Reconstruction and reinforcement work of the historic Babaji Mosque in southern Ghazni province, Afghanistan, has been completed at a cost of 150,000 US dollars. Speaking to the audience at the mosque’s inauguration ceremony, Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Maulvi Atiqullah Azizi said the Babaji Mosque was built during the caliphate of Hazrat Uthman. Fazl Karim Ahmadi, head of the Aga Khan Cultural Foundation in Ghazni, said the restoration and reinforcement work of the historic Babaji Mosque had been carried over the past 14 months, and today was officially handed over to the Ghazni Department of Information and Culture. Abdul Wahid, a local elder, noted that the mosque was under threat of collapse before the special attention of the government and the Aga Khan Cultural Foundation.