Wakil Hussain Allahdad (1986-2018) was an ethnic
Hazara wrestler, entrepreneur and
community first responder
A Community first responder (CFR), is a person available to be dispatched by an ambulance control centre to attend medical emergencies in their local area. They can be members of the public, who have received training in life-saving interventions s ...
in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
.
History
Wakil Hussain Allahdad was born in 1986 in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
in a family who were members of the
Hazara ethnic group. He started wrestling in 1998 at age 12. He was taught by Sher Jan Ahmadi, deputy head of the country's wrestling federation. His weight class was 214 pounds and he won many medals in domestic tournaments, as well as a silver medal at an international tournament in Pakistan. He retired from wrestling in 2014 after tearing a muscle in his leg and began coaching at a local wrestling club, teaching 150 students daily.
During the 11 October 2016 attack on the
Karte Sakhi Shrine, he was one of the rescuers and was photographed carrying a wounded girl in an
Agence France-Presse
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AFP has regional headquarters in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong and Washington, D.C ...
image that was widely circulated. He was also a rescuer in the
June 2017 Kabul mosque attack.
He was also an entrepreneur who ran multiple small businesses including a crockery shop, travel agency and photography shop.
He was killed in the
22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing in the
Dashte Barchi
Dashte Barchi ( prs, دشت برچی) is a settlement located in western Kabul, Afghanistan. Previously barren and agricultural, Dashte Barchi became populated in the early 2000s by newcomers from the provinces, mostly ethnic Hazaras from Maidan W ...
area of Kabul, which occurred across the street from his photography shop. He was taken to Isteqlal hospital before being transferred to a trauma facility run by the Italian NGO Emergency where he died.
Personal life
Allahdad was married and had four children, including two sons and two girls.
See also
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22 April 2018 Kabul suicide bombing
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List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
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Mohammad Ebrahim Khedri
Muhammad Ebrahim Khedri ( prs, محمد ابراهیم خدری) known as Pahlawan Ebrahim (); (11 April 1938 – 22 May 2022) was an ethnic Hazara wrestler from Afghanistan, who competed at the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics in th ...
References
External links
hindustantimes.com/Kabul’s ‘invincible hero’ who rushed to help bomb blast victims killed in explosionfacebook.com
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1986 births
2018 deaths
Hazara businesspeople
Hazara sportspeople
Afghan male sport wrestlers
Sportspeople from Kabul
Terrorism deaths in Afghanistan
Afghan businesspeople