KABUL at 9:20am, would continue until 12:30pm on Sunday.
A solar eclipse occurs when a portion of the earth is engulfed in a shadow cast by the moon which fully or partially blocks sunlight.
This happens when the sun moon and earth are aligned. Such alignment coincides with a new moon (syzygy) indicating the moon is closest to the ecliptic plane.
Based on the alignment, there are three kinds of solar eclipses — total, partial . . .
