KABUL pilgrimage instead of 24,000 in Saudi Arabia, an official said Sunday.
In the past too, 30,000 Afghan pilgrims would perform the hajj, but their number was reduced to 24,000 due to new constructions at the Haram Sharif, Islam’s holiest site in Makkah.
Dayeeul Haq Abid, financial manager at the Ministry of Hajj and Islamic Affairs (MoHIA), told Pajhwok Afghan News the constructions in the Haram Sharif had been completed and the capacity for pilgrims increased.
He said Saudi Arabia . . .
