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Kabul-Frankfort Flights Resume by Tarin in Events visit site

Direct flights from Kabul to Frankfort, Germany resume with the inauguration of new terminal, officials say A new modern terminal for international flights has been constructed in Kabul Airport. “It is a great achievement; now our international airport has a world-standard terminal,” said Afghan Transport and Civil Aviation Minister, Hamidullah Farooqi. The new terminal in Kabul airport was built with a massive donation of $35 million provided by Japan, the World Bank an...

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Church Leader Convicted of Rape and Force Marriage of 14 years girl by khairullah in Events visit site

The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. Jeffs stood and, like his 15 followers in the courtroom, wore a stoic look as the verdict was read. Prosecutors said Jeffs, who performed the ceremony, forced the girl into marriage and sex against her will. Jurors said they agreed Jeffs rejected the girl's pleas and refused to release her from the marriage. ...

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Afghanistan gets first fashion show in decades by admin in Events visit site

Kabul: Models strode down a catwalk in the Afghan capital Kabul for the first time in decades this weekend as two designers showed off their clothes behind the guarded walls of a luxury hotel. An audience of expatriates and well-heeled Afghan watched the show in hotel garden, under a clear midsummer night’s sky, to the strains of traditional Afghan music. All of the models showing the conservatively cut clothes that included designer burqas were expatriate women, to the disapp...

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Afghans get a taste of the catwalk by admin in Events visit site

Afghanistan has played host to its first fashion show in decades, with models displaying designer garments at a hotel in the capital, Kabul. The show, which made the news on Afghanistan's Tolo TV channel, attracted an audience of expatriates and well-to-do Afghans. Clothes made from Afghan textiles, including fashion burqas, were shown off by non-Afghan models to the accompaniment of traditional local music.