Charity body arranges mass wedding for 70 couples
The couples were unable to arrange wedding parties individually due to economic problems, Bakhtar said in its report.
A local charity organisation has arranged a mass wedding party for 70 couples in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Tuesday.
"The Silab Foundation held a mass wedding for 70 couples in Kabul on Monday.
"The couples were unable to arrange wedding parties individually due to economic problems,'' Bakhtar said in its report.
In Afghanistan, holding a marriage ceremony is expensive.
In a normal wedding party, the groom's family has to invite hundreds of guests from both groom and bride's families which normally costs from USD10,000 to USD 20,000.
The Taliban-run administration has called on people to avoid wasting money on marriages.