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KHAN: They killed my uncle
On Tuesday morning, my uncle Arsala Jamal was killed in a bomb blast in a mosque in Afghanistan. The bomb was planted inside the mosque’s microphone and detonated while he was delivering a speech about Islamic values of non-violence and education.
At 1:00 in the morning, while studying for my neuroscience midterm, I got a call from my friend who had heard the news on the radio in Kabul.
His voice trembled hesitantly as he said, “Arsala Jamal has been killed in a suicide attack.”
I was too paralyzed to give him a reply so I disconnected the call. After regaining some sort of consciousness, I started to take in the gravity of what had happened.
That night, Arsala’s wife and six kids were celebrating their youngest daughter’s second birthday at their home in Canada.
A semi-aristocratic family, the Arsala clan has a long history of involvement in Afghan politics.
I wasn’t sure whether they’d heard, so in the midst of my confusion and sorrow I called them. They had not yet been told about his death, and it was the hardest news for me to break. Yet, there