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Afghanistan’s Looted Artifacts Are Returned
Afghan officials have handed over 33 antique items which were smuggled to the United States during the war to the National Museum. Artifacts smuggled from Afghanistan to the US were returned to the Afghan National Museum on April 29, 2021.
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Painting Inspires Afghan Girls to Break Through Confinements of Tradition
By Abdul Haleem “My prime objective is to portray the suffering of my fellow Afghans in paintings and exhibit them to highlight the pains of the war-weary people,” said Hafiza Mohammadi. Dressed in a style mixing Western and traditional features,
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Aga Khan to Restore Herat’s Ancient Minaret
The Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) has committed to restore an ancient minaret in the city of Herat. Presidential spokesperson Sediq Seddiqi said AKDN in a letter to President Ghani has vowed to help the Afghan government in restoration and
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Afghan Artists Aryana Sayeed & Farhad Darya Named Among Top 100 Most Influential People in Asia
Aryana Sayeed and Farhad Darya, Afghanistan’s renowned singers, have been named among the most influential people in Asia by the New York Press Agency. The others in the list of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Asia include A.R.
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Afghan Actor To Appear Together With Sanjay Dutt Starrer Netflix Movie
Afghan actor Humayun Shams Khan will be seen together with Sanjay Dutt in an upcoming Netflix movie called Torbaaz, which also stars Nargis Fakhri, Rahul Dev and Pransh Chopra. Sanjay Dutt shared on Twitter, “A man rises from personal tragedy
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Preparing the Removal of Bamiyan from the List of World Heritage in Danger
Afghanistan officially endorsed a new project in the Culture Sector, in an agreement signed between Mitsuji Suzuka, Ambassador of the Embassy of Japan and Jordan Naidoo, Director of the UNESCO Kabul Office and Representative to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
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Short Film On Afghan Girls Skateboarding Wins BAFTA Award
The film on Afghan girls skateboarders, ‘Carol Dysinger’ won the British Short Film award at this year’s Bafta Film Awards on Sunday. Collecting her award at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the film’s director Carol Dysinger collected her award and
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Pieces Of Buddhist Manuscript Discovered in Mes Aynak
Pieces of Buddhist manuscript written in Sanskrit on tree bark were discovered on a hillside a few years ago in Mes Aynak—Afghanistan’s largest copper deposit located in southeast of Kabul in a barren region of Logar Province—by the Afghan Institute
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Polar Music Prize Winner Metallica Donates it’s Prize Money to Afghanistan
Metallica has donated their 1 million Swedish Kronor prize money, awarded last week when they became the 2018 Polar Music Prize Laureate, to three charities. 50% is given to the Stockholm City Mission, which supports the homeless in Stockholm, 25%
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Afganistan’s National Institute of Music Receives Prestigious Polar Music Prize
Dr. Ahmad Sarmast, founder of Afghanistan’s National Institute of Music, accepted prestigious Polar Music Prize from the hands of His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at a ceremony held at the Grand Hotel in Stockholm on Thursday evening.
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Aryana Sayed Nominated for 2018 Atlantic Council Freedom Award
Aryana Sayed, Afghanistan’s most popular pop star, songwriter, and TV personality is among the recipients of the 2018 Atlantic Council Freedom Award. Born in 1985 in Kabul to a Pashto speaking father and a Dari speaking mother, Aryana left her country
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Ala Nowruz Amad…ala Nowruz Amad (New Day has arrived…New Day has arrived)
Nowruz means New Day and it marks the start of the New Year. It usually occurs on March 21 or the previous/following day depending on where it is observed. Nowruz is the celebration of spring—a new season which indicates the
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‘Hidden Flames’, written by Afghan female author, available in international market
The Hidden Flames, a fiction book written by a former child bride and a successful writer Zahra Yaganah, is now also accessible outside of Afghanistan Azmin.co and Amazon.com. The book is based on the real story of Yaganah’s life. Yaganah was
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Bamiyan Cultural Center to open in summer 2018
Bamiyan Cultural Center is scheduled to open in the summer of 2018, three years after its design was approved. In February 2015, an Argentina-based team was selected from 1,010 design entries from 117 countries for designing the Bamiyan Cultural Center.
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Afghan Women Orchestra wins the Freemuse Award 2017
Zohra, Afghanistan’s first and only all women orchestra, received the Freemuse Award 2017 for their role in empowering women through music. The women from Zohra orchestra are students at the National Institute of Music (ANIM) and the first women in
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Construction of Bamiyan Cultural Center inaugurated a year after its design approval
The construction of Bamiyan Cultural Center was officially inaugurated today by Afghan Minister of Urban Development Affairs Syed Sadat Mansoor Naderi. The inaugural ceremony was attended by Afghan government officials, representatives of UNESCO and the Embassy of South Korea. Minister
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Ghani inaugurates reconstruction of a historic palace in Kabul today
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani will inaugurate the historic Dar-ul-Aman palace situated in the outskirt of capital Kabul today , according to a statement from the presidential office. The reconstruction work of the palace will be carried out by the Ministry
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Six Afghan female cyclists to participate in a tournament in France
Six Afghan female cyclists are invited to participate in an international tournament in France. The tournament is scheduled to be held in two weeks, Afghanistan’s cycling federation said. This comes after the cycling team’s nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Shakespeare’s Globe Theater stages Hamlet in Kabul
Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre staged Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy, Hamlet, for a local audience at the UK embassy in Kabul on Sunday night. The show was held in conjunction with the British Council and was attended by high-ranking Afghan officials, students
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‘Sesame Street’ unveils Afghan Muppet called Zari
Baghch-e-Simsim, which is the Afghan version of the Sesame Street, unveiled a fresh face on Thursday: a Hijab-clad muppet named Zari. Zari plays the role of a feminist in the show where she will focus on “girls’ empowerment, national
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President Ghani approves restoration work of Dar-ul-Aman Palace
President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani announced approval of the restoration of the historic Dar-ul-Aman Palace on Wednesday. The announcement was made via an online statement posted on official Twitter account. “Shattered Dar-ul-Aman Palace is a reminder of our darkest days. Thus,
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Ghani pledges $20,000 from own budget for construction of Daud Khan mausoleum
President Ashraf Ghani has issued orders for the construction of a mausoleum for Afghanistan’s first President Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan. He has called for formation of a committee for this task and has pledged to contribute USD 20,000 from his
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Afghan women’s cycling team nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Afghan Women’s Cycling Team has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by members of the Italian parliament. According to Total Women’s Cycling, an Italian group of 118 parliamantarians started a petition to have the women’s cycling team nominated for
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Afghan treasuries to be exhibited at Japan’s Kyushu National Museum
Afghan Information and Culture Minister Zardasht Shams inaugurated the exhibition of 231 ancient artworks from the National Museum of Afghanistan at Kyushu National Museum of Japan on Saturday. “I extend my warmest gratitude to Kyushu National Museum, the people and
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Historic Bamiyan joins UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network
The historic city of Bamiyan has now joined UNESCO’s Creative Cities Network which consists of 47 cities from 33 countries. The network includes seven different creative fields: crafts and folk art, design, film, gastronomy, literature, media arts and music. By
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