GRAPHIC CONTENT, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 19: Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains, knives during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, as Taliban take over in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2021. 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 7th century. Shamriz Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency
An Afghan Shiite Muslims added, “Our ceremony was better to compare with past years, the people joint as bravely, and they were not worried about any suicide attack or there was no concerning if a bike with a Kalashnikov comes. And the people really come as bravely, and Ashura passed peacefully this year”.
GRAPHIC CONTENT, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN-AUGUST 19: Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains, knives during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, as Taliban take over in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 19, 2021. 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 7th century. Afghan Multimedia Agency
