Asia Album: Afghan food market busy with Ramadan shoppers

Afghans buy food from a stall to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal/Xinhua)

KHOST, Afghanistan, April 6 (Xinhua) -- In a local market in Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province, people throng streetside stalls to buy a wide range of food in preparing their breaking-fast meals.

During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Muslims practice fasting from sunrise until sunset, and then they have a meal called iftar.

In Afghanistan, people typically break the fast with eating the savory Afghan soup shorwa, stewed lamb, and sweet dates among others to replenish their energies.

Afghans buy food from a stall to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal /Xinhua)

Food store runners wait for customers who are about to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal/Xinhua)

Afghans buy food from a local shop to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal /Xinhua)

Afghans buy food from a local shop to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal /Xinhua)

Afghans buy food from a local shop to break their fast after sunset during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Khost, Afghanistan on April 3, 2023. (Photo by Yusuf Mangal /Xinhua) ■