Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. Currently in the news because Afghanistan’s first citizen in space, Abdul Ahad Momand, has died at 67. Andar is named after the Andar and includes Miray and the town of Andar.
Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan’s first and only astronaut, has died of cancer in Stuttgart, Germany, on June 21. Born in Ghazni, he flew on the Mir space station in 1988 as part of a Soviet-led mission and later lived in exile. His legacy is marked by a historic spaceflight that connected Afghanistan with the wider cosmos.