Afghan Shiite Muslims attend procession of mourning to commemorate Ashura in Kabul

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – September 10: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Muslims across the world are observing Muharram. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura ceremony commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. Archive/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)