Dr. Ahmad Reshad Latifi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Ghulam Sakhi Karbalaei
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sha Husain Anwari
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sameer Tarakhil
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Pashtun
- District geolocation of incident
- Kunduz: 36° 47′ 50″ N, 68° 51′ 27″ E
- Description of incident
When I was informed, I quickly went home. We took Sameer and four other children to the hospital. One of the children had been killed on the spot. We arrived at the hospital at 7 in the evening. Sameer was in surgery until 12 midnight. He needed blood. My friends who were at the hospital donated blood to Sameer. Then I returned home to arrange for the burial of other children killed. Four children were killed and five were injured.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No Further Victimhood!
Name and Last Name: Sameer Tarakhil
Date of Birth: 6 April 2007
Date of Injury: 10 October 2015
Type of Arm: Mortar Shell (Hawan)
I’m seven-years-old but I don’t go to school. Instead, my brother and I go to a Madrassa. The Taliban do not allow us to go to school.
Sameer’s Cousin: I was in Khan Abad, 26 km east of Kunduz City and didn’t know what had happened. When I was informed, I quickly went home. We took Sameer and four other children to hospital. One of the children had been killed on the spot. We arrived at the hospital at 7 in the evening. Sameer was in surgery until 12 midnight. He needed blood. My friends who were at the hospital donated blood to Sameer. Then I returned home to arrange for the burial of other children killed. Four children were killed and five were injured. Those killed were younger than those injured. Sameer stayed in the hospital for one week. They operated on his leg twice, but his leg didn’t recover. They then sent Sameer to the Emergency Hospital for Victims of War in Kabul. After one week, they suggested to amputate Sameer’s leg.
The Kunduz hospital told us that they will give a wheelchair to Sameer after three months and will send him to Mazar-e Sharif. Three months later when I asked the hospital, they replied that the wheelchair had not been delivered to the hospital. Six months later, it was the same story. The wheelchair has still not arrived to Kunduz for Sameer. We just cannot give more lives and victims to the war.
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- No
Mina Tarakhil
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Female
- Ethnicity
- Pashtun
- District geolocation of incident
- Kunduz: 36° 47′ 50″ N, 68° 51′ 27″ E
- Description of incident
Mina: When the rocket hit our house, I was playing in the yard with my brother, sister, and cousins. I don’t remember anything else. Everyone was crying and my foot hurt so bad. In the hospital, I found out that my younger sister had passed away.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
Men Carried the Wounded Kids and Women Stayed with the Dead Kids
Name and Last Name: Mina Tarakhel
Date of Birth: 27 September 2006
Date of Injury: 9 October 2015
Type of arm: Rocket
Mina: When the rocket hit our house, I was playing in the yard with my brother, sister, and cousins. I don’t remember anything else. Everyone was crying and my foot hurt so bad. In the hospital, I found out that my younger sister had passed away.
The girls in our village are not allowed to go to school. This is why we go to the mosque which is located in our vicinity to have religious lessons. After I was wounded, I stopped going to the mosque for religious studies.
My foot hurts sometimes now. There is shrapnel in my left foot. I went to visit the doctor again. After check-ups, they said there is no need for taking out the shrapnel.
Mina’s Aunt: It was 5 PM. Men went to the mosque to do their prayer. Women had not done their prayer yet. Mina and other kids were playing outside when the rocket hit them. I ran out and gathered the wounded and dead kids. It was a very bad situation. There were 9 kids and the fight started just then. We were all wondering in those moments. We couldn’t understand what happened so quickly. When I ran out of the room, I faced a terrible scene. All the kids were injured and we had no idea who was dead or alive. I rose up one of the kids. He was in a very bad condition. We rose up the kids one by one to make sure they were alive. My 5-year-old son was dead.
Five of them were alive and the other four kids had passed away. Mina, Sameer, and Irshad's legs were cut off. Mina and Irshad were in bad condition. Two girls passed away on the way to hospital, one was 5-years-old and the other was 6-years-old.
The fight that started between the national army and the Taliban made our family mournful. My cousins and brother took the injured to the hospital with the private car. They went under operation that night. They cut off Mina's feet right that night. When she woke up, she was screaming and crying. Now she gets out of the home pulling herself, and has become a calm and secluded girl.
The doctors told us to come back after 6 months to get a wheelchair for Mina and Irshad. But Doctors without Borders were bombarded, and Mina and Irshad don’t have wheelchairs yet.
When the kids were injured, men took them to the hospital. I and the other women were busy with the dead. When I saw my son’s dead body, the day became dark for me as if it was night. I would check the wounded kids once and came to my son’s dead body the other time. My loved one was on the ground breathless. The three of our kids who were dead were 5-years-old. When my brother came home from the hospital, he asked me whether I wanted to see the other kids or not. I said yes I want to see them! We buried our loved ones, now we have to visit them.
I lost my husband three years ago. Now I am a tailor. I sew collars and live in my father’s home with my brothers. I feed my children with the money I get from sewing. My 10-year-old son works too. We don’t have land so we could use the agricultural harvest. I try hard to feed my kids with sewing collars and my son’s wages.
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- No
Hassan
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Balkh: 36° 45′ 19″ N, 66° 53′ 48″ E
- Description of incident
آنطوریکه راوی داستان حسن یعنی خدیجه عزیزی میگوید حادثه برای آنها نامعلوم است و قبر حسن هم نامعلوم است.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
مردگیش درگ نداره راوی: خدیجه عزیزی (دختر کاکا) قربانی: حسن زمان حادثه: ۱۳۷۷ مکان حادثه: مزار شریف [نامم] جدیجه [و تخلصم] عزیزی [است] آری. [شهید نامش] حسن [است]. پسر کاکایم میشد و ایورم. یگان ۲۵ ساله بود که شهید شد. در خود یکاولنگ، در قریه زارین متولد شده بود. [حسن] غریب کار بود دهقانی نمیکرد، گاهی وقت دهقانی هم میکرد، مقصد کار میکرد در شهر ملکها کار میکرد. گاهی به مزار میرفت گاهی به کابل، بامیان [برای کار کردن میرفت]. [محل شهادتش] مزار [شریف است]. حسن وقتی که به شهادت رسید همرایش یک بچه خالهاش و یک بچه عمه من یک بچه تغه/طغه من هم بود همهاش در مزار غرق شدند. 1 [در حمله طالبان به مزارشریف] شهید شد. کارگری، آری در مزار برای کارگری رفته بود. [حادثه] سرِبهار بود، آری سربهار. [همان سال ۱۳۷۷] البته، من آنقدرش را نمیفهمم. نه، درس نخوانده بود فقط یک سیاهی خوان بود، درس نخوانده بود. آری [خانهاش در] سرآسیاب بود. نه، نه قبرش سرگُم رفت ما ندیدیم. (نامفهوم) ما دیدیم که شهید شد، خیلی کسان [دیگر هم شهید شد] همان بچه خالهشی همین بچه عمه من همینها هیچ مردگیاش درک ندارد. خیلی دیر بعد قومها جمع شد گفت ما به چشم خود دیدیم کشته شد. آری گفتند طالبها کشته بچُوم که چه رقم کشته. خبر داشتیم یک عکس سیاه و سفید از کابل روان کرده بود، همینطور یگان نشانی روان میکرد احوالش را یگان دکاندار میآورد، گاهی خودش میآمد. تیرماه [خبر شدیم] و پدر و مادرش را شنواندیم. مادرش سهو شد از آن پس خیلی دیوانگی میکرد، گپهای ایله کاله میگفت بیچاره. آری از خاطر همان [مرگ نوجوانش] آب یخ میخورد دیگر چیزی خورده نمیتوانست. بیخی شب در خانه نمیآمد روز تا بیگاه و شب تا صبح را میگشت و میگفت دلم سرخ میآید؛ همینطور میگشت بیچاره. پدرش خوب بود، غنیمت بود به اندازهٔ مادرش کُوتو نمیکرد. [وقتی پدر و مادرش را خبر کردند بعد از آن آنها هیچ سرقبرش نرفتند چون] او گم شد، هیچ قبر نداشت. خیلی آدم خوبی بود، کارگر بود، زحمتکش بود، یگان کَرَد میآورد، ما خیلی... آنطور که... گاه چیز نبود یک روغن نباتی ایلفی بود در همان دوره، برنج پرمل بود، کار که میکرد از آنها به ما میآورد، خوب بود، خیلی بچه قاشواز بود. خانه نمینشست. آنجا کار کردن میرفت، گاهی غزنی میرفت، گاهی کابل گاهی بامیان. آری مجرد بود، خانه دار نبود. دایم او را ازبک میگفت، سید و هزاره به نام اوزبک میشناخت، قد بنلد داشت و خوبشی بود. او دایم کوله پکول سر میکرد. پَک گُم شد. یکدانه قاشق داشت، قاشق قدیمی ارمنه که از او بود. یک ساعتش تا بعدها بود [اما] خراب، اگر بچهها بیرون نینداخته باشند. [پدرش] آری دو سال شده فوت کرده، مادرش یک دو سال پیش [از پدرش فوت کرد] یعنی چهار سال میشود. آری [مادرش تا آخر عمر] یادش را میکرد. مادرش از همان خاطر مریض شد، پای درد شد، کم فکر شد، خیلی کم فکر شد. آری [وقتی زنده بود با پدرش خرج خانه را فراهم میکردند]. پدرش که ماند هم در گردن او(شوهر خدیجه عزیزی) بود و مادرش هم. زیاد نفر که قتل شد هیچ کس هم جستجو نتوانست که پیدا شود، از هیچ کس پیدا نشد. نه، نه هیچ چیزی نگفت [روزی که طرف مزار میرفت] او که میرفت از دشت میرفت و هیچ در قصهاش هم نبود که خبر کنم یا نکنم هیچ در غمش نبود، میرفت همانطور. آری [نترس بود] هیچ در غمش نبود. ما آنجا را ندیدیم، میگفتیم کجایه؟ [میگفتند] کابله! کابل را ندیدیم، مزار را همین حالا هم ندیدهام، کابل را هم آنطور ندیدیم یک بار همانطور گذری رفتیم. میرفت همانجا، ما دیگه سیاسریم ندیدیم که کجا میرود یا نمیرود. باز میآمد، میرفت، قدیم یک خط میآمد. تلفن نبود، نه برق بود نه تلفن بود هیچ چیز هم نبود. در اول [حکومت] کرزی جنراتور پیدا شد که برق آمد. خانه که میآمد هیچ قصه نمیکرد، هیچ چیز نمیگفت.
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- No
Hussainali Qasimi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Yakawlang: 34° 44′ 50″ N, 66° 56′ 40″ E
- Description of incident
Confidential
- Witness/Survivor Statement
Confidential
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Sajad Rahmati
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Sakhiurahman Sayedi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Damsha Hassanzada
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Rahmatullah Temori
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Abdul Husain Husaini
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Habibullah Wafaei
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Mohammad Juma Akbari
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Hassan Hussaini
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Yakawlang: 34° 44′ 50″ N, 66° 56′ 40″ E
- Description of incident
On January 7, 2001, the Taliban attacked the Yakaolang District of Bamiyan Province and massacred hundreds of Hazara civilians. Many of those who managed to escape and take refuge on the mountains froze to death. On the 8th of January, Taliban members began a house-to-house search across the district. The massacre of Hazaras continued through the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th of January. At least 300 Hazaras were executed by the Taliban.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
Confidential
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Salim Saheb Nazar
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Hesam Meraj
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Alimadad Jafari
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Ghulam Hassan
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Yakawlang: 34° 44′ 50″ N, 66° 56′ 40″ E
- Description of incident
The Taliban slaughtered at least 300 Sayyid and Hazara people during an attack on the Yakaolang District of Bamiyan province on January 7, 2001. Witness accounts state that once the Taliban troops retook Yakaolang, they started to arrest and ruthlessly kill individuals. In late December 2000, they had lost Yakaolang to Hezb-e Wahdat, an anti-Taliban party that claimed to be supported by the Hazara minority. Additionally, witnesses reported to Amnesty International that Hezb-e Wahdat soldiers executed at least four people in broad daylight during the few days they occupied Yakaolang in late December 2000.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Qambar
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Bamyan: 34° 48′ 44″ N, 67° 49′ 14″ E
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Abozar Rasoli
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sayed Aliakbar Husaini
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Sadat
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Mohammad Naieb Naderi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Monajatsha Karimi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Puli Khumri: 35° 56′ 49″ N, 68° 42′ 16″ E
- Description of incident
A deadly blast rocked a Shia mosque in Puli Khumri City, Baghlan Province, on October 13, 2023, killing and injuring dozens of people. The Imam Zaman Shiite mosque in the second district of the city was packed with worshippers for Friday prayers when the explosion happened. Witnesses told local media that the blast was caused by explosives hidden inside the mosque. Some residents claimed that it was a suicide attack aimed at the Shia and Hazara communities. The attack left at least 20 people dead and 66 others wounded, according to ground records conducted by AHRDO.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Chaman Ali Kamali
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Sayyad: 35° 52′ 25″ N, 68° 25′ 51″ E
- Description of incident
On August 3, 2017, anti-government groups including the Taliban and local self-proclaimed Daesh/Islamic State affiliated fighters launched an attack against Mirza Olang Village in Sayyad District, Sari Pul Province. Fighting lasted until August 5th. The village, known as ‘the gate to Sayyad,’ lies deep in a long valley. Its southern entrance is near the border of neighbouring Faryab Province and is located 20 km south of the Sayyad District administrative centre. Much of the area surrounding the administrative centre has been under the control of anti-government groups for more than one year.
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Haji Khadim Hussain Wahidi
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Sayyad: 35° 52′ 25″ N, 68° 25′ 51″ E
- Description of incident
On August 3, 2017, anti-government groups including the Taliban and local self-proclaimed Daesh/Islamic State affiliated fighters launched an attack against Mirza Olang Village in Sayyad District, Sari Pul Province. Fighting lasted until August 5th. The village, known as ‘the gate to Sayyad,’ lies deep in a long valley. Its southern entrance is near the border of neighbouring Faryab Province and is located 20 km south of the Sayyad District administrative centre. Much of the area surrounding the administrative centre has been under the control of anti-government groups for more than one year.
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Haji Ghulam Sakhi Kamali
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Sayyad: 35° 52′ 25″ N, 68° 25′ 51″ E
- Description of incident
On August 3, 2017, anti-government groups including the Taliban and local self-proclaimed Daesh/Islamic State affiliated fighters launched an attack against Mirza Olang Village in Sayyad District, Sari Pul Province. Fighting lasted until August 5th. The village, known as ‘the gate to Sayyad,’ lies deep in a long valley. Its southern entrance is near the border of neighbouring Faryab Province and is located 20 km south of the Sayyad District administrative centre. Much of the area surrounding the administrative centre has been under the control of anti-government groups for more than one year.
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Baqer Wahidy
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Sayyad: 35° 52′ 25″ N, 68° 25′ 51″ E
- Description of incident
On August 3, 2017, anti-government groups including the Taliban and local self-proclaimed Daesh/Islamic State affiliated fighters launched an attack against Mirza Olang Village in Sayyad District, Sari Pul Province. Fighting lasted until August 5th. The village, known as ‘the gate to Sayyad,’ lies deep in a long valley. Its southern entrance is near the border of neighbouring Faryab Province and is located 20 km south of the Sayyad District administrative centre. Much of the area surrounding the administrative centre has been under the control of anti-government groups for more than one year.
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sakhidad Tahiri
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Mazar-e Sharif: 36° 41′ 38″ N, 67° 6′ 48″ E
- Description of incident
On August 7, 1998, following a renewed conflict with the Northern Front, Taliban forces entered Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province. In the initial days, they detained and executed thousands of civilians, primarily Hazaras. Within the first 3 days, the Taliban forces declared a general massacre targeting the city's Shia population. According to witnesses, the scale of the violence left bodies strewn across the streets. It took days to remove all the bodies. Sakhidad Tahiri was among the civilian casualties of the Taliban's massacre.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
A Survivor of The Mazar-e- Sharif Genocide
Narrator: Suhaila
Victim: Sakhidad Tahiri, Hikmatullah
Date of the incident: August 09, 1998
Location of the incident: Mazar-e-Sharif city, airport, on the flight line
Suhaila is one of the survivors of the Mazar-e- Sharif genocide carried out by the Taliban. As a result of this genocide, 13 of her family members were killed, including her father and brother while Suheila was severely beaten up. Only two of the 13 dead relatives were later found and given a proper burial. She still does not know where the rest of her family members were buried. At times, she misses her father a lot and it is in those moments of difficulty that she would like to visit her father’s grave and complain to him about the hardships of her life. But she does not even know where her father’s grave is. A fact that deeply disturbs her.
Her only solace is a pearl box that her father made for her and she never abandons even for a minute. It is her most valuable reminder of him. A way for her to keep the memory of her father alive forever. It is also a symbol of all the evils of war. An evil that takes away the lives of loved ones and separates sons and daughters from their fathers, ending the kindest of all human relationships.
Sometimes these fathers disappear and their children have no idea about their whereabouts. Other times, it is the parents who are deprived of seeing their children again. For Suheila the pearl box represents a symbol for all those children who lost their fathers during Afghanistan’s many decades of war. She wants to keep it in her own museum to let the present and future generations know about her pain and suffering. In her view, the pearl box symbolizes the rejection of violence as a means to resolve conflict.
Suhaila’s Story
My father had just finished his lunch and gone back to work on his piece of land. In those times we had a lot of land and even owned a tractor. One day, the Taliban came and asked him to get down from the tractor without turning off the engine. They then went on and handcuffed him. When my brother came to see what was going on the Taliban arrested him too. Until today, I do not know what happened to them and how they were killed. Only one of my uncles survived. He told me that my father was killed and that he buried him but I never saw my father’s dead body. What I heard later is that the Taliban killed my father and brother with one single shot as they did not want to waste any bullets.
We escaped from our house as the Taliban closed in on the area that we were living at the time. We returned back home after a few days. The Taliban had attacked our village and taken whatever they could find. All the houses in our village had been burnt. Nothing was left in our homes as the Taliban had torched them all. The only thing I found was the pearl box that my father made for me while he was imprisoned during Najibullah’s regime. Since then, I have never let go of it and I am always very cautious not to lose it since it is very valuable for me. I decided to use it for the Memory Box project. This box is the most important thing in my life as it is the only thing left from my father.
The Taliban killed 13 family members of mine including my father, brother, uncles and cousins. Only two of them were found and buried.
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No
Sharifullah
- Photo of Victim
- Gender
- Male
- Ethnicity
- Hazara
- District geolocation of incident
- Mazar-e Sharif: 36° 41′ 38″ N, 67° 6′ 48″ E
- Description of incident
On August 7, 1998, following a renewed conflict with the Northern Front, Taliban forces entered Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province. In the initial days, they detained and executed thousands of civilians, primarily Hazaras. Within the first 3 days, the Taliban forces declared a general massacre targeting the city's Shia population. According to witnesses, the scale of the violence left bodies strewn across the streets. It took days to remove all the bodies. Sharifullah was among the civilian casualties of the Taliban's massacre.
- Witness/Survivor Statement
No statement
- Does this victim have a Memory Box?
- No