Govt Declares Tuesday Public Holiday

Afghan government announced Tuesday a public holiday. A press release from Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, martyrs and Disabled sent to media stated that on the occasion of Soviet defeat and withdrawal from Afghanistan, Tuesday 26th of Dalwa in the Afghan calendar is a national wide holiday in Kabul and provinces.

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نویسنده: popal

12 Feb 2017

TERMEZ, RUSSIA - MAY 21: A convoy of Soviet Army armoured personal vehicles cross a bridge in Termez, 21 May 1988 at Soviet-Afghan border, during the withdrawal of the Red Army from Afghanistan. The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in December 1979 to shore up the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul and maintained more than 100,000 troops in the country until completing their phased withdrawal in 1989. (Photo credit should read VITALY ARMAND/AFP/Getty Images)

Afghan government announced Tuesday as a public holiday. A press release from Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, martyrs and Disabled sent to media stated that on the occasion of Soviet defeat and withdrawal from Afghanistan, Tuesday (26th of Dalwa in the Afghan calendar) is a nation-wide holiday in Kabul and provinces. The statement added that all government institutions will be closed in Kabul and provinces on Tuesday. The then Soviet strong red army withdrew from Afghanistan after nine years of occupation on 15 February, 1989.

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