Badakhshan Cultural Performance: Afghan – Tajik students host inaugural performance in Khorog

On 29 January 2011, Afghan and Tajik learners from the University of Central Asia’s School of Professional and Continuing Education (UCA SPCE) in Khorog, conducted the first ever joint event involving youth from Afghan Badakhshan and Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO).

Organised by the learners themselves, the Badakhshan cultural performance was delivered to a full audience at the newly reconstructed Khorog theatre. Senior Khorog government representatives, scholars from the culture and education departments of Khorog State University, Afghan Consulate representatives, international and local non-governmental organizations, and the local community were present. The event was well-received and tickets sold out beforehand.

More at the source: University of Central Asia – News.