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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

AP PHOTOS: In Kabul, cemeteries a part of Afghan daily life

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

One of the graves had broken open in Kabul’s Nader Shah Hill Cemetery, exposing a near-complete skeleton at the bottom of the pit in the hard earth. The boys, who had been playing nearby, were not impressed.

“There’s a lot of ruined graves, it’s not unusual,” one boy, around 10, said with a shrug as they looked down at the bones. The only reason the kids came over, interrupting their soccer game, was to see what an Associated Press photographer was taking pictures of.

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