The Kabul Tribune (KT) — The body of Afghanistan's first cosmonaut, Abdul Ahad Momand, is scheduled to be repatriated from Munich, Germany, to Kabul on Monday, July 6, 2026, where he will be laid to rest.
According to sources, the repatriation is being coordinated by the Taliban's Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Defense and Transport. Upon the arrival of his body in Kabul, funeral prayers will be held before he is buried in Afghanistan.
Momand died in Germany on June 21, 2026, after battling cancer.
He was Afghanistan's first and only cosmonaut, traveling to space in 1988 as part of the former Soviet Union's space program.
His mission marked a historic milestone in Afghanistan's scientific and space exploration history, and he is widely regarded as one of the country's most prominent scientific figures.
