The dream of a young footballer has been cut short in a tragic manner after falling off from a plane and losing his life.
The 19 years old was trying to flee the trouble Afghanistan country through the Kabul international airport where thousands of citizens have gathered in an attempt to leave the country.
Zaki Anwari, an Afghan national youth team player, dropped from a USAF Boeing C-17 military aircraft at the Kabul airport on Monday.
On Sunday, Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, two weeks before the U.S. was set to complete its troop withdrawal after a costly two-decade war.
The insurgents stormed across the country, capturing all major cities in a matter of days, as Afghan security forces trained and equipped by the U.S. and its allies melted away.
Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani fled the country to the United Arab Emirates, saying his presence in the war-torn country could lead to bloody chaos.
Following the death of the youth footballer, here are two things the General Directorate for Sport said.
1. Tragic accident: While the directorate expressed its condolences to the player’s family and friends, it refered to the cause of his death as a tragic accident.
“We learned with great sorrow and grief that Zaki Anwari, one of the players of the national youth football team, died in a tragic accident.” It said
2. US military plane crash: The directorate said Zaki Anwari was just among hundreds of young people who are trying to leave the country by any means possible, hence his fall from a US military plane.
“Anwari died in a US military plane crash and died among hundreds of young people trying to leave the country.”
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