{"id":15944,"date":"2026-06-26T15:40:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/26\/hamid-karzai-ashura-reform-social-responsibility-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:40:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T15:40:30","slug":"hamid-karzai-ashura-reform-social-responsibility-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/26\/hamid-karzai-ashura-reform-social-responsibility-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamid Karzai: Ashura Symbolizes Reform and Social Responsibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hamid Karzai, former President of Afghanistan, on the occasion of Ashura\u2014the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH)\u2014described the day as a symbol of reform, sacrifice, and social responsibility. In a message posted on the social media platform X, he wrote that Imam Hussein stood against social injustice and corruption, calling upon society to pursue reform and righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>Karzai emphasized that the historical events of Karbala continue to inspire responsibility, courage, and awakening among Muslims. He stated that the message of Ashura is not confined to a specific historical period but can serve as a guide for Islamic societies confronting disorder at any time.<\/p>\n<p>The former president added that the people of Afghanistan, like other Muslims around the world, honor Ashura and regard their love for the Prophet Muhammad\u2019s (PBUH) family as a source of unity and brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed hope that Afghans will draw on the spirituality of Ashura to strengthen national unity and work collectively through education and knowledge for the country\u2019s progress, prosperity, and development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hamid Karzai calls Ashura a symbol of reform and social responsibility, urging Afghans to unite and pursue progress through education and spirituality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15943,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-politics","category-secondary-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15944","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15944\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}