KABUL (Pajhwok): The post-hajj flight operation was completed on Wednesday when the last flight bringing back nearly 300 pilgrims, including eight children, landed at Kabul airport.
A total of 30,316 Afghan pilgrims performed the hajj ritual this year.
The pre-hajj operation began on May 21 and ended on 22nd of July and the post-hajj operation began on August 4 and ended today.
The pilgrims were transported to Saudi Arabia on 89 flights from capital Kabul, Kandahar, Balkh and Herat airports.
Maulvi Abdul Salam Hanafi, deputy prime minister for administrative affairs, and head of the National Hajj . . .
