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A septuagenarian who lost her only son to suicide blast

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AIBAK (Pajhwok): A mother who lost her only son to a suicide attack in central Samangan province has been suffering from abject poverty and is unable to feed her grandchildren.

Aytash, 73, is living with her widowed daughter-in-law and three little grandchildren in Choghi village of Aibak, the capital of Samangan.

Shah Mahmood, the only son of Aytash, was killed in a suicide attack on July 14, 2012.

The suicide bombing took place at the wedding ceremony of the daughter of Ahmad Khan Samangani, a former member of the