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Taliban say bomb kills 8 people in Shiite area of Kabul

Shiite Muslim men beat themselves with knives attached to chains during a procession to mark Ashoura, three days ahead of Ashoura, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Afghan Shiite Muslim attend a mourning ceremony three days ahead of Ashoura to mark Ashoura, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Shiite Muslim men beat themselves with knives attached to chains during a procession to mark Ashoura, three days ahead of Ashoura, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Afghan Shiite Muslim attend a mourning ceremony three days ahead of Ashoura to mark Ashoura, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) Afghan Shiite Muslim attend a mourning ceremony three days ahead of Ashoura to mark Ashoura, in a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. Ashoura falls on the 10th day of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, when Shiites mark the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)