Taliban announce Hajj plans for 30,000 Afghans, seek higher quota
The Taliban’s Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs has announced that 30,000 Afghans will travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage in the upcoming solar year, which begins on March 21, 2025.
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The Taliban’s Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs has announced that 30,000 Afghans will travel to Saudi Arabia for the Hajj pilgrimage in the upcoming solar year, which begins on March 21, 2025. Speaking at a press conference in Kabul on Thursday, March 6, Noor Mohammad Saqib, the Taliban’s minister of Hajj and religious affairs, confirmed that flights for pilgrims will commence next month.
Saqib also revealed that the Taliban had formally requested Saudi authorities to increase Afghanistan’s Hajj quota from 30,000 to 45,000.
The ministry has set the cost for each pilgrim at 283,090 afghanis ($3,200), which includes accommodations and other services in Saudi Arabia. The total estimated cost of the pilgrimage for Afghan pilgrims is projected to reach 8.27 billion afghanis ($93 million), Saqib said.
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