KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 20, 2018. 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. Haroon Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)
Afghan Shiite Muslims Attend Procession of Mourning to Commemorate Ashura in Kabul
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN: Afghan Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves with chains during a mourning procession commemorating Ashura, in Kabul, Afghanistan on September 20, 2018. 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. Haroon Sabawoon/ Afghan Multimedia Agency (AMA)
