ZUMA Press for the CBC
AHMED SHAH
Afghan National Army Sgt. Ahmed Shah lays in his bed beside his assault rifle, bread, tea and a small Christmas tree during the morning on the second day of Eid al-Adha while taking a break from the fighting at a Forward Operating Base on the front lines in Zhari District, west of Kandahar City, Afghanistan. Many of the Afghan soldiers serving with NATO Troops considered EID like their form of Christmas. There are two celebrations of EID and during the second it is common to sacrifice an animal, which is to commemorate and celebrate the sacrifice of the Prophet Abraham.
