Construction has begun on a protective wall around the historic Imamzadeh Yahya ibn Zayd Shahid Shrine in Sar-e Pol Province, Afghanistan. The project will cost more than AFN 300,000.
The wall is planned to be 70 metres long and 2.5 metres high. The opening ceremony was attended by Mawlawi Abdul Ghaffar Haqnama, head of the Sar-e Pol Provincial Department of Information and Culture, officials from local institutions and community members.
Haqnama called the project an important step in protecting the shrine and thanked the donor for supporting it. He said construction and preservation work should follow the principles of Islamic architecture and respect the historical value of heritage sites.
