by Abdul Haleem, Chen Xin
KABUL, March 17 (Xinhua) -- Nimatullah and Bismillah were two brothers killed in the lingering war in Afghanistan and their mother, Bibi Maleqa, visits the tombs of her sons almost every day, spends a couple of hours there before returning home.
Expressing her hatred of the country's conflict, the grieving Maleqa whispered, "the endless conflict has devoured countless lives including Nimatullah and Bismillah." And it will kill more, including youngsters, adults and aged ones in the coming days, weeks, months and years.
The brothers are buried alongside each other in Rawani area, a far-flung village in the militancy-plagued Miwand district of the southern Kandahar province.
Maleqa, living in a rented muddy house, said softly that her husband Wali Jan also died a few years ago and the deaths of her sons have added to her suffering.
While mourning the deaths of her sons, Maleqa lashed at the war, saying, "The war has devoured everything and has turned to ash whatever we had." Now is the time to see an end to the war in the country.
Maleqa is not the only mother that has lost two sons in the war. Countless parents are in the same situation that have lost nears and dears due to the continued conflicts.
"The cruelty of war can be gauged from here that many families lost their nears and dears in even a second when a suicide bomber targeted a bazaar, a mosque or a gathering," said a villager named Gul Nawaz.
Since 2014, according to the government, more than 45,000 security personnel have been killed, and the casualties the Taliban outfit has suffered is unknown.
And according to the UN mission in the country, Afghan civilian casualties hit a record high in 2018 as 3,804 civilian deaths were recorded, among them 927 were children.
