Men wait to sell their sheep at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

KABUL, July 20 (Xinhua) -- People in Afghanistan are preparing to celebrate the annual traditional Islam festival Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice.

Children pull cattle at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

A man waits to sell his sheep at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

People push sheep bought at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

Photo taken on July 18, 2021 shows a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)

An Afghan man checks the teeth of a cattle at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 18, 2021. (Xinhua/Rahmatullah Alizadah)