October 26, 2001	Friday	Shaba'an 8, 1422

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QUETTA, Oct 25: The US planes bombed a village in Afghanistan, killing 40 people, including 19 of a family, on Tuesday-Wednesday night.

The bombing also injured 35 people in Daman Borai village, 50 kilometres west of Kandahar. Seven injured people were brought to Quetta Civil Hospital on Thursday from the area.

“Where are my children, bring them,” moaned Siddiqua Bibi, a 70-year-old injured woman who lost all members of her family. She is the lone survivor of her family which included two sons, daughter-in-law and children according to doctors who got information about her from other injured people.

Gul Mohammad, 34, brought all injured from the village to Shaman. With the help of Eidhi he brought the injured to Quetta Civil Hospital and is a source of information about their families. Gul Mohammad is a mechanic in a small workshop in Kandahar.

Giving details of the 19-member family killed in the bombing, he said 50-year-old Noor Ahmad was the head of the family. Along with Noor Ahmad, his wife, one daughter, three sons and his in laws staying with him were killed in the attack.

Two young daughters of Noor Ahmad have survived. The injured include four-year-old Shabbir who is unconscious. He too is the lone survivor of his family, Shabbir’s uncle Gul Mohammad said.

“I was sitting in the house when US planes fired missiles hitting a motorcycle in our back yard. Soon after more missiles hit the house, killing my father, mother and other family members,” Ahmedia, a 16-year-old injured Afghan girl, told Dawn in the Civil Hospital.