Frotan has won a literary award at the 11th edition of the prestigious Franco Loi International Literary Festival in Italy.According to reports, t…
Saudi Arabia has become the largest tourism market in the Middle East.
According to a report by the news website Bululop, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Saudi Arabia’s travel and tourism sector reached $178 billion in 2025, growing by 7.4 percent…
Mud-brick icehouses: An example of ancient architectural ingenuity in the scorching desert.
Architecture in Iran has long been based on principles that today are redefined in modern design theories through concepts such as “sustainable architecture” and “passive energy sy…
The Anar Gul cultural festival in Kandahar has turned into a Taliban propaganda event.
In Kandahar, this year’s traditional “Anar Gul” ceremony and public festival were held in an atmosphere that, instead of focusing on literature, poetry, and culture, was largely de…
Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of Leilma, the wife of Maftoon, a local Afghan singer.
Local Taliban authorities in Badakhshan province say that two people have been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the killing of Leilma, the wife of Abdul Salam Maftoon, a loc…