Abdul Ahad Momand, first Afghan in space, dies at 67 in Germany

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Cosmonaut Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan ’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67, his family and friends said. A national hero, Momand died from cancer on June 21 in a hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, where he had lived since leaving Afghanistan in 1992 during the civ...

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