The skateboard outreach program in Kabul, Afghanistan, Skateistan, lost four kids (including one of their skate instructors, Khorshid pictured right) this weekend (September 8, 2012) when a teenage suicide bomber attacked near NATO headquarters at the entrance of Camp Eggers, according to a story on NPR.com.
“From the start, Khorshid (whose name translates to ‘happy’ in English) stood apart with a tough, cheeky and sensitive personality, smiling no matter what troubles she had to deal with day-to-day,” the program reports. “She knew what she wanted in life and wasn’t afraid to fight for it despite having more responsibilities and sorrows than a child should ever have.” . . Nawab, 17, also died. He was one of the first boys in the program and was known as having one of best kickflips. . . Parwana was Khorshid’s younger sister. She was just 8-years-old. Assad, the program says, was not a skater but he was family and well known at the skatepark.
The Taliban was reportedly targeting the “CIA” in the blast. Our thoughts are with the families of the four kids who were killed and with the entire Skateistan organization.
[Link: NPR and Skateistan]
another senseless loss. rip.
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