A female graphic designer was also among the victims of the explosion in Kabul
A female graphic designer was also among the victims of the explosion in Kabul

KABUL, Jan 8 (Afghanistan Women’s News Agency) – On Saturday, January 6, at 6:20 PM, a densely populated passenger mini bus carrying impoverished laborers was targeted by a powerful explosion in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul. The laborers had been toiling all day to earn a meager living and were making their […]

KABUL, Jan 8 (Afghanistan Women’s News Agency) – On Saturday, January 6, at 6:20 PM, a densely populated passenger mini bus carrying impoverished laborers was targeted by a powerful explosion in the predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Dasht-e-Barchi in Kabul. The laborers had been toiling all day to earn a meager living and were making their way home, with some carrying provisions and others empty-handed. The incident caused widespread devastation and has been a matter of great concern for the local authorities.

The Kabul city police chief confirmed the death of five individuals and injuries to another 15 in this incident. However, eyewitnesses claim that the number of casualties and wounded is higher than officially reported.

31-year-old Khadija Panahi, a graphic design graduate from Kabul University, is also among the deceased in this event.

She was returning to her home from an English language training center where she was preparing to take the TOEFL test, but she was the victim of a deadly explosion.

Her phone was switched off, and when Khadija’s family realized she had not returned home and it was late, they thought that she was also arrested in the mass arrest of girls by the Taliban, but after hearing the news of the explosion, they immediately checked the hospitals in Kabul but found no trace of Khadija.

Her relatives told Afghanistan Women’s News Agency that her husband identified her body in forensic medicine through an x-ray of her teeth.

Her body was buried on Monday, January 8, coinciding with her TOEFL exam day, and all her dreams were buried.

Khadija was from Bamyan province and lived in Kabul. In addition to her good memories and endless suffering, a child is also left behind her.