KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Thousands of people on Monday performed the Salatul Istisqa to pray for rain in the drought hit southern Kandahar province.
Hundreds of people from nearby districts also thronged the Eid Gah mosque in Kandahar City, the provincial capital, to offer the Salatul Istisqa after years of drought badly affected crops and orchards in the province.
Nor Mohammad, a farmer from Dand district, said he arrived in Kandahar City to perform the Salatul Istisqa because there had been little raining in the past few years and . . .
