Hameed Rafi says he will never forget the day he got to speak about the suicide bombing that killed his 18-year-old sister. He shared his story in March as part of a panel discussion at the Afghanistan Center for Memory and Dialogue. All of those wounded in the attack were taken to hospitals in and around Kabul, Rafi told people attending the discussion. He first began searching lists of the wounded that hung on hospital walls. But he could not find his sister’s name, Rahila. Then, a doctor suggested Rafi also search lists of those killed. “That shocked me," he said. I had never considered that my sister wouldn’t be alive anymore.” As he later learned, Rahila had died in the attack. She was studying in an education center for her college entrance exam when the bomb exploded. Rafi’s chance to share his story is at the heart of the memory center’s mission. The center was launched in February and is a project of the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization. It seeks to protect and share memories and stories of civilian victims of the country’s 40 years of war.
Title: Memory Center Examines, Remembers Afghanistan’s 40 Years of War
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and Dialogue.</span> <span data-start-time='24667' data-end-time='35896'>All of those wounded in the attack were taken to hospitals in and around Kabul, Rafi told people attending the discussion.</span> <span data-start-time='35896' data-end-time='43500'>He first began searching lists of the wounded that hung on hospital walls.</span> <span data-start-time='43500' data-end-time='48438'>But he could not find his sister’s name, Rahila.</span> <span data-start-time='48438' data-end-time='55125'>Then, a doctor suggested Rafi also search lists of those killed.</span> <span data-start-time='55125' data-end-time='57979'>“That shocked me," he said.</span> <span data-start-time='57979' data-end-time='63438'>I had never considered that my sister wouldn’t be alive anymore.”</span> <span data-start-time='63438' data-end-time='69500'>As he later learned, Rahila had died in the attack.</span> <span data-start-time='69500' data-end-time='78792'>She was studying in an education center for her college entrance exam when the bomb exploded.</span> <span data-start-time='78792' data-end-time='86208'>Rafi’s chance to share his story is at the heart of the memory center’s mission.</span> <span data-start-time='86208' data-end-time='96292'>The center was launched in February and is a project of the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization.</span> <span data-start-time='96292' data-end-time='107208'>It seeks to protect and share memories and stories of civilian victims of the country’s 40 years of war.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div 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