Festival attack

A wounded man and a boy try to stand up after a suicide blast targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Kabul. A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in central Kabul on Tuesday where a crowd of hundreds had gathered for the festival of Ashura, killing up to 20 people in what appeared to be an unprecedented sectarian attack.

( Reuters photo / December 6, 2011 )

A wounded man and a boy try to stand up after a suicide blast targeting a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Kabul. A suicide bomber attacked a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in central Kabul on Tuesday where a crowd of hundreds had gathered for the festival of Ashura, killing up to 20 people in what appeared to be an unprecedented sectarian attack.

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