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Afghan Quran reciter calls for peace amid war
Barakatullah Salim, blind since childhood, rose from a Nangarhar village to study at Al Azhar in Cairo. Now a famed qaria and adviser to Afghanistan's government, he urges Afghans to reject violence and seek peace, recalling his gift from God and decades of public readings.
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