Jaghori or Pakistan? Mystery surrounds Qurbani project — Pajhwok

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pajhwok’s findings show that Qurbanaid identified Jaghori district of Ghazni province as the location of a Qurbani project on its Facebook page, but the organisation now says the programme was carried out in Pakistan. Local residents and officials have also denied any knowledge of the project being implemented in Jaghori. Qurbanaid published eight posts on its Facebook page between June 5 and 9, 2026, about the Qurbani programme in Jaghori, sharing several photographs. In one post, the organisation wrote that the Qurbani programme had been successfully carried out in Afghanistan. Qurbanaid later published more photographs related to the programme, with the captions identifying the location as “Jaghori, Afghanistan”, indicating that Jaghori was where the programme had been implemented. Abdul Malik Habibi, head of the Afghan Poverty Relief Charity Organization (APRCO), which works to combat poverty in Ghazni province, told Pajhwok that before Eid al-Adha in 2026, a representative of Malaysia-based Qurbanaid, Haji Aswad, had travelled to Afghanistan and held talks with his organisation about implementing a large-scale Qurbani project. According to Habibi, an initial agreement was reached between the two sides. The project was planned for seven Afghan provinces, including Ghazni and involved the sacrifice of between 1,500 and 2,500 cattle, with the meat to be distributed among thousands of needy families. He said the project’s total value…