Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with the Saudi ambassador in Kabul, Faisal Bin Talaq Al-Baqmi, and requested an increase in Afghanistan’s Hajj quota. The...
Acting Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs Noor Mohammad Saqib said Tuesday that efforts have begun to increase the quota for pilgrims from Afghanistan to Saudi...
The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation says that the first group of Afghan pilgrims from Saudi Arabia returned to Kabul late Saturday. The ministry said...
Saudi state TV said temperatures rose on Monday as high as 51.8 degrees Celsius (125.2 Fahrenheit) in the shade at the Grand Mosque in Mecca.
Fourteen Jordanians have been reported dead during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, some of them due to heat stroke, while 17 others were reported...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs says that the process of transferring Hajj pilgrims from Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia has started. According to the ministry,...
Afghanistan has secured a quota of 30,000 for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage, officials announced Tuesday. Acting Minister of Hajj and Religious Affairs Noor Mohammad Saqib said...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs announced Tuesday it will return $108 in excess fees to each pilgrim who performed this year’s Hajj. Officials said...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs said on Tuesday that the first flight carrying 346 Afghan pilgrims has landed in Kabul, and that Afghan pilgrims...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) minister of defense met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince during a banquet for officials and foreign guests participating in this...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MoHRA) said that the first flight carrying 346 pilgrims left Kabul for Saudi Arabia on Saturday where the group...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs said on Friday that the first flight carrying Afghan pilgrims has landed in capital Kabul. According to Fazal Mohammad...
Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said the first group of Afghan pilgrims left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday...
The Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs says that according to the quota set by Saudi Arabia for Afghanistan, the number of Afghan pilgrims will only...
Individuals who have received two doses of an approved coronavirus vaccine will be able to perform Umrah and visit the two holy mosques as of October...
Fewer pilgrims than normal flocked to the city of Mina on Tuesday, the first of the three-day stoning of the devil ritual amid the coronavirus. The...
Saudi Arabia has restricted the annual Haj pilgrimage to its own citizens and residents for the second year running in response to the coronavirus pandemic, the...
Saudi Arabian authorities partially lifted a seven-month-long ban on pilgrims performing Umrah and allowed the first group of worshippers to enter the Grand Mosque on Sunday. ...
According to Hajj Minister Mohammed Banten, Saudi Arabia is concerned about the safety of pilgrims amid the coronavirus pandemic and has, therefore, asked Muslims to delay...