‘It’s like they sprinkle salt on our wound’ |
“Your son fell from the plane,” says the unidentified man, and tells where he will go in Kabul to collect his son’s body.
Payenda Mohammad Ibrahimkhel he will never forget the day his eldest son fell from the plane and died.
The incident took place on August 16, 2021, a tense day for more than 5 million residents of Kabul. A day ago, the Taliban captured the city.
The absence of violence when the Taliban took over the city encouraged some residents to leave their homes. Ibrahimkhel’s son, a young dentist Fida Mohammad Amir After breakfast on the ship’s day, he went to work at a private clinic.
But in the morning 10When he does not call his wife, the family becomes suspicious. He usually called home at that hour and said that he had reached the clinic safely.
In the afternoon, Ibrahimkhel receives a call from a stranger. They ask him if Amir is his son.
“Your son fell from the plane”, – says the unknown person and tells where he will go in Kabul to collect his son’s body.
He had high hopes for his 26-year-old son, he invested in his education and wedding. The father says that Amir would never talk about leaving Afghanistan, but 13,000 was borrowed for his wedding a year ago dollars he couldn’t get out of his mind.
Ibrahimkhel says that USA military he constantly wonders why he didn’t do more to save the lives of his pilot, the ground dispatcher’s son and two others. All three of them C-17 Globemaster military they died after falling from a transport plane. Washington and its allies in the two tumultuous weeks since the government in Kabul collapsed on August 15 10He evacuated more than 0,000 Afghans with this huge plane.
“Why didn’t they stop the plane from taking off so that everyone could survive? At that time, the international forces controlled the Kabul airport, and the Taliban fighters controlled its surroundings. – ata Azadlig Radio afghan he says to Radio Azadi.
Amir’s mother Shajan she says that her son’s tragic death has shattered their lives. According to him, Amir is the only one in the house since he started working as a dentist two years ago bread was the winner.
As the eldest son of the house, he supported his wife, four younger brothers, and five sisters with the meager income he earned from the clinic.
“He saw that we are in debt, our financial situation is getting worse,” said the mother of her son military tries to explain his attempt to leave Afghanistan by climbing on a plane.
“Because Afghanistan faced another tragedy. Another deprivation was coming. Otherwise, why would a doctor try so desperately to leave the country? – he says.
After the Taliban seized power, the economic situation of ordinary Afghans worsened, and the country faced a humanitarian crisis.
On August 16, together with Amir, young Safiulla Hotak died after falling on the concrete roof of a house near the airport. The youth of Afghanistan national 17-year-old Zaki Anvari, a member of the football team, climbed onto the wheel of the plane. His remains were found between the wheels after the plane landed in Qatar a few hours later.
After these tragic deaths USA in Kabul weather provided psychological assistance to transport dispatchers and the crew of C-17.
USA Weather Spokesman of the forces Anna Stefanek tragic news after spreading to the world, he said that C-17 plane taking into account the rapid deterioration of the security situation around him, he decided to leave the airport as soon as possible.
According to him, the plane full of cargo could not be unloaded, and because it was surrounded by hundreds of Afghans, he decided to take off.
The death toll in those chaotic days did not end there.
On August 26, a suicide bomber kills 173 people, including 13 US soldiers. The ultra-radical Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-X) group claimed responsibility for the attack. The US investigation determined that a single suicide bomber was responsible for the attack.
Amir’s family moved to Kabul when he was seven years old education get it. Shajan says neither the Taliban nor the US government to them compensation gave
“When the media come to write about us, it’s as if they rub salt in our wounds.” – mother speaks.