“Early on, some Afghan fighters clashed with Arab jihadists over the
issue of decorated graves. Most Afghan mujahedin buried their dead in rough
dirt and stone graves marked by green flags and modest adornments, following
Sufi-influenced traditions. Echoing the methods of the Saudi Ikhwan near Jedda
more than half a century earlier, the Wahhabis swept through and tore down
these markers, proclaiming that they encouraged the worship of false idols. In
at least a few cases, the Afghans attacked and killed these Arab graveyard
raiders.”
Steve Coll, “Ghost Wars,” 2004
Kabul, 2006
(Photos: Jim Chiavelli)
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