 "Ironically his last article was on male lion cub Marjan, on March 19, 2014, which narrated the pathetic state in which Marjan was being housed on a rooftop by a businessman, who had bought the male lion cub as a status symbol for $20,000, and kept his pet on a roof terrace.On the evening of March 20, 2014, as Taliban violence was escalating in the run up to the April national elections, Ahmad and his family were having dinner at the Serena Hotel in Kabul, for celebrating the Persian New Year, Nowruz.Four Taliban gunmen sneaked weapons into the hotel before going to its restaurant and opening fire; they killed nine people.