A group of university students at a ceremony on Tuesday marked the 12th anniversary of the death of Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, an MP who lost his life in a suicide bombing in Baghlan in November 2007 along with five other lawmakers.

Kazemi’s family has criticized the Afghan government for failing to investigate the incident. 

Five other MPs-- Abdul Matin, Sibgatullah Zaki, Haji Sahib Rahman Hemat, Nazik Mir Sarferaz and Mohammad Arif Zarif--lost their lives in the blast. 

Kazemi was head of the Economic Commission of the Wolesi Jirga, the Lower House of the Parliament. Before that, he served as Afghanistan’s minister of commerce.

He was also the leader of Hizb-e Iqtedar Melli, or the National Sovereignty Party.

“He devoted his life to his country, and he was a true son of this soil,” said Zabihullah Assadi, head of Burhanuddin Rabbani Education University.

Kazemi’s relatives said he strived for national unity and peace in the country and they said the Afghan government should do the same.

“We should try to cooperate with those who want to serve the country. We should try not to undermine them,” Sayed Ali Kazemi, Kazemi’s brother, said.

Other participants called on the government to not remain “indifferent” towards investigations of assassinations of political figures.

“Both of the governments (the incumbent and former president Hamid Karzai’s government) will be held responsible by the people if the Baghlan case remains closed,” said Sayed Massoud Kazemi, Kazemi’s son.