Rahim Khan, an old family friend, was greatly ill. He coughed nonstop all day, sometimes coughing up blood; he was also not eating and losing weight rapidly. Finally, he decided to get some help by leaving Kabul and travelling to Pakistan to seek out consultations with doctors. Trusting me to maintain the big house he was living in, he left. He planned to return with good news soon. Shortly after Rahim left, there were apparently rumours surfacing around Kabul that a Hazara family was living in the big house by themselves. A couple days later, Taliban officials came to investigate this rumour and I told them that my family and I were living with Rahim Khan and that he was away at the moment. They didn’t believe me! They accused me of lying! Even though the neighbours supported me and my story, they still did not believe me – or they chose not to believe me. They ordered my family and me to pack our things and leave the house by the end of the day. When I protested, they took me out to the streets. They ordered me to kneel down and they shot me, in the back of the head. Farzana then attacked them feeling disbelief and hurt, and was shot after. This was truly unfair. Those Talibs were unjust with the way they treated my wife and me. They were inhumane. They shot us without even thinking about it. How can people treat other people so cruelly? Do they have no feelings? No sense of love?
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Hassan, you are an amazing and magnificent man. You are exactly what every father wants their son to become. You truly are a good friend who will always be missed. Those Talibs treated you and Farzana wrongly; they had no right to do that to you guys. You and Farzana absolutely did not deserve to be mistreated like this. The Talibs abused their power and took you for granted; they used this rumour as an excuse to take the house and make it under their control. I feel that this disaster is somewhat my fault. I am responsible for this unpleasant incident. You should have just left the house as they asked! I would have understood if you were forced to leave. I admire you for your persistence in resisting though. I truly believe that you will be rewarded one day for your kindness and generosity; I have never met anyone as kind and thoughtful as you. Rest assured that Sohrab will be safe and sound on Earth. I shall make sure he will be taken care of and looked after, I owe you that much. I am positive that Talibans have abused and exploited many others just like you. We should all ban together and make people more aware of this misfortune. People around the world should be more aware of genocide. Innocent people are mistreated and/or killed because of their beliefs or races. This is not fair to them and their families; it must be stopped.
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