This incident alone should force world leaders to come together for achieving global peace
LAHORE: It feels as if the human race has become desensitised to each other’s sufferings. We move on from one tragedy to the next, ever so swiftly. It is almost as if we have become immune to the idea of destruction. The recent maternity ward attack carried out by militants in Kabul has left the world shaken. Various sources claim that the targets of the attack were meant to be women and children, while others believe that attacking the maternity ward was no coincidence. One cannot even fathom the idea of killing new born children — and that too during the holy month of Ramazan. Has humanity stooped to such a level of violence that even innocent babies aren’t safe from the savagery of militants?
The stories of women that survived the attack are finally surfacing. Reading each of their accounts gives us an idea of how traumatic this one incident has been for the people of Afghanistan, who have already been living turbulent lives for many decades due to an unending war. While a blame game has predictably ensued, it is important not to forget the plight of the people who got caught in this shooting. It is clear that politics and power have adversely affected the lives of the common people in Afghanistan.
This incident alone should force world leaders to come together for achieving global peace. However, just days later, this incident has already been forgotten by the international media.
Sanya Moin
Published in The Express Tribune, May 18th, 2020.
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