'They were 10 civilians,' Emal Ahmadi, who says his toddler, Malika, was among those killed, told NBCNews in a phone call. 'My daughter ... she was 2 years old,' he said.
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Just a day before his death, he had been helping to prepare and deliver soy-based meals to women and children at refugee camps in Kabul, Steven Kwon, president of NEI, told NBC News in an email. Ahmad Naser, a former Afghan Army officer and contractor with the U.S. military, was also killed in the blast, Ramin Yousuf, a cousin of Zemari and Ahmadi's, told NBC News on Tuesday.Wakil Kohsar / AFP - Getty Images
He said there"were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle" that Zemari and Farzad were in, suggesting that there was a"large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties."
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