KABUL pilgrims this year. In an interview on Thursday, Prince Khaled, who is also chairman of the Central Hajj Committee, said that expatriates who belong to 160 nationalities constitute 70 percent of the pilgrims performing this year’s exceptional Hajj while…
KABUL ritual in the holy city of Makkah, AFP reported on Wednesday. To curb the spread of Covid-19, the number of pilgrims has been reduced to 10,000 people already living in Saudi Arabia, where 270,000 individuals have already been infected.…
KABUL and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) has backed the Saudi decision on allowing a “very limited” Hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. A day after Riyadh announced the decision, MoHRA said the Afghans who were in queue for this…
KABUL this year due the coronavirus pandemic, media reports say. The people already living in the kingdom will be allowed to take part in the annual pilgrimage, the Saudi Hajj Ministry said. "It has been decided to hold the pilgrimage…
Local officials said Hajj Zarghom district of western Herat province was killed in an armed attack on Sunday. Governor’s spokesman, Jailani Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News that Abdul Rahim Ahmadi, head of Hajj and Islamic Affairs of…
KABUL system; develop training sessions and workshops for capacity building of staffs, according to a statement on Saturday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed in between Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs and Asan Khedmat regarding the e-Hajj…
Saudi Arabia will have a new prototype of a Mina in 2020, Prince Khalid Bin Faisal Al-Saud Governor of Makkah has said at a Press Conference Tuesday in Mina, Saudi Arabia. While responding to questions by journalists on…
About 2.5 million pilgrims performed this year’s Hajj exercise, the Saudi Arabian ambassador to Nigeria, Adnan Bin Mahmoud Bostaji has said. Mr Bostaji, who gave the total number of pilgrims who attended Arafat on Saturday as computed by…
MAKKAH(Pajhwok) More than 1.8 Million International Pilgrims Arrived in Saudi Arabia for Pilgrimage The Saudi General Directorate of Passports said in a statement. 1,725,455 pilgrims travelled to the Kingdom by air, 95,634 arrived via land borders and 17,250 via sea…
MAKKAH (Pajhwok( A top Saudi scholar has urged pilgrims to stay away from any acts that would politicize the annual pilgrimage. President of General Presidency of Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudais on Tuesday said…
MAKKAH (Pajhwok) Prince Khalid al-Faisal, governor of Mecca, said in a press conference on Sunday that “Saudi Arabia is always open to receive pilgrims from anywhere without discrimination. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, Advisor to the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques…
KABUL and the Prophet’s Mosque (GPH) has planned 140 initiatives to be carried out by 10,000 staff for this year’s haj season. GPH director Shaykh ‘Abdur-Rahmaan ibn ‘Abdil-‘Azeez as-Sudays in a statement confirmed GPH readiness to serve the pilgrims as…
KABUL flights operation to airlift intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia for the performance of this year’s hajj pilgrimage will start next week from Kabul, the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) said on Friday. Nasiruddin Dareez, MoHRA spokesman, told…
KABUL and Religious Affairs (MoHR) on Sunday said the cost of performing hajj would be $2750 per pilgrim in 2019. Thousands of people would be sent to Saudi Arabia from Afghanistan for the performance of hajj this year. A statement…
Saudi Arabia minister for Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammad Saleh has reiterated there is no condition to impose on any Muslim coming only to perform Hajj and Umra rituals in peace. He said all Muslims around the world…
Saudi Arabia minister for Hajj and Umrah Dr. Mohammad Saleh has reiterated there is no condition to impose on any Muslim coming only to perform Hajj and Umra rituals in peace. He said all Muslims around the world…
Local officials said Hajj and Islamic Affairs director of Ghoryan district of western Herat province was killed in an armed attack on Thursday. Sayed Mohammad Shirzad, Herat Hajj and Islamic Affairs director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL in Saudi Arabia, the Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHR) said on Tuesday. MoHR’s spokesman Naseruddin Darez told Pajhwok Afghan News the Afghan pilgrims died of natural causes and as a result of traffic accidents. He said some…
The Saudi Arabia chairman of the Central Hajj Committee has said 250,000 workers contributed to serving pilgrims in this year’s Hajj rituals. Prince Khalid Al-Faisal, advisor to the custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, governor of Makkah…
As a result of strict monitoring of contracts for transporting pilgrims to Saudi Arabia, $1.6 million has been saved, the National Procurement Commission (NPC) said on Tuesday. President Ashraf Ghani has tasked a committee, headed by NPC Secretary…
KABUL maintained cordial relationship and the leaders of two countries have been interested to enhance the strategic relation in all fields, according to diplomatic sources in the kingdom. Saudi Arabia was the heart of Islam and Afghanistan was the strategic…
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KABUL and Religious Affairs said on Monday. On September 6, the ministry said in a statement, around 1,000 pilgrims would be brought back home in total three flights and the post-hajj operation would take a month to complete. Some 30,000…
KABUL and Religious Affairs said on Monday. On September 6, the ministry said in a statement, around 1,000 pilgrims would be brought back home in total three flights and the post-hajj operation would take a month to complete. Some 30,000…
