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9 Feb. 2006
Kabul, Afghanistan
Afghan Shi'ite men beat themselves with chains to commemorate Ashura in Kabul, Afghanistan February 9, 2006. Muslims all over the world mourn the slaying of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Mohammed during the first ten days of first Islamic month of Moharram and Ashura is the tenth and concluding day of mourning. Imam Hussein was killed by his political rivals along with 72 companions in Iraq some 1300 years ago. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
