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A number of athletes killed in the last week in Afghanistan
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These young Afghan athletes L-R: Mohammed Jan Sultani, Zaki Anwari, and Qari Idris have died while trying to escape the Taliban rule.
KABUL, August 27, 2021 - The last one week has been bloody for Afghan athletes at Kabul airport.
Qari Idris, a member of the Wushu National Team, Mohammad Jan Soltani, a member of the national taekwondo team, and Naseer Ahmad Sahak, a young player of Laghman province cricket team were among dozens of Afghans killed when two bloody explosions took place outside Kabul’s international airport on Thursday.
They were trying to leave their homeland and long-held aspirations amid the chaos that has befallen Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power.
Crowds of desperate Afghans have been flocking to Kabul’s airport with the hope of catching a flight out of the country, as countries race to evacuate as many people as possible before an August 31 deadline, but on Thursday two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts at the airport's gate.
The Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan, ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attacks, which left 13 US troops and more than 90 Afghans dead and scores more wounded.
Last week, Zaki Anwari , a 17-year-old member of the national youth football team fell to his death from a US military aircraft taking off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Hours earlier, the high-school senior and attacking midfielder, scared for his future under the Taliban rule, had phoned his brother to tell him that if he didn’t flee Afghanistan he would never play again.
These young men were the spiritual capital of the future of the country, whose flowers of hope were unfortunately killed.
Tens of Afghan journalists and sportsmen have left the country in recent days because of uncertainty in Afghanistan.
Qari Idris, a member of the Wushu National Team, Mohammad Jan Soltani, a member of the national taekwondo team, and Naseer Ahmad Sahak, a young player of Laghman province cricket team were among dozens of Afghans killed when two bloody explosions took place outside Kabul’s international airport on Thursday.
They were trying to leave their homeland and long-held aspirations amid the chaos that has befallen Afghanistan following the Taliban’s return to power.
Crowds of desperate Afghans have been flocking to Kabul’s airport with the hope of catching a flight out of the country, as countries race to evacuate as many people as possible before an August 31 deadline, but on Thursday two suicide bombers detonated explosive belts at the airport's gate.
The Islamic State terror group in Afghanistan, ISIS-K has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing attacks, which left 13 US troops and more than 90 Afghans dead and scores more wounded.
Last week, Zaki Anwari , a 17-year-old member of the national youth football team fell to his death from a US military aircraft taking off from the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Hours earlier, the high-school senior and attacking midfielder, scared for his future under the Taliban rule, had phoned his brother to tell him that if he didn’t flee Afghanistan he would never play again.
These young men were the spiritual capital of the future of the country, whose flowers of hope were unfortunately killed.
Tens of Afghan journalists and sportsmen have left the country in recent days because of uncertainty in Afghanistan.
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