Afghan couples walk down stairs during their mass marriage ceremony...

Article: 36 Afghan couples take each other's hands in ...
Xinhua News Agency;  July 7, 2009 ;     342 words ...36 Afghan couples take each other's hands in mass marriage KABUL, July 7 (Xinhua) -- In a rare event in the conservative post-Taliban Afghanistan, 36 couples got married at the same ...

Afghan grooms sit on chairs during their mass marriage ...
Getty Images;  August 18, 2008 ;     252 words ... ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony ... Full ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony in Herat on ... 17, 2008. About 50 Afghan couples tied the knot in the ... believed to be the first mass marriage in the country. The ...

An Afghan couple sit on chairs during their mass marriage ...
Getty Images;  August 18, 2008 ;     254 words ... ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony ... Full ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony in Herat on ... 17, 2008. About 50 Afghan couples tied the knot in the ... believed to be the first mass marriage in the country. The ...

Afghan brides sit on chairs during their mass marriage ...
Getty Images;  August 18, 2008 ;     252 words ... ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony ... Full ... chairs during their mass marriage ceremony in Herat on ... 17, 2008. About 50 Afghan couples tied the knot in the ... believed to be the first mass marriage in the country. The ...

Article: STATE DEPT.: LITERACY TRAINING TRANSFORMS LIVES OF AFGHAN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release: By Phillip Kurata Washington File Staff Writer In windowless, roofless, war-shattered rooms in shanty towns of Kabul, illiterate Afghan workers - brick layers, push cart sellers, and even

Article: A mass marriage for Godhra riots victims
The Hindustan Times;  November 6, 2007 ;     481 words ... ... riots, have tied the nuptial knot at a mass marriage ceremony in Vadodra. The credit for this mass marriage goes to Adarsh Seva Trust (AST ... Dangiwala, President of the AST said the mass marriage came as a blessing to the victims ...

Article: 33 COUPLES WED IN FREE MASS MARRIAGE
The Hindustan Times;  May 5, 2006 ;     540 words ... ... couples entered wedlock at the 20th free mass marriage programme of Arya Idiga Samaj, held ... Bahadur Choultry here on Thursday. The mass marriage was jointly organised by Mysore and ... District Arya Idiga Samaj and the Free Mass Marriage Committee of Arya Ediga Samaj. Sri ...