Afghanistan Celebrate First New Year Holiday Since Taleban Demise

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Afghanistan Celebrate First New Year Holiday Since Taleban Demise
(Posted on Wednesday, March 20, 2002)

Source: Afghan News Network

Afghans are celebrating the Afghan new year for the first time since 1996, when the now ousted Taleban seized control of the country and banned the holiday of Narooz, calling it un-Islamic.

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