Bullpen Review: Why don't we have #PrayForKabul?

Photo credit to Shah Marai of Agence France-Presse (AFP) and GettyImages

Wednesday morning rush hour in Kabul was disrupted when a suicide truck bomb killed at least 90 people while also injuring more than 400 at a large demonstration.

The demonstration was full of protesters who asked for the resignation of the government.

According to a Wall Street Journal reporter in Kabul, the attack took place in a diplomatic area of the city.

The explosion reportedly took place near Western embassies, government buildings and homes of high-ranking officials.

Many reports say 11 American citizens assigned to the US Embassy in Kabul were also injured in the attack.

Sadly, even more unfortunate news occurred in Kabul.

On Friday, at least seven people died and more than 100 were injured in an another suicide attack outside a funeral of a protester who died in Wednesday's attack.

According to The Guardian, the attack on Friday was third in Kabul in the past four days.

A CNN graphic displays a timeline of major attacks in Kabul just within the past year:

In the graphic, six major attacks are highlighted, bringing the cumulative death toll near 300.

Why aren't we talking about this?

Sure, CNN, The Guardian, BBC News and other sources can report and talk about it, but why aren't we having the discussion at our dinner tables, our text conversations, literally anywhere?

There are scores of innocent Afghan citizens dying in the streets of Kabul alone.

I'm not saying the attacks in the past year or so in Manchester, London, Paris, Nice, Brussels, San Bernardino (the list goes on and on) are insignificant.

I'm not saying we cannot gather and pray. I'm not saying we cannot mourn the dead.

But we have to acknowledge that the people of Kabul are dying while mourning the dead.

Also, the attacks this week coincide with the holy month of Ramadan.

Could you even fathom an attack on a nation's capital in middle of Lent, Yom Kippur, or even at any point in time?

There should be no reason for us to ignore or undermine the suffering of any people who suffer an attack by any other group of people.

In any religion or in any way of life, morality is key.

We shouldn't ignore attacks in the Middle East because they are common, we should be more aware and speak out because they are common.

If the mainstream media talk about it or not, if you care about the region of the Middle East or not, if you care about the well-being of Muslim-majority peoples or not, you should value these attacks based on your moral compass.

There are people dying paying their respects to the dead.

There are people dying mourning their brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, children. Do not ignore this.

If we can't be bothered to type #PrayForKabul in our social media outlets, at least keep these fellow innocent human beings in your hearts.