عبدالاحد مومند: پہلے افغان خلا باز کی کہانی جنھوں نے خلا میں قرآن کی تلاوت کی (opens original article in a new tab)

Abdul Ahad Momand, the first Afghan Muslim astronaut, who recited the Quran in space, has died in Germany at 67 after a battle with cancer.

• Abdul Ahad Momand was the first Afghan Muslim astronaut who took the Quran to space and recited it on the space station.
• Momand passed away in Germany at the age of 67 after battling illness and cancer.
• He was selected from over 400 candidates for the Soviet space program in 1988 and flew to the Mir space station.
• After returning to Earth, he faced challenges in Afghanistan and later lived in Germany as an accountant.