Reconstruction of Pul-e Khishti Mosque to be Completed

The Ministry of Urban Development and Land – MUDL has completed 93 percent reconstruction and restoration of Pul-e Khishti Mosque, which will be exploited shortly.

Moreover, the mosque has been reconstructed at a cost of 121,000,000 AFN through the National Reconstruction and Restoration of Historical Sites and Projects of the ministry.

In addition, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the second after Shah Do Shamshera mosque that is a historical worshiping site, which has the capacity of 3,000 worshipers at a time in the city of Kabul.

Pul-e Khishti Mosque is the largest mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Located in the center of old Kabul, the Pul-e Khishti Mosque can be identified by its large blue dome. The mosque originally was erected in the late 18th Century, but largely rebuilt under Zahir Shah in the late 1960s.