Tuesday, May 02, 2017
Kabul (BNA) Prof. Mohammad Rasoul Bawari, Acting Minister of Information and Culture met with provincial chief and directors of information and culture for Herat, praising cultural developments in the province.
In the meeting, provincial chief of information and culture Aria Raufian spoke related to activities and challenges their departments were facing with in the province and said, “Directorate of information and culture has four departments working in information and culture, tourism, art and youth affairs and having considerable achievements.”
“Herat has 280 historical monuments”, Raufian said, adding that national museum, Itifaq-e-Islam newspaper, public library , tourism book, Herat direction, 1050 musicians, 500 engraving artists and more than 50 theatrical artists have been able to add to activities and values of the information and cultural directorate in Herat.
He considered lack of working force and possibilities as problems the directorate facing in the province.
Meanwhile, acting minister of information and culture while expressing happiness over fruitful and valuable activities of the department asserted ministry of information and culture was determined to take serious and practical steps towards prevention from destruction of historical monuments across the province.
