{"id":9316,"date":"2026-03-23T14:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/rise-visit-herat-historic-sites-eid\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:45:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:45:17","slug":"rise-visit-herat-historic-sites-eid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/03\/23\/rise-visit-herat-historic-sites-eid\/","title":{"rendered":"Significant Rise in Visitors to Herat&#8217;s Historic Sites During Eid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Information and Culture in Herat has announced that thousands of families visited the province&#8217;s historic and scenic sites during the Eid holidays. According to the department, approximately three thousand people visited the Ikhtiyaron al-Din Fortress alone, marking a notable increase compared to regular days.<\/p>\n<p>Taliban officials in Herat say that the recent surge in visitors is unprecedented. They consider this enthusiasm a sign of the citizens&#8217; interest in Herat\u2019s historical and cultural heritage.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, spokesperson for the Taliban administration in Herat, stated that special security measures were implemented during Eid, which allowed people to visit these sites with &#8220;peace of mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Herat is regarded as one of Afghanistan\u2019s historically significant provinces, and the Ikhtiyaron al-Din Fortress is among its most prominent ancient structures, attracting domestic visitors from various parts of the country every year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of families visited Herat\u2019s historic sites during Eid, with record numbers at Ikhtiyaron al-Din Fortress and enhanced security for visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-important-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}