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Khaki Safed District

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Khaki Safed
District
Khaki Safed is located in Afghanistan
Khaki Safed
Khaki Safed
Location within Afghanistan
Coordinates: 32°39′14″N 62°06′08″E / 32.65389°N 62.10222°E / 32.65389; 62.10222
Country Afghanistan
ProvinceFarah
Occupation Taliban
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total
29,500

Khaki Safed (Persian: خاک سفید, "white dust") is a district in Farah province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is mostly Pashtun and Tajiks, was estimated at 43,000 in October 2004.[2] The main village, Khaki Safed (also called Alagadari), is situated at 676 m altitude in the central part of the district.

Security and Politics

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It was reported on 17 November 2009 that armed Taliban fighters kidnapped 5 civilians. 2 were beheaded and accused of spying while the other 3 were released. According to the Provincial police chief Faqir Mohammad Askar, the victims were innocent government employees.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Farah Provincial Profile" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "District Profile" (PDF). UNHCR. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 October 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2006.
  3. ^ "Taliban militants behead 2 Afghan civilians". Xinhua News. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2009.
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