As night falls over Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul, the city is enveloped in darkness, with only a few dim lights and neon ...

But on some street corners, glittering colossal wedding halls loom out of the gloom, a rare display of opulence in the Afghan capital ... a palatial white-and-gold hall that shines with a glitz ...

But on some street corners, glittering colossal wedding halls loom out of the gloom, a rare display of opulence in the Afghan ...

Kabul's high-ceilinged wedding ... the Afghan culture, you have to invite more and more people" even if it means going into debt, said Haji Safiullah Esmafi, owner of the Stars Palace hall.