there are a lot of stories and afghanistan -- in afghanistan. if you think about the current situation in afghanistan, always see is poverty, always he is the -- all we see is the taliban, who is trying to kill the freedom of expression in afghanistan, and the people who are suffering under this situation. our job is to tell the story of these people. and for the future -- if i am talking about my plans, right now, currently,, and trying to learn more of what i learned in the past few years. i was working with -- until the last day of june in this year, and now i am working at a private club in washington, d.c. to take a break for a few months, maybe one or two years, and then i want to focus on my education. but i will be back and be back with a strong and better idea about afghanistan, about the freedom of expression and about journalists in afghanistan. talking about the media, fair dealing with their colleagues, they still continue working. that is what i am planning to do for the next few months to the next few years, but we can talk about

envoy to afghanistan. such an envoy should develop a road map that outlines taliban delivery on international priorities and return for mobilization. thank you for your time today. i welcome questions. >> thank you. now we recognize mr. amiri for her opening statement. >> chairman wilson, ranking member distinguished committee members, thank you for the opportunity to speak today about the devastating human rights situation in afghanistan. particularly the extreme restrictions against afghan women and girls and for your sustained bipartisan support. i will be summarizing my original statements. when i assumed the position of special envoy can women and human rights in january 2020 to, i knew it would be a difficult undertaking and that despite the taliban's rhetoric promising to respect the rights of all afghans, the struggle to ensure respect for human rights, particularly for the rights of women and girls was an uphill battle. unfortunately that assessment has proven devastatingly true. in the last two y

troops will be in afghanistan.were planning to build a narrative of what these two decades mean for us. we were growing there. we lived there. we studied there. became journalists and established media. but the fall of kabul and the fall of afghanistan happened very fast. it happened august 15. august 13, i was in a meeting with my colleagues and told them you can go if you want to stop your work. you can save your family. you can go after them if you want to stop your work. then we started seeing what was happening inside the office on house number 13. we filmed until the end of october. this documentary is a 90 minute documentary. we have a screening of this in the national press club here. a private screening. this documentary has won many awards. the whole documentary is showing how the collapse happened in the newsroom. how this moment, the fall of kabul and the fall of the country, we can show to the world the face of the taliban politicians and what's happening with the new generation of afghanistan's and wh

withdrawal from afghanistan. it is imperative final transcripts from these interviews be made available to all members as soon as possible to inform our ongoing oversight of afghanistan policy. mr. chairman i know you have asked for transparency from this administration and express your desire to get answers for the american people so i would also urge you to make these transcripts publicly available to all american people. and with that mr. chairman thank you again for convening this hearing. and i want to say, i look forward to hearing your testimony and i yield back the balance of my time. >> 's sentiment yields. i do in the state for the record we did invite witnesses of the state and usaid. however they refuse to testify alongside mr. >>> in front of the cigar i thought that was unfortunate even though there is precedence. but with that we are pleased to have the honorable the special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction force today. sir, your full statement will be made part of the record. i don

afghanistan society.whether that was ever possible to do. clearly we failed to do it. we then had president trump, who promised the american people that we'd get withdrawal before the election,■ing to do the withgradual after the election because there's no such thing as an orderlye circumstan. we did not have an from saigon. our military complex told us we would have an order liquor withdrawal because they believed that since the afghan army could fight the after ofaliban for five to six months, that they could. champ was not true. of course, there was a disorderly withdrawal and then we have the attacks on the other side saying somehow we should comb influence afghanistan and taken our weapons back from the d to continue holding them but do it all with no american casualties so we left. we now have very limited power at all. we care more about the afgha people and the alban -- taliban. certainly on behalf of the afghan people who are women. we can threat on the cut off aid. the taliban may not care. we

and the improvement of afghanistan's conditions will help the better security of afghanistan's borders with neighboring countries. mr. kazmi qomi, in a meeting with pakistani officials, emphasized that regional cooperation and practical steps should be taken. should be removed and this cooperation with kabul should be done in a collective movement, a regional contact group should be formed and the countries that have a stake in afghanistan and can help improve the conditions of afghanistan in this sensitive situation. it is involved. this was an agreement made with the pakistani authorities. the regional contact group can help in economic, security and improving political conditions in afghanistan . in my opinion, these meetings that took place in pakistan during these one or two days were very productive. and i hope based on what was discussed with the authorities of pakistan and other countries neighbor. we can form this regional contact group as soon as possible and that package of cooperation that can really help to improve the conditions in afghanistan with the aim of helping the

and thus the war in afghanistan. it is ablutely true that osama bin laden was in pakistan, and the pakistani role in afghanistan, fairly nefarious. they were major backers of taliban, and gave safe haven to the taliban to operate, answer the taliban's survival over 20 years of war was in part due to the safe haven at pastan gave em. in terms of fallout from u.s. foreign policy, one thing that i will load an something that we have twohapters on generic oks is that the taliban takeover of afghanistan, it wasn't just bad for afghanistan, the taliban taking over, al qaeda getting protection, our afghan allies often times getting hunted down by t taliban, allies being left hind, women's rights being crushed. any sortf freedomhat d been built up over 20 years getting crushed, but we live anymore dangerous world now and you can be thatome of that comes from what ppenedn afghanistan. we make a very strong case that the u.s.-nato chaos that ensued in august 2021 and the taliban takeover was likely a factor in vladimir putin's

we went to afghanistan for a second reason, one that we votedr on and that was to remake afghanistan society. af historians will have to tell the us whether that was ever possible to do clearly we failed to do it. we then had president trump who promised the american people that we'd get out of what we classified as a forever war. he was clever in that he gave the promise of withdrawal before the election intending to do fore withdrawal after the election because there's no such thing as an orderly withdrawal you should those circumstances. we did not have an orderly withdrawal from sygone. our military complex told us we would have an olderly withdrawn because since the afghan army could fight successfully for 3 to 6 months that they would which is absurd that the afghan army is going to lay down his life while the leaders are trying desperately to leave afghanistan. so, of course, there was disorderly withdrawal. we have attacks from the other side we should have gone to afghanistan, enormous country and taken the weapons back from the people that wanted to continue holding them bu

it wasn't nice to look at in afghanistan. one of the intelligence failures as they believed that because the afghan army clearly had the capacity to fight against the taliban for a three month period that they would. the fact is once we were withdrawn and everybody expected the taliban to take over, who is going to give their life just to provide a three month window between our withdrawal and the taliban. our intel community confused capacity with willingness but i do not think we are going to go back if we would have done it better it would have been beautiful. i will ask our witnesses. we had a very few tools available to get afghanistan to do what we want. we can bomb them. nobody is suggesting that. we can prevent them from getting other economic relationships with private sector companies and with imf but that undercuts the effort to help the afghan people. the aid we are providing is not only a problem for those who focus on afghanistan, i've been advocating for 27 years now that we spend more money providing nutrition

acting minister of foreign affairs of afghanistan. in this meeting, emphasizing on regional cooperation and using the opportunities after the occupation in afghanistan, he said: in order to overcome the current situation of this country, we should look for local versions. the recent and distant history of afghanistan has proven that version the imposed and imported measures have not been able to prove to be effective for afghanistan. it is still not the plans of the united nations that were presented during the work of various envoys. unfortunately , there has been no result except the war of instability and the occupation of afghanistan. kazemi qomi, the special representative of the president of our country, also said in this meeting: the determination of the countries of the region is to play the first role in the stability of this country after the occupation of afghanistan. given that today the stability and security of the region is tied to the stability and security of afghanistan. for this reason, this conference had a clear m

afghanistan has exported 1.9 billion dollars in 2023. the above figure shows a 2 percent increase , which is equal to 41 million dollars, despite the restoration of salang cities, the reduction of coal export problems of neighboring countries. meeting. the economic delegation of the caretaker government of afghanistan was held with the trade and customs officials of khorasan razavi with the aim of solving the problems of the transportation of the two countries. the afghan members of this meeting will travel to the mahi rood border in south khorasan province in order to investigate the problems of the customs area and drivers in the coming days. the meeting of the group of 21 afghan economic activists with the aim of increasing commercial and economic exchanges. in this meeting, problems, obstacles and challenges in the development of relations between the two countries of iran and afghanistan were examined . it is in the border as one to one. one was done, our basic goal is acceleration the transit and trade process is between afghanista

and confrontation with all the other big famous groups in afghanistan.ind of very mysterious and complicated relationships were seen from the beginning in nangarhar province in eastern afghanistan , operation heliburn by isis. it was observed that the then lawyer of nangarhar in the afghan senate, mr. zahir ghadeer, came and officially announced this and said who is conducting the hilliburn operation for isis. giving well, the occupying americans were present in that country and there were armed forces that cooperated with the americans. no one answered. the late vahid majdeh considered the lack of an answer regarding the nature of daesh's hilliburn operation as evidence of some kind of cooperation between daesh and the occupiers and the dominant force in afghanistan, which was the army at the time. in the north of afghanistan, in jawzjan province , this situation existed for a while in the city of darzab. but the other big group in afghanistan, which was the taliban group and which was involved with the government, was able to gradually control these ar

and the loss of afghanistan by the americans . it has been a huge project for a few months now. it is being activated and it is the road between afghanistan and china. through the wakhan strait, it was already talked about , and now it is being implemented with the withdrawal of the americans maybe within the next 9 months, the afghanistan part will be completed and this is a big revolution and this story is very heavy for the western front, for the americans and their allies, and they are trying their best to show that afghanistan is safe first. i am a witness that isis is being dealt with severely in afghanistan, not now. i was in afghanistan 5 years ago shortly after the war between the taliban and isis. now i wish it could be part of this program. let it be broadcast from that and after that well, when we come back, the american special forces will go and rescue those daesh members from the taliban prison , what could be the reason, in your opinion, other than that these forces are supported by the hundredth of the americans,

snow has covered some parts of kabul, the capital of afghanistan. snow and rain that started last night in kabul continues. at the same time as there are concerns about the continued drought in afghanistan, these rains have made the citizens of this country happy. o rain, which is a blessing from god, which should rain in afghanistan , many families have been destroyed, and things are very sad . thank god that it will rain so that we can get rid of these things. god's blessing from snow, according to the announcement of the department of meteorology of the ministry of transport and aviation of afghanistan, snowfall and rain. in 31 provinces of this country, including kabul , it will continue until the end of today to receive important news about immigrants, to investigate and deal with various issues of afghan life in iran, and to see the reports broadcasted in this news section, it is enough to watch our channels in the space join the virtual address of sain mohajeran 230. you can also visit our website at widacc.ir to follow more detailed news rel

moradi immigrated from afghanistan to iran. she is the mother of ali moradi, one of the martyrs of the fatemiyoun army. fourth child. at the beginning of the migration, mrs. moradi's sons started sewing . we were four brothers working in a sewing workshop. martyr ali moradi was the third child of the family, a person with morals and piety and one of the lovers of ahl al-bayt. a lot in god and messages in the qur'an. we were few. we were few. with the start of the syrian war, martyr moradi went to syria. one day he came and said, "the mother of our comrades is syria. if we allow it, i will go to syria." after returning from his first deployment to syria, his mother asked him. i said, "what did you see when you went to syria ?" he said, "i saw everything, i saw everything. " there was a thing: once you say it, you will learn in the third line . he is brave in the war. this will make him win the war . these were the characteristics of afghan children and commanders like the martyred haj qasim abu hamid , who died during the occupa

in the northwest of afghanistan. the european prisoners of isis who were in the secret prisons of the taliban met and interviewed , and now i wish parts of it could be broadcast in this program, and after that, when we came back american special forces go and rescue those daesh members from taliban prison, what could be the reason , in your opinion, other than these forces. are supported by 100% of the americans, and the next issue is the activation of chabahar port, a new event that can disrupt the equations of the region and the corridor equations of the region, and we are witnessing that the project is happening in our dear sistan baluchistan. it is completely characteristic and in the next step , the project is multi-layered. the conflict between iran and afghanistan has started in the past week afghanistan has blown the horns of the fugitives , they are also following this path, and we must gather our attention. while criticizing the islamic emirate, we are also criticizing the caretaker government of afghanista

we tried to introduce a role model and a hero to the children of afghanistan today, both in afghanistan and in iran. tick the characters of this animation are a symbol of teamwork, empathy and mutual acceptance to achieve success. it was about a boy who wanted to walk, but in the end he realized that he can win not just because of walking, he can win with my intellect and thinking. it was beautiful. did you like the story? yes, he taught us a lot that we should never give up, for example, when we see someone who needs our help, we should always say that we will always go and help him. a traveler from ganora , directed and produced by two brothers and a group of made by young iranian and afghan designers in mashhad . ali reza sharifi, sed and broadcasting news agency. thank you for your companion. goodbye. sana while emphasizing. in the continuation of its military operations to support the palestinian nation , it does not care about the threats of the new american coalition and stops its attacks until the end of the occupation regime's attacks against gaza. they know the opposite. yemen

supposedly, the greatest scholar in afghanistan is the one who knows masnavi.s character of this great man of science and mysticism is the fact that in fact the goal of unity that he wanted to establish among all scholars and global phenomena is that rumi has found philanthropy, convergence and peace in his works, but these days, less attention is paid to these issues in that country. it could be that we are dealing with nervousness problems today we are a nation, the same things that rumi had warned us about years ago. the real picture of children in the war camps, which is depicted in the book growing up in sepidan, our story begins with these paintings. i tried to document the geography and culture of this country by reading and seeing a series of pictures. i want to get information. a story about the 3-year resistance of the people of foue and kafrya against the takfiris, which is tied to a fantasy world. we are on the side of a fantasy novel, a book that separates children from the real world and brings them into a fantasy world, but entering it the imagin

for afghanistan. to prove effective. it is still not the plans of the united nations which were approved during the work of various envoys. unfortunately, the result of war is instability and afghanistan has not been occupied. kazemi qomi , the special representative of the president of our country, also said in this meeting: the determination of the countries of the region is to play the first role in the stability of this country after the occupation of afghanistan. given that tied today stability. security of the region with the stability of the security of afghanistan. therefore, this conference had a clear message that the determination of the countries of the region is that for the post-occupation of afghanistan, these countries are the ones who can play the first role in cooperation and improvement of these conditions. in this meeting , special representatives and ambassadors of 11 other countries also from including russia, china and pakistan. they do not support declaring military actions aga

another big famous in afghanistan was placed type.y mysterious and complicated relationships were seen from the beginning. in nangarhar province in eastern afghanistan , operation heliburn was observed by daesh, that the lawyer at the time of nangarhar , the honorable mr. zahir ghadir came to the afghan senate and officially announced this and said who is conducting halib operations for isis , well, the occupying americans were present in that country and there were also armed forces that cooperated with the americans. the late vahid mojdeh did not answer. hardly compared to the nature of operations , haliburn considered isis as evidence of some kind of cooperation between isis and the occupiers and the dominant force in afghanistan, which was the army at the time. in the north of afghanistan, in jawzjan province , this situation existed for a while, but the other group boghor in afghanistan, which was a taliban group and was in conflict with the government, was eventually able to take these areas out of their possession in the extens

ali: and i know it's even harder for women and girls in afghanistan.hat is the situation like for them now? dayne: we are very concerned about the situation for women and girls, and we obviously can note the social and political challenges that face them, but the humanitarian challenges are of prime importance to us. it is incredibly important that women and girls have access to humanitarian aid, and we work to engage the authorities to ensure that they are able to have access to that assistance. you know, for many women in afghanistan, it's just a question of how they provide food for their families, that their children are able to get enough to eat, that they have clean drinking water. ali: and how has the earthquake affected the work that you do in getting this humanitarian aid to where it needs to go? dayne: well, thankfully, we, along with partners, were able to respond very rapidly to the earthquake. the importance for what we see with the earthquake w is beyond just the initial emergency support. beyond that first surge of assistance is the long

the visit of the pakistani delegation to afghanistan has created many hopes. this board is a knot of tensions open the existing one between kabul and islamabad. behnam yazdani of kabul radio and television news agency. thank you for the companion. they had come to pay their respects to the leader of hearts , that too on the birthday of the lady of the two worlds again. visiting my congregational prayer at the top of the mosque, which was established, attending my congregational prayer after the congregational prayer . i was coming near the bridge when an explosion took place. in the golzar terrorist incident, the martyrs of kerman joined the supreme kingdom. qaram was martyred. my mother died in her arms. nasi hair was split. my hand was loose . i thought it was torn off. i was coming. if you can think with the testimony of people. they will destroy islam, blindly, we will come more and more, we , my children, will sacrifice islam until the last drop of our blood, we are still here in the scene of this school . we will raise men and women in our lap who will c

luqman, luqman province , afghanistan.last 9 months, the transit of goods from south khorasan to abroad has increased 3 times compared to the same period last year. general manager provincial customs said: 30,728 tons of goods were transited from south khorasan to abroad in the last 9 months. mr. koh kurde added that these goods from the countries of turkey, united arab emirates, russia, indonesia and vietnam were transited in afghanistan through mahirud border customs. during this period, the main cargoes of transit included flour, pepper, used memory devices and other goods, which were transferred with 1452 trucks. to receive important news about immigrants, to investigate and deal with various issues of afghan life in iran and to see the reports broadcasted in this section. in this course of the competition, 35 people in reading rushes research, reciting the tertyl and memorizing the entire holy quran make it to the final stage. the first national competition of the holy quran, especially for afghan immigrants living in

citizen in afghanistan. i will share more about ryan's condition and his treatment in a short while. first, allow me too share about our lives and what led us to afghanistan more than a decade ago. we are american citizens we are also citizens of the world. we believe every human life is sacred whether sam was bored and a country devastated by decades of war or here in our nation's capitol. we are also people of faith. our faith has inspired us to live a life of service to others. and so in 2010 our family moved from minneapolis to kabul turk turbidngos support a humanitarin project. during this time we came to believe the lives of local families could be dramatically improved by empowering them to start and run their own businesses. too that end in 2017 brian start a business consulting micro finance company called bloom afghanistan. bloom's mission was to equip the afghan people the tools come education and capitol need to build and maintain successful small businesses. ryan took the time to learn the loca

the purpose of this meeting was to introduce the rich culture of iran and afghanistan. they say that the past is the beacon of the future. until we know our past and from the past. if we don't know, we won't have a proper plan for the future. undoubtedly, when you influence the past is more important than our current situation. history should be and will be important for everyone. when you don't know the history, you can't weigh the presuppositions in your mind in the right way. a historical meeting in which to examine the history of great khorasan and the history of science and culture in the timurid period. in iran and khorasan, mawrhanar lasted exactly 140 years, that is, from 771 lunar year to 912 lunar year , it examines the atmosphere and conditions of a historical period in which the timurids were the authority, considering cultural and scientific issues in a specific place or time. important that there is a cultural and scientific section in timur. in the history , the greatest period that has worked in the field of culture and civilization is considered to be t

spokesperson of afghanistan's national intelligence and information department. he announced the issuance of about 150,000 identity cards this year. mohammad halim rafi said that more than 13,000 identity cards have been issued for adults and more than 46,000 identity cards for children. according to rafi , in the past week, more than 3,000 citizens of kabul have been issued birth cards and death certificates for 75 people. family health plan. health and medical services sabe said in this plan for the foreign press an electronic health file is created and everyone receives health care services for free. implementation of the polio vaccination plan for the children of atba along with the iranian children in khash raees. khash health center said that during the implementation of the immunization plan for children under 5 years of age, more than 28 thousand iranian children and civilians in this city were vaccinated against polio. the health department consisting of expert doctors and health care workers participated. the first stage of supplementary immunization po

, we lost a very great family in afghanistan.tainly, his personality was a great personality and he was one of those who won many honors for afghanistan. finally, qari barkatullah salim died on saturday haft delu 1402 at the age of 81 due to illness. samaya hosseini, sed and sima news agency, the first exhibition of the products and productions of atba and foreign immigrants under the title of growth and prosperity service started in bushehr . in this 4-day exhibition, 54 entrepreneurs of atba will display their handmade products of food and clothing to the visitors. put. some of the products displayed in this exhibition have an export basis. 150 million dollars of goods were exported from south khorasan in 10 months of this year. compared to the same period of the previous year, this amount of export has grown by more than 80%. according to the director general of south khorasan customs, the destination of most of these goods was afghanistan. the most important exports of the province include cement, ceramic tiles, eggs, food ,

to afghanistan , follow afghans in iran. the first snow mastani covered several provinces of afghanistan in white. the snowfall brought happiness to the citizens and farmers of provinces such as bamyan , ghazni, barkh and zabul. there was a drought in general, the communications were not correct, while it snowed, people were happy because of this snow , everyone was praying that god would make it snow soon. happy new year. how come so many people are happy because of this? what was he waiting for? he was waiting for this snow for god to send down some mercy for the people, so that all the good times and all the troubles will be removed from the people. the snow that exists is something that is very good for the people of ghazni, for the farmers , for the underground water, if there is no snow in ghazni province or in other provinces of afghanistan, it will cause a drought and cause the water level to drop. can afghan girls will hold an exhibition titled arshah zemani dress. these artists will combine modern traditional art and designers to create up-to-date designs according to the needs

artists, writers and researchers of afghanistan were present in this gathering. herat. a city that is known today as nagin khorasan and many poets. are persian writers, mystics and sufis born or lived in this city? one of the characteristics of arat is that it is geographically and culturally very close to khorasan regions of iran. in our country, herat is the second largest province of afghanistan in terms of size, population, economy and culture. and it is one of the most influential provinces of our country in the history of afghanistan. many artists and cultural activists in different fields gathered in tehran to introduce the cultural commonality of khorasan. this event is a strengthening of attention to the huge cultural commonality between iran and afghanistan. we we are a family and this family has manifestations that are customer crafts. between iran and afghanistan , the achievements and handicrafts produced from the houses of herat to the houses of tabriz can be a place for cultural convergence. the purpose of the event that was held was to show the empathy a

in afghanistan should not develop stability and security, afghanistan should not go towards a stability where construction can start, let's assume countries like china. america does not want this, that's why you see that today it supports isis. i have no doubt that the criminal operation that it was done against your believing nation, a pilgrim to the shrine of martyr quds in kerman, the executioner was isis, but it was within the framework of the plan. we reached a very good place . let's see the spokesperson of the us state department and the reporter of the associated press, then we will continue our conversation . with respect to the explosions in iran today, what i'll say, we have been following the reports uh rather closely, we don't have any uh independent information to offer on them. we express our sympathies to the victims and their loved ones who died in this horrific explosion. uh, as i said, it's too early, at least for us to be able to say what might have caused it, but i want to address some of the irresponsible claims that i have seen circulate and say that number one, t

businessmen from afghanistan were present. the 24th specialized exhibition of household appliances and audio and video equipment in mashhad will end tonight. we came from afghanistan with a group of friends related to home accessories to visit the mashhad home accessories exhibition. an exhibition that has good quality compared to previous years. this year's exhibition is one of the best exhibitions in the country. yes, we were in ahvaz exhibition last month, but compared to this exhibition, it was too much exhibition more lively and we have much better references and more satisfaction . the position of iranian home appliances in the afghan market is a very good position . visit view domestic and foreign suppliers. many popular and famous brands that operate here in iran are also sold there. in the field of household appliances, we have many parts , including refrigerators, air conditioners, washing machines, vacuum cleaners , many of which are manufactured by iranian factories. afghanistan are active and many of the afghan co

and i have notified the olympic committee that we're soviet invading forces in afghanistan.er the american people. i will support sending an olympic team to moscow. the soviet union is going have to answer some basic questions. will it help promote a more stable and, unnatural legitimate, peaceful can be pursued? or will it continue to expand its military power far beyond its genuine security needs and use that power for colonial conquest? the soviet union must realize that its decision use military force in afghanistan will be costly to political and economic relationship. it values. the region which is now threatened by soviet troops in afghanistan and is of great strategic importance. it contains more than two thirds of the world's export of all oil. the soviet effort to dominate afghanistan has brought soviet military forces to within 300 miles of the indian ocean and close to the straits of hormuz, a waterway through most of the world's oil must flow. the soviet union is now to consolidate a strategic position. therefore, that poses a grave threat to the free movement o

about the situation in afghanistan . i can firmly state that the level of poverty, nutrition, or food insecurity published by mostly foreign media with political goals is not real in our opinion, and the situation economic from the conventional point of view, our situation is favorable. the report of foreign institutions and western media about the economic problems of the people of afghanistan is that this year, the value of the afghani against the dollar has increased by about 10% and inflation has been decreasing in this country. happy in the first half of 1402 , the inflation rate decreased again and its average reached negative 488, which indicates a significant decrease. anyway, the people of afghanistan say that if there is an economic problem in this country , it is the result of dozens of occupations of afghanistan by foreigners. behnam yazdani of kabul radio and television news agency. today friday 22nd hundred and 9th total. in tehran , the sunset will be at 171:00 and the maghrib call to prayer will be at 171

in the photo section of this course , mustafa rajaei from afghanistan was jointly honored. the closing ceremony of the 9th arbaeen world award was held today in the presence of the minister of culture and islamic guidance and artists from different sectors in hosseinieh, from zahra of culture and communication organization. hazrat rasool mosque is one of the mosques of afghan immigrants for the fifth year , he organized the itikaf ceremony with the presence of the immigrants. more than 2 thousand afghan immigrants living in the city of mashhad participated in the itikaf ceremony. hazrat rasool mosque is one of the mosques where the afghan immigrants held the itikaf ceremony. it was the first time i participated in the itikaf ceremony. what day do you want to be alone, and i preferred to come on the day of itikafa , let's be alone with ourselves and see how many of us there are in this spiritual program, we witnessed the holding of meetings. pray that imam zaman will appear. we came for retreat. itikaf is like the water in which a person washes himself away from sin. i just