ASADABAD (Pajhwok): The people of eastern Kunar province on Wednesday demanded the government punish the perpetrators of the mass killing of 1260 innocent people in the Kerala village of Asadabad in 1979.
The inhabitants of the area say the Kerala massacre took place on April 20, 1979, when 1260 people were killed by the Soviets-backed communist regime of the Khalqi branch of the People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA).
Tuesday marked 39th anniversary of the massacre. Local officials and family members of those killed in . . .
