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Sharp Rise in Sale of Coffins After Kabul Bloody Incidents
Ariananews findings reveal that only three coffin sellers have sold around 320 coffins during the last two days in Kabul.
The coffin sellers in Kabul have declared that people mostly buy coffins and caskets for those who lost lives in suicide attacks or in war.
Death is now such a frequent occurrence in Kabul that coffin-making is one of the few thriving businesses.
“I sold around 120 to 200 coffins today. Sometimes it reaches up to 300 in one day,” Najibullah, a coffin seller in Kabul said.
The price of a coffin ranges from 1,000 to 4,000 Afghanis. The more expensive ones are studier as they tend to be for bodies that need to be transported to other provinces.
The demand for coffins reveals something about the nature of death in Afghanistan, for they are not typically used in Muslim funerals, where the dead are usually wrapped in a white funeral shroud and placed directly in the grave.
But when a body has been severely disfigured as a result of a bomb blast or an accident, simple wooden coffins are used.
In the meantime, a number of gravediggers and stone sellers also declared shocking statistics.
“I can say as the terrorist attacks increased, the grave digging and stone selling also had a sharp rise in Kabul. There are 10 to 12 gravediggers and stone sellers only in our area,” said Abdul Wadoud, a gravedigger said.
Violence has been especially focused on Kabul this month, as the insurgency targets the heart of the national government.
A suicide bombing killed more than 90 people and injured 158 others in the centre of the capital, Kabul yesterday.
Taliban have said they carried out the attack and it was intended as a message to U.S. President Donald Trump who last year sent more American troops to Afghanistan and ordered an increase in air strikes and other assistance to Afghan forces.
The Media Violations Commission has ordered Noor and Barya TV channels to stop broadcasting and to appear in court, state-run Bakhtar News Agency reported on Tuesday.
ّIt is said that the decision against the channels was taken for “not observing the principles of journalism.”
Former Jihadi leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has criticized the United States for patrolling Afghanistan’s airspace with drones.
Hekmatyar said in a speech Tuesday that any form of American presence in Afghanistan is unacceptable.
“Afghanistan’s airspace is under occupation. Expressing this issue is our religious responsibility. We have sacrificed the most for freedom. We do not accept any presence of America. We do not accept any kind of foreign rule,” he said.
Hekmatyar also stated that there is a possibility of American troops entering the country again.
“[Former] President Trump’s national security advisor says that their departure was a mistake and that they should return. This is not an ordinary issue. The possibility that they will make a mistake again and return to Afghanistan is very strong,” he said.
The Islamic Emirate has not commented so far on Hekmatyar’s remarks, but it has confirmed sightings of drones over Afghanistan.
“It is required that the respected officials of the caretaker government give explanations on this matter and respond to the concerns of the Afghan people in this matter, because important and great national issues are important for every Afghan citizen and if there is a problem, it will be a cause of concern for everyone,” said Fazl-ul-Hadi Wazin, a university lecturer.
Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on Monday met with Qatar’s Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani for talks on a number of issues including the Trans-Afghan Railway project.
The two leaders also discussed bilateral trade issues, strengthening of relations and regional matters, including the escalating situation in the Middle East.
In October 2023, Uzbekistan Railways JSC presented the Trans-Afghan Railway project to Qatar’s Ministry of Transport.
Subsequently, deliberations were held on Qatar’s involvement in the project’s execution.
In February 2021, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan signed a roadmap for the Termez-Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Peshawar railway construction.
The envisioned transport corridor, estimated at approximately $5 billion, aims to connect Europe, Russia, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Southeast Asian nations, boasting a transit capacity of up to 20 million tons of cargo.
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