Why do we deserve to die? Kabul s Hazaras bury their daughters
9 May, 2021 10:59 PM
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Many of the victims of the school bombing were buried on Martyrs Hill in Kabul on Sunday. Photo / Kiana Hayeri, The New York Times
Many of the victims of the school bombing were buried on Martyrs Hill in Kabul on Sunday. Photo / Kiana Hayeri, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Adam Nossiter
A bomb attack that killed scores of schoolgirls, members of a long-persecuted minority, offered still more evidence that Afghanistan may be on the verge of unravelling. One by one they brought the girls up the
âWhy Do We Deserve to Die?â Kabulâs Hazaras Bury Their Daughters.
A bomb attack that killed scores of schoolgirls, members of a long-persecuted minority, offered still more evidence that Afghanistan may be on the verge of unraveling.
Many of the victims of the school bombing were buried on Martyrs Hill in Kabul on Sunday.Credit.Kiana Hayeri for The New York Times
KABUL, Afghanistan â One by one they brought the girls up the steep hill, shrouded bodies covered in a ceremonial prayer cloth, the pallbearers staring into the distance. Shouted prayers for the dead broke the silence.
The bodies kept coming and the gravediggers stayed busy, straining in the hot sun. The ceaseless rhythm was grim proof of the preceding dayâs news: Saturday afternoonâs triple bombing at a local school had been an absolute massacre, targeting girls. There was barely room atop the steeply pitched hill for all the new graves.