AFGHAN NEWS Celebration of 60th anniversary of India’s Independence

Ambassador Rakesh Sood reading the President's address to nation.

A music concert on at India House in Kabul.

arking the 60th anniversary of Mesharano Jirga (Upper House) and of the Labour and Social Affairs Minister Noor Independence Day of India, the tra- Commission for Peace and National Mohammad Qarqeen; number of Deputy M ditional flag-hoisting ceremony was Reconciliation Pir Hazrat Sebghatullah Ministers, Members of Afghan Parliament, held on August 15 at the premises of the Mojadeddi; former president Prof. Afghan businessmen and members of Indian Embassy in Kabul. Burhanudin Rabani; Commerce Minister Dr. Diplomatic Corps numbering around 400 Ambassador Rakesh Sood unfurled the Mohammad Amin Farhang; Agriculture attended the reception at India House. national flag and read out the President’s Minister Obaidullah Ramin; Defence A musical concert to the accompaniment speech delivered on the eve of Independence Minister Gen Abdur Rahim Wardak; Finance of the tabla, dilruba and rabab was held in Day. Minister Dr. Anwar-ul-Haq Ahady; Higher the evening. Around 250 persons, including officials of Education Minister Dr. Azam Dadfar; The local Afghan musicians singing Sufi the Indian Embassy, a number of Indians Information and Culture Minister Abdul songs and ghazals, enthralled the gathering, working on various public and private sector Karim Khurram; Mines and Industries as the audience lapped up each rendition. projects in Afghanistan enthusiastically took Minister Eng. Ibrahim Adel; Public Works The Indian Consulates General in Herat, part in the programme. Minister Dr. Sohrab Ali Saffary; Women's Jalalabad, Kandahar and Mazar-e-Sharif Later in the evening, Ambassador Sood Affairs Minister Dr. Hassan Banu held similar functions, which were attended hosted a reception at India House. Several Ghazanfar; Urban Development Minister by a number of local dignitaries and Indian dignitaries including the Chairman of the Eng. Yusuf Pashtun; Martyrs, Disabled, citizens. !

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