Education ministry striving to provide religious, modern education.

The Acting Minister of Education, Habibullah Agha, said at the ceremony celebrating International Teacher's Day that the ministry is working to improve educational opportunities for students in the country.

Speaking at the ceremony, which was held at Amani High School in Kabul, the Acting Minister of Education called education a necessity for the progress and self-sufficiency of the country.

'The Ministry of Education is dedicated to providing its educational services in the areas of religious and modern education in all parts of Afghanistan in a balanced manner,' Habibullah Agha said.

Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, the Islamic Emirate's second deputy prime minister, said during the event that strengthening education is one of the Islamic Emirate's top priority. 'Some parts of Afghanistan were deprived of education over the years or had neither schools nor madrasas. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is trying to build schools and madrasas in all parts of Afghanistan,'...