BAMYAN CITY (PAN): Sponsored by a top Iraqi Shiite leader, Ayatullah Sistani, a mass-marriage ceremony involving 50 young couples was held in central Bamyan province on Sunday, officials said.
The ceremony was organised in the Yakawlang district.
"With such programmes, we want to help those young people who can not afford their marriages," said a representative of Ayatullah Sistani's office, Razaie.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News each couple was given 25,000 afghanis provided by the Sistani's office.
The Yakawlang district chief, Muhammad Nasir Fayaz, said most of the couples were of the view that it was impossible for them to enter the wedlock in next two to three years if they had not participated in the mass marriage ceremony.
It was for the third time that such programme was organised in the district, he added.
The ceremony was organised in the Yakawlang district.
"With such programmes, we want to help those young people who can not afford their marriages," said a representative of Ayatullah Sistani's office, Razaie.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News each couple was given 25,000 afghanis provided by the Sistani's office.
The Yakawlang district chief, Muhammad Nasir Fayaz, said most of the couples were of the view that it was impossible for them to enter the wedlock in next two to three years if they had not participated in the mass marriage ceremony.
It was for the third time that such programme was organised in the district, he added.

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