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Muhammad Yaya Research Paper

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III. Testimony of Witness

Mohammad Yaya is the father of Mohammad Mostafa. He is 58 years old and he has lived next to a bakery at Cartier 23 in Kabul for approximately 30 years. He is able to read and write. He lives with his wife of more than 35 years, Nazifa, their daughters, Nazila and Mina, his daughter-in-law, Mina, and his granddaughter, Hafnat. Nazila is older than 25 and does not work. His daughter, Mina, is 26 or 27 and she keeps the house. His daughter-in-law, Mina, is illiterate and does not work. Mina lived with her father before marrying Mostafa and moved into the witness’ house after the wedding. Mostafa had always lived in his father’s house.

Mr. Yaya was a soldier 37 years ago. Approximately eleven years ago, he …show more content…

Yaya supports his family with income he generates through independent trading at the bazaar. He is able to pay for the family’s daily necessities, but he does not know his monthly income because it varies from month-to-month. He spends 20,000 Afghani per month for food for the family.

Previously, Mr. Yaya supported his family by managing a clothing shop that he owned for approximately one year. Their monthly profit was approximately 30,000 Afghani each month. He sold the shop for 45,000 Afghani after Mostafa began working at Sanpo International because he was not able to manage it himself. He used the money from the sale to cover the household expenses. After Mostafa’s death, the family paid back debts that Mostafa had incurred as a result of his borrowing supplies for the clothing shop.

After selling the shop, the witness borrowed 1,500,000 Afghani from his sister and her son to help cover the family’s expenses. His sister’s husband and son work for foreign companies and they also own land and farms, which also generate …show more content…

According to Mr. Yaya, Mostafa was healthy and nice looking. Mostafa finished twelve years of school at about the age of 18 or 19. After finishing school, Mostafa ran the family clothing shop before working for Sanpo. The year before the accident, he married Mina and they had a daughter.

Approximately one year before the occurrence, Hajai Nasir hired Mostafa to work at Sanpo. Sanpo, which is located in Kunduz, provides energy to other companies. Mostafa was a supervisor in the communications department and built communication towers. He received a monthly wage of 20,000 Afghani in cash and Sanpo covered his expenses. According to Mr. Yaya, Mostafa gave his entire salary to the family.

Approximately twice a month, Mostafa traveled for work. During those times, he would be gone for ten days to a month. Mostafa would visit the family once or twice a month and he was last home about two weeks before the accident. When he was home, Mostafa had no activities outside of work and the house.

Mostafa was on Pamir flight 1102 for work with some supplies for a communication tower. He was going to stay at the family’s house while in Kabul. This was the first time that Mostafa had flown from Kunduz to Kabul and he had bought the ticket for the

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