Saudi Arabia to Build 100 Religious Schools in Afghanistan

Saudi Arabia has pledged to build 100 religious schools in Afghanistan and has approved financing of 35 development plans.
Riyadh will also build a hospital in Afghan capital Kabul, worth $30 million, Saudi ambassador while meeting with Afghan Senate speaker.
Ambassador JassimbinMohammed Al-Khalidi also said that Saudi Arabia will provide an assistance of 200 million riyals ($53 million US dollars) to Afghanistan for the fight against coronavirus, according to a statement released by the Senate.
The envoy said that Saudi Arabia will raise Afghanistan’s Haj quota in future.
Meanwhile, Afghan Senate Speaker Fazal Hadi Muslimyar said that Saudi Arabia could play an effective role in ending the war in Afghanistan.He called for Saudi Arabia to raise Afghanistan’s Haj quota from currently 30,000 to 50,000 and build more mosques and public infrastructures.