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
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
^"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)