Kaj attack victim: Taliban killed my generation’s dreams.
A survivor of the bloody attack on Kaj school in western Kabul spoke at a people’s court for Afghan women about the suffering of two generations under the shadow of Taliban discrimination.
The young girl, who asked not to be named due to security concerns, said her father was denied education during the first Taliban regime simply because he was “Hazra” and she was denied education during the second for “being a woman.”
She added that she was severely injured in the suicide attack on Kaj school and spent weeks in hospital: “On the day of the entrance exam, I could only answer a few questions due to the pain of my wounds; that day I realized that even learning is a crime in Afghanistan.”
The survivor, who now lives abroad, stressed that she still lives with the nightmare of the bombings and has called for an international trial of the Taliban and justice for the victims.
The attack on the Kaj school on 30 September 2025, killed nearly 60 students—most of them teenage girls—and wounded more than 80.
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, but observers say the Taliban’s discriminatory climate has paved the way for such bloody tragedies to recur.
