"Angel of Kabul": The Story of a Child Who Survived a Horrific Explosion and Awaits the "Unknown"

The infant, Muhammad Reza, was with his father and grandfather in front of one of the gates at Kabul Airport when the double terrorist attack occurred in late August. The father and grandfather were killed, while the child barely survived. Doctors estimated that Muhammad's chance of survival, described by the British newspaper "The Sun" as the "Angel of Kabul," was extremely low, at no more than 30 percent, after a shard penetrated the body of the two-year-old child. The child's mother had left Afghanistan before her husband and son, hoping that they would join her and settle in Britain, but she would never see her husband again. The mother arrived in Britain, and the British Home Office agreed to grant the child access to the country, including his close family, such as his younger sister, Kulthum, who is five months old. The child is expected to be allowed to travel to Britain once his health condition stabilizes, which has improved in recent days. The Home Office stated, "After learning about this extremely difficult case, the Home Secretary granted the child and his close family an exception to allow them to reunite with their relatives in the UK when they are healthy enough to travel."