The United States Federal Police found a woman corpse in a refrigerator, as it was allegedly killed by her husband in her own residence. According to local media, the husband Wahid Kashefi of Afghanistan national – who lived in the United States – murdered his wife, 25, a week before the police found her body in refrigerator, as it was chopped into pieces. Kashefi...
Taliban in the areas under their control have ordered the farmers to grow poppy, the Ministry of Interior Affairs said. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the ministry, said to The Killid, “Most of the areas in several provinces – which are under control of the Taliban – have planted poppy, as ordered by pre-dominated Taliban group.” According to Rahimi, the officials said security plans include targeting...
FARAH (The Killid) – Clashes between the Taliban and Afghan security forces claimed at least six of the militants and further five wounded, officials said. Mohammad Arif Razae, media office of the 207th Zafar Corps, said to The Killid, “Last night, the Taliban militants opened fires against Afghan security forces at Ziyarat Abgarm of Andar Dara district in Farah, killing at least six...
PAKISTAN – At least four soldiers were killed and further four were wounded by a roadside bomb blast in a tribal area of northwestern Pakistan on Friday, officials said. Security officials said the explosive device was paved on a road in Khar Qamar, an area where security forces had recently conducted a search operation following a previous roadside bomb attack. The Pakistani Taliban, which is...
President of the Afghanistan Football Federation Karamuddin Karim. (Photo: Steffen Schmidt) FIFA banned President of the Afghanistan Football Federation Karamudddin Karim from sport for life, as he is charged with heavy loads of sexual abuse against female players. He is also fined 1 million Swiss francs ($1 million). The verdict came on Saturday after a meeting of the adjudicatory chamber of the ethics committee, the...
IRAN – Attorney General in Iran suspended a shopping center after discrimination, as its doors were kept closed for Afghan refugees of making any trade or purchase. It comes after a video circulating on social media went viral and attracted a large audience – mostly from Iran and Afghanistan – which shows a written sign on the door of the shop in Nazar...
The People’s Peace Movement, a group of 24 peace activists who marched through Taliban-controlled Musa Qala district in Helmand province, said the militants rejected their call for ceasefire as they see it in favor of foreign forces in Afghanistan. During the five-day stay in Taliban territory, activists came up quoting the militants as saying “peace is not possible without a timeline for foreign forces...
CANADA – World's largest conference on gender equality, health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women, "The Women Deliver 2019 Conference" held Monday, as more than 8,000 world leaders, influencers, advocates, academics, activists, and journalists gathered in Vancouver, Canada. The conference focused on power, and how it can drive – or hinder – progress and change; and how societies must redefine the concept of...
HELMAND (The Killid) – The Taliban captured at least four members of the peace movement in Musa Qala district of Helmand province, local officials confirmed. Members of the movement said the Taliban have taken four of their pairs for advice and consultation. Pachakhan Mulladad, communication and information officer of the movement, explained the Taliban intruded their residents and took at least four, as they...
KABUL (The Killid) – As Ramadan month is drawing an end, inspiring residents for the upcoming national holiday, residents in the Afghan capital witness another blast in just days ahead of Eid-al-Fitr. Nasrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Affairs, said the bomb blew up in Dar-ul-Aman road of PD7 in Kabul. According to Rahimi, blast – which is of a magnetic device...