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Afghanistan’s cosmonaut-researcher
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Abdul Ahad Mohmand, the youngest of six children for Mohammad Sarvar (of the Pashtun ethnic group) and Sahib Jamal, was born sometime around the first day of 1959 in the city of Sardah, situated in the medieval eastern Afghan province of Ghanzi. The birth was never registered and as his farming parents were unable to recall the exact date they chose the first day of January. His father passed away when Mohmand was in his eighth class at school. Although his mother was illiterate she was well versed in religious matters. However, he found even greater fascination in the skies above.
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