Pre-hajj flight operation begins tomorrow

KABUL flights operation to airlift intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for this year’s hajj pilgrimage would start tomorrow from Kabul, the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs said on Friday.

Some 700 intending hajj pilgrims from central zone of the country would be carried to Saudi Arabia on two flights on Saturday from the Hamid Karzai international airport in Kabul at 5am and 6pm respectively, the ministry said.

Hajj and Religious Affairs Ministry’s publications head Nasiruddin Dareez told Pajhwok Afghan News 30,000 people from Afghanistan would perform this year’s hajj pilgrimage and the operation to airlift them to Saudi Arabia would last more than a month.

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