KABUL, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- Around 340 grooms and brides tied the knot at a mass wedding ceremony in northern Afghanistan's Samangan province, local media Tolonews reported on Monday.

The only bright lights emanate from the wedding halls that dot the city centre and escape some of the Taliban's scrutiny, as marriage is prized in Afghan culture. The high-ceilinged halls are ...

But on some street corners, glittering colossal wedding halls loom out of the gloom, a rare display of opulence in the Afghan capital ... the marriage ceremony is the most important event for ...

The Afghan T20I captain ... posted some photos from the ceremony on X, congratulating Khan: “Congratulations to the one and ...