The first death anniversary of two TOLOnews journalists, Samim Faramarz and Ramiz Ahmadi, was marked by his families on Thursday.

On this day last year, the two TOLOnews journalists lost their lives in a car bomb attack which happened when the reporters were covering an early explosion in the west of Kabul.

Samim’s relatives said their son became the victim of wrong policies of the government.

“He was kind to all including his country. He was always eager to serve his motherland,” said Samim’s mother Parwin. “Samim was saying that he wants to build a school where moderate Islam is trained because the Taliban have tarnished the image of Islam.”

Families of the journalists said the government should not sign a deal which will lead to more violence in the country.

“The government still has no clear explanation from the enemy,” Samim’s brother Iqbal said.

Meanwhile, Ramiz Ahmadi’s father, Noorullah, said the Afghan people want a peace where there is no more violence.

“If there is no security, if there is no peace, the destructions will continue, our country will be demolished including our youths,” said Noorullah.

Malim Abbas, a wrestler, who was in the gym when the blast happened, lost his right hand in the attack.

“The terrorists always want to hit us with suicide attacks or target the youths of our country, but we will not surrender to them,” he said.

Last September, Samim Faramarz, journalist, and Ramiz Ahmadi, cameraman, lost their lives in an explosion in Kabul city while covering an earlier bombing.

The first explosion happened at around 6 pm Kabul time, targeting a wrestling gym in Qala-e-Nazer area in Kabul’s PD6.

The first explosion was a suicide bombing while the second explosion was a car bombing that according to officials left at least 16 people dead and 65 others wounded.

Faramarz had been reporting live from the scene of the first explosion on TOLOnews 6 pm bulletin - just minutes before the explosion happened.

Faramarz started working at TOLOnews three years ago. Despite his activities in culture, he continued with making dozens of reports on corruption, security situation, political issues, electoral issues, suicide attacks in Kabul and other parts of the country, and documentaries.

He was 28 and was an exceptional person among his colleagues with a smiling face and a kind heart. The last post on his Facebook is about his work as a reporter.

Ramiz Ahmadi, like Faramarz, was leading in his profession as a cameraman at TOLOnews. He pictured many reports from war-hit areas in the country.

He worked for TOLOnews for four years and besides that, he was a law student at a private university in Kabul.

Ahmadi was 23 years old and was always trying to support his family besides continuing his education.