Foreign Publication Section Of Radio Afghanistan Inaugurated

 

Sunday, July 31, 2011 Kabul (BIA) Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Minister of Information 

and Culture inaugurated the foreign section of Radio Afghanistan yesterday.

Dr. Sayed Makhdoom Raheen Minister of Information and Culture inaugurated the foreign section 

of Radio Afghanistan yesterday. This section in the first place will air program in English and Urdu 

languages each night from 8:00 to 9:00 pm. Opening the section Dr. Raheen said that this section 

has been revived with the efforts of the director general and employees of the radio and in the first 

place it will air English and Urdu programs and followed by Arabic and Russian programs and 

subsequently French and German programs. According to Dr. Raheen revival of this program shall 

assist in recognition of Afghanistan to its outside friends and will inform them about our country's events. 

Abdul Ghani Mudaqaq head of the publications department of Radio Afghanistan said that this program 

shall cover Asia, Africa and Europe regions. According to officials of the radio ten years delay in the radio 

programs was inactivity of the short wave in Yakatout. Ghulam Nabi Farahi, Deen Mohammad Mobarez 

Rashidi deputy ministers of information and culture, Zareen Anzur general director of National Radio-TV 

and some other officials participated. Radio Afghanistan started its publications in 1304 and after a short 

lapse restarted its publications in 1320 and now it is 20 hours on the air. An employees of the radio said 

that Afghanistan was the first country in the region which had radio publication on that time.

SOURCE: 

Bakhtar News Agency - Foreign Publication Section Of Radio Afghanistan Inaugurated http://bit.ly/qlHgdx

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