YouTuber Najma Sadeqi was killed in the suicide bombing at Kabul airport while she was preparing to leave the country. Following her death, Sadeqi's last video went viral on the internet, showing the horrific scenes in Afghanistan.
She said in the video, "I wish it is a bad dream, I wish we can wake up one day."
The Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15. The Taliban spokesperson assured that women's right to work and education will be maintained but under the Islamic State Law Sharia. However, incidents that contradict these assurances have emerged ever since.
From women journalists not being allowed to go to work, erasing women's faces from public postures to banning co-education, the current terror in the State is evident.
Amidst the terror, the 20-year-old YouTuber succumbed to the bombing at the Kabul airport with 200 others. Reportedly, she was about the leave the country.
Before her death, Sadeqi claimed to have made her last video owing to the fact that women will no longer be allowed to step outside their house. She said in the video recorded four days after the Taliban takeover, "Since we are not allowed to work and go out of our homes, we all had to record you a last video" and bid a goodbye through the video.
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Who Was Najma Sadeqi?
The young YouTuber used to record videos while exploring Kabul with her friends and also posted videos on meal recipes. Later, she joined Insider Kabul. Many of her videos also garnered millions of views worldwide. She enjoyed immense popularity in her country.
However, her last video lacked all the liveliness she usually presented her vlogs with and was shot in her bedroom. The same revealed the frightening situation in the country, especially for Afghan women.
Sadeqi was a final-year journalism student at an institute in Kabul. She had recently joined the Afghan Insider YouTube channel, whose videos garnered more than 24 million views.
Sadeqi said in her last video that she was working to make enough to pay for her daily expenses and education.
Adding that she was scared to walk the streets of Kabul, Sadeqi added, "Life in Kabul has become very difficult, especially for those who used to be free and happy."
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