For the first time ever, a wall inside ARG (Presidential Palace) has been decorated with pictures of journalists, sportsmen and civil society activists. 

By hanging these pictures, government aims to display the democratic values achieved over the past few years, said Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani on United Nations affairs.

“In our office we want to raise our voice and work for all those democratic values presented by the United Nations to meet the aspirations of the UN and all humanitarian aspirations the people believe in, in the 21st century,” said Naderi.

She said the people of Afghanistan are still not benefiting from privileges human society deserves in the 21st century. 

“Today we want these pictures to hang on this wall in a way that it should be the starting point for the future where people’s ideologies can rule the center of power (ARG) or its roots develop each day so as to explain democracy within the Presidential Palace,” said Naderi.

Thirty one pictures of journalists, artists and civil society activists have been hung on the wall.

“Those faces who played a vital role in certain categories, their pictures have been hung, so we decided to sit and work on it day and night,” said one of event organizers, Jawayria Sardarzadah.

According to Naderi, in the past only pictures of kings and high-ranking government officials were hung on the wall of the Presidential Palace.