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Inadequate Hajj quota angers Nimroz residents

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ZARANJ (Pajhwok): Some residents of southwestern Nimroz province have to wait for 20 years for their turn to perform the Hajj ritual due to an inadequate quota, officials said on Saturday.

Hajj and Religious Affairs Director Maulvi Hezbollah Maulvizada told Pajhwok Afghan News the quota for Nimroz was very small compared to the large population of the province.

“Around one million people live in Nimroz, whose Hajj quota is 157. Of them 31 are rejected every year for different . . .

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