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| Afghanistan |
| Clash over ice blocks leaves 4 dead in Nangarhar |
| 2017-05-30 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least four people were killed in a clash over ice blocks in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province of Afghanistan, the local officials said Monday. Provincial governor’s front man Ataullah Khogyani said a woman is also among those killed after clash erupted among two families due to an argument over ice blocks. Khogyani further added that the incident took place on Sunday in Chaparhar district of Nangarhar. He said the family members of Mullah Raqeeb and Syed Mullah Jan exchanged fire following an argument over ice blocks in Lalmai area. According to Khogyani, the four people killed during the clash belong to the families of MullahRaqeeb and Syed Mullah Jan. He said three members of Mullah Raqeeb’s family were killed while a woman belonging to family of Syed Mullah Jan was among those killed. Khogyani also added that the main perpetrators of the incident have managed to flee the area and a search operation is underway for their arrest. The majority of deadly incidents among the families in remote districts and villages takes place due to the possession of illegal fire arms among the people which are mostly used during the arguments sparking enmities that last for years and claiming lives of dozens of people. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Can't abide a warm G&T. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2017-05-30 07:59 |
| #3 The wonderful world of ROP. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-30 02:48 |
| #2 Things got heated? |
| Posted by: gorb 2017-05-30 01:15 |
| #1 Tough to collect the evidence. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-30 00:44 |