Public Awareness Meeting on Decree No. 17 Held at Paytakht Terminal

The Kabul Provincial Department of Information and Culture held a public awareness meeting at Paytakht Terminal in the Sarai Shomali area of Kabul’s 11th district to raise awareness of Leadership Decree No. 17 on preventing harmful customs and the decree on preventing human trafficking.

The meeting was attended by heads and representatives of transport companies and drivers.

Speaking at the meeting, Mawlawi Shamsullah Zubair, Director of Information and Culture in Kabul, said that harmful customs have adverse effects on the economic and social lives of families. He stressed that implementing the provisions of the decree and raising public awareness about them were a shared responsibility. He called on transport company representatives and drivers to help communicate the decree’s messages and guidance to passengers travelling with them.

As part of the programme, brochures, booklets, stickers, travel supplications and other cultural and informational materials relating to the decrees were distributed among participants. USB flash drives containing the Leadership’s decrees were also handed out to help extend public awareness of the messages to other members of society.

At the end of the meeting, heads and representatives of transport companies and drivers welcomed the initiative and expressed their readiness to cooperate in public awareness efforts. Gifts and additional cultural materials were also distributed among the participants.

29 Jumada al-Awwal 1448 
10 November 2026