KABUL, May 24 (Xinhua) -- "The purpose of holding this book fair is to encourage our people, especially the youngsters to raise public awareness of reading and promote the culture of book-reading among countrymen," said Azita Nazhand, an organizer of the book fair in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
This is the first time that a street book fair has been held by several women in Kabul since the Taliban took over Afghanistan in mid-August 2021.
More than 1,000 pieces of books on different subjects including culture, literature, politics and economy were displayed at the two-day book fair that ended on Friday.
Nazhand said they sold "almost 300 pieces of books."
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