KABUL (SW) – The devastating twin blasts at the Kabul airport have left behind many tragic tales of pain and agony as the death toll mounted to 170 on Saturday.
Two bomb blasts at Kabul airport on Thursday evening killed at least 170 people and injured more than 200 others.
Ali Reza and Mujtaba Ahmadi were two journalist brothers, one of whom was killed in the blasts, and the fate of the second one is still unknown.
The two reporters were about to leave Afghanistan and had worked hard to get close to one of the gates when the horrific bomb blast ripped through the crowd.
The relatives of the two journalist brothers told Salam Watandar that after a day of searching the morgues and hospitals in Kabul, they only managed to find the body of Ali while there were no signs of his brother Mujtaba.
Ruhollah Nateqi, the cousin of the two journalists, said that Ali Reza’s body has not been buried yet and that his family insists that a sign of Mujtaba must be found before Ali Reza is buried, and if Mujtaba is killed too, they must bury both together.
The two had worked as reporters in the private media for several years.
Their family members said they were wounded in several suicide bombings while covering the news, but never left their profession as journalists. Friends and acquaintances of Ali and Mujtaba consider them hard-working and active journalists.
Basir Ebadi, one of such colleagues of Ali and Mojtaba, said the journalist’s death was disturbing because he was frustrated with life and worked in the country and wanted to leave the country safely.
Meanwhile, the US carried out a drone strike early Saturday on an “ISIS-K planner” in eastern Afghanistan, according to a US Central Command (CENTCOM) official.
The senior terrorist for the Afghan affiliate of the Daesh/ISIS terror group is believed to be involved in organizing a recent deadly attack outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul where thousands of people have been camped for weeks in hopes of leaving Afghanistan after a Taliban takeover.
The terror attack claimed at least 170 lived, including 13 US soldiers, said CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban.
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