By: Adela Azin Nazari
Translated By: Mohammad Rezaie
It is Thursday, December 7, and the hands of the clock show 6:00PM. Mohammad Nasim, along with his son Mustafa and his nephew Majid, change their work clothes and ride from on a coaster type car, moving from Pul e Surkh towards Pul e Sukhta. They only had worked together in a building in Pulsarakh, the sixth district of Kabul, for four days. When they reached to pul e Sukhta, they rode on another coaster car going to the end of Barchi where they live there. All three of them were sitting together on a chair and before reaching to Mahtab Qala station, In front of Mohammad Ali Jenah Hospital, that the magnetic bomb implanted in the vehicle exploded. Mohammad Nasim and his son were killed on the spot, and Majid, who was still conscious, called Hossaindad Pooya, his uncle’s son, and said that the car carrying them had crashed. “Majid personally called me that their car had crashed near the Hospital and come.” Pooya told the Silk Way Weekly. After this call, Pooya walks towards the incident site without informing any family member. As soon as he reaches the place, he realizes that this event was not a car accident but an explosion. “I did not inform anyone else; I went there and saw that there was a suicide. I did not see any of them, and I called each of them; But their phone was switched off, I immediately called my father at home.” After informing his family about this event, Pooya goes to Ali Janah Hospital, which is a few steps away from the event site. “Later, I went to Ali Jinnah Hospital; We entered the hospital with friends and gave the names of these three people. “After an hour of waiting, the doctors read me the list of victims.” Pooya learns that Majid, his uncle’s son, is injured and has been transferred to the emergency department of Aliabad Hospital; Mohammad Nasim Heydari, the son of his uncle and Mustafa Heydari, the grandson of his uncle, had died and their bodies were in forensic medicine. He goes to forensic medicine and then to Aliabad hospital and stays there until 11:00PM. After completing the stages of their medical files, he goes to house of his uncle’s son and together with his family, they bury Mohammad Nasim and his son early tomorrow morning. They had certain responsibilities and dreams which wanted to realize them. Mohammad Nasim was 38 years old and had only managed to finish his primary education. His whole life was spent with working; But from the little income he got from it, he sent his children to school and encouraged them to read and write. Mustafa was the second son of Mohammad Nasim and had been working with him for two months. Mustafa was 18 years old and a 12th grade student. He was in school until noon and then worked with his father on the building until the end of the day. Mustafa wanted to study medicine at the university and build a different life for himself and his family. Mustafa was an excellent student of his school and at the beginning of the year, he studied for four months to prepare for the entrance exam and also got high marks in the test entrance exams. His choices were more focused curative medicine, pharmacy and other medical fields. After he started working with his father, Mustafa left the preparatory class and decided to continue it in the winter. But life did not allow him to do that. With the death of Mohammad Nasim and Mustafa, who were the two breadwinners of the family, the four sons and one daughter left by Mohammad Nasim, these days, are literally going through bad times and they don’t know how to afford to live.
Gulsoom, Mr. Mohammad Nasim’s wife, who is 35 years old, these days, in the grief of losing her husband and eldest son, she has become a recluse, she talks less with others and she pours this burning grief inside herself. Pooya says about her: “Whatever you tell her, she doesn’t listen at all.” Gulsoom, like her husband, is not literate and in all the years of her life together with Mohammad Nasim, she has been busy doing housework. On the other side of this bloody event is Majid, whose right leg suffered severe burns, and besides this, his mind has changed so much that he doesn’t even know anything about the death of his uncle and cousin.
Majid, who is 26 years old, after a year of searching for a job, it was only four days before he was able to start work; A worker in the building. After being injured in the explosion, Majid goes into a coma for a week and was admitted to the emergency department a few days after regaining consciousness due to the many shrapnel that hit his body. He is now undergoing psychotherapy in Aliabad hospital. Jafar Mohammadi, Majid’s brother, lives in Iran with his family, and after learning about Majid’s injury, he went to Kabul with the five million tomans he had to take care of his brother. He also lost his fingers while working in Iran. What has caused him to be unable to do anything for his injured brother. The poverty and helplessness of this family forced them to borrow money from their friends and relatives for Majid’s treatment. Jafar says: “We have treated him so far with loans and promises providing the grounds for Majid’s treatment on one hand and worrying about providing heating facilities at home on the other hand, has turned into sadness in Jafar and has made him more worried about the days ahead as he does not know what awaits them. “Now that the weather is cold, we don’t have wood or coal at home. “I wonder how we will keep him warm at home when he is discharged from the hospital.”
7 killed, 20 injured in an explosion in Dahst e Barchi
ISIS claimed the responsibility of attacking on a passenger vehicle in Mahtab Qala of Dasht e Barchi.
Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terror group released a video through its Amaq website and took responsibility for the attack on December 7, Thursday, on Shahid Mazari Road of Dasht e Barchi.
Khalid Zadran, the spokesman of the Taliban command, wrote on his X page an hour after the explosion that the explosion occurred in a coaster type car and at least seven people were killed and 20 were injured.
Meanwhile, the witnesses of the incident told the Silk Way Weekly that more than 40 people were killed and injured in the explosion in Dasht Barchi, Kabul.
One of the vendors near the scene of the incident says that the explosion occurred when people were going to their homes from the area of the Pul e Sukhta. He added: “The explosion was strong enough to completely destroy the coaster full of passengers.”
This witness of the event stated that several motorcyclists who were traveling near the coaster were also killed in this event.
One of the shopkeepers near the scene of the incident also told the Silk Road: “The windows of the shops broke due to the intensity of the explosion, and when we looked at the place of the explosion, there were many dead and injured people who were later taken to the hospital.”
According to local residents, this explosion occurred in the evening (Tuesday, 7th December) in Mehtab Qala area on Abdul Ali Mazari Road, in front of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Hospital.
Thomas West: Attacks on Hazaras must stop
Thomas West , the US Special Envoy For Afghanistan, called on hating attack on Hazaras.
On Wednesday, West wrote on the X social media platform that these senseless attacks on the Hazaras must stop and called for a full investigation.
On Wednesday, West wrote on the X social media platform that these senseless attacks on the Hazaras must stop and called for a full investigation.
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Afghanistan, said that a thorough and transparent investigation should be conducted to identify the perpetrators of the Dasht Barchi attacks and hold them accountable. He described the attacks as “terrible”.
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