Lt Col. Siri Skare, was a 53 year old Norwegian pilot. She was Norway’s first female pilot, finishing her training in 1983. She was killed in the UN office attack in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan a couple of days back, by a “protesting mob.” She also remains Norway’s only woman pilot who died in Afghanistan. Ironically, she didn’t die in combat duty. She died while acting as an advisor in United Nations office, working for the “betterment of the standard of living” of the Afghan people.

The cause of her death, is not yet known. There are confusing reports in the media. Who died of beheading, who died of gunshots, who died of a single stab of knife just below the Adam’s apple is yet to be declared. Or possibly will never be declared ever due to the “sensitive” nature of the issue. We can just hope her end was swift, and without much suffering.