Write-up from
www.pulitzer.org:
Tarana Akbari, 12, screams in fear moments after a suicide
bomber detonated a bomb in a crowd at the Abul Fazel Shrine in Kabul on
December 06, 2011. 'When I could stand up, I saw that everybody was
around me on the ground, really bloody. I was really, really scared,'
said the Tarana, whose name means 'melody' in English. Out of 17 women
and children from her family who went to a riverside shrine in Kabul
that day to mark the Shiite holy day of Ashura, seven died including her
seven-year-old brother Shoaib. More than 70 people lost their lives in
all, and at least nine other members of Tarana's family were wounded.
The blasts has prompted fears that Afghanistan could see the sort of
sectarian violence that has pitched Shiite against Sunni Muslims in Iraq
and Pakistan. The attack was the deadliest strike on the capital in
three years. President Hamid Karzai said this was the first time
insurgents had struck on such an important religious day. The Taliban
condemned the attack, which some official viewed as sectarian. On the
same day, a second bomber attacked in the northern city of
Mazar-i-Sharif. Karzai said on December 11 that a total of 80 people
were killed in both attacks. Published December 7, 2011
This is probably one of the most heartbreaking photos that I've ever come across. It's sad that this kind of loss and destruction still exists up to this day.
Looking at the lifeless body of the little child (lower right, wearing yellow and dark blue) is unbearable.
ReplyDeleteYeah. Every single thing about this picture is so heart-wrenching.
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