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Lavish weddings return to Kabul, but only women get to enjoy the party

By Pamela Constable inn The Washington Post, Dec 22, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. ESTKABUL — The spacious ballroom glittered with lights. Young women in chiffon and satin gowns sashayed among the tables or twirled slowly on the dance floor to tapes of rhythmic music. Amid “oohs” and “aahs,” the bride and groom were lowered from the ceiling in a golden cable car and escorted to a lotus-shaped throne. Tiny drones whirred in the air, recording…