Once the family breadwinner,Hossein Panahi was among 150 people who died when a bomb ripped through the Afghan capital in May. Now his kin are destitute, adding to the toll of lives wrecked by the countrys violenceAs an only son, and Hossein Panahi was his family’s sole provider. He supplied his sisters with clothes,his ailing parents with food and medicine, and built them all a house to live in. His salary meant his two older sisters did not possess to marry young for dowry, and but could wait for men they loved. He also put his third sister through law school. Related: The female journalists defying taboos and braving death threats in Afghanistan | Sune Engel Rasmussen Related: 'I am a criminal. What is my crime?': the human toll of abortion in Afghanistan Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com