{"id":22558,"date":"2026-07-05T10:59:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22558"},"modified":"2026-07-05T10:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:59:23","slug":"body-of-afghanistans-first-cosmonaut-abdul-ahad-momand-to-be-returned-to-kabul-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/05\/body-of-afghanistans-first-cosmonaut-abdul-ahad-momand-to-be-returned-to-kabul-on-monday\/","title":{"rendered":"Body of Afghanistan\u2019s first Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand to be returned to Kabul on Monday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: The country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the dead body of the country\u2019s first cosmonaut and renowned Air Force pilot, the late Abdul Ahad Momand, who passed away in Germany, will be transferred to Kabul on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement issued by Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, Director of Public Relations and Communications at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Momand\u2019s body will be transported from Munich, Germany, to Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The funeral prayer will be held at the historic Eidgah Grand Mosque in Kabul and will be attended by officials of the Islamic Emirate, members of Momand\u2019s family, relatives, former colleagues, and numerous citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the funeral ceremony, Abdul Ahad Momand will be laid to rest at the Tapa Maranjan (Maranjan Hill) cemetery in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Abdul Ahad Momand made history in 1988 when he became the first Afghan and the fourth Muslim to travel into space, earning a distinguished place in Afghanistan\u2019s scientific and aviation history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: The country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that the dead body of the country\u2019s first cosmonaut and renowned Air Force pilot, the late Abdul Ahad Momand, who passed away in Germany, will be transferred to Kabul on Monday. According to a statement issued by Hafiz Zia Ahmad Takal, Director of Public Relations and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22560,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22558\/revisions\/22560"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}