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Wedding expenses are the biggest concern for young Afghans

Fardin Waezi@UNAMA

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The tradition of expensive weddings and dowry is adding more pressure on young Afghans who want to get married.These expensive weddings are causing lots of unrest among families as the pressure after the marriage is on the couples shoulders, and this often causes dispute.Afghan authorities and civil society in a press conference are calling to stop such old traditions practices.Abdul Rauf Zazai has more.


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The tradition of expensive weddings and dowry is adding more pressure on young Afghans who want to get married.These expensive weddings are causing lots of unrest among families as the pressure after the marriage is on the couples shoulders, and this often causes dispute.Afghan authorities and civil society in a press conference are calling to stop such old traditions practices.Abdul Rauf Zazai has more.



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