The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee provided matzoh to the some 100 Jews in Kabul, Afghanistan to enable them to celebrate the holiday of Passover, according to JDC executive vice president Ralph Goldman. He said the matzol, which is not available locally, was shipped from Europe.
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