{"id":816,"date":"2026-09-28T11:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/?p=816"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:13:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:13:45","slug":"1312-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taneen.tv\/en\/1312-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture: The Historic Chehelsetoon Minaret in Kabul Is at Risk of Destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Information and Culture says that a landslide in the Chehelsetoon area of Kabul has put the historic minaret of this area at serious risk of destruction and damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The ministry said in a statement on Saturday, September 19, that the Chehelsetoon minaret, with hundreds of years of historical background, is located atop one of the heights of this area, and following the sliding of land and the shifting of part of the mountain, its condition has become worrying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Taliban officials have not provided details about the exact extent of damage to this historic structure or specific measures to prevent its destruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Previously, Taliban officials had also warned about the possibility of the expansion of the landslide on the Chehelsetoon mountain and its threat to surrounding residential houses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">Taliban officials have cited unprofessional excavations and extraction on the mountain slopes as the main factors weakening the mountain&#8217;s structure and causing the landslide.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban&#8217;s Ministry of Information and Culture says that a landslide in the Chehelsetoon area of Kabul has put the historic minaret of this area..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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