Unidentified gunmen have killed a tribal elder Mohammad Hussain Ehsani in this capital city of northern Balkh province, police said on Friday. The incident took place in Yulmarab area in the limits of the fifth security district of…
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a tribal elder in the Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News that tribal elder Haji Sayed Jan, a resident of…
Tribal elder Haji Adam Khan Popalzai has been found dead in the capital of southern Helmand province, days after going missing. Qudratullah, a nephew of the slain elder, told Pajhwok Afghan News that his uncle disappeared along with…
A tribal elder’s beheaded body was recovered in the Dasht-i-Qala district of northern Takhar province on Sunday, an official said. Najanuddin Ansar, crime branch chief of the district, said that Haji Saifullah, one of the tribal elders had…
The Torkham-Jalalabad Road was closed for traffic for a short time on Saturday over the killing of a tribal elder in the Momand Dara district of eastern Nangarhar province, an official said. Information and Cultural Affairs Coordinator Qureshi…
Unknown gunmen shot dead a tribal elder at a time when he was offering morning prayers at a mosque in Chaparhar district of eastern Nangarhar province on Friday. The elder, Maulvi Muhammad Qayyum, was killed while offering prayers…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a tribal elder in northern Faryab province, an official said on Saturday. Maulvi Shamsullah Mohammadi, director of information and culture, said Mullah Abdullah was killed by unknown gunmen in the Lash village of…
A tribal leader was gunned down by unidentified attackers in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, an official said on Sunday. Jamal Barekzai, Kandahar police spokesman, confirmed the incident, but provided no further details. A security source,…
The Taliban on Monday killed a tribal elder in the Khawaja Sabz Posh district of northwestern Faryab province, an official said. Police Spokesman Abdul Karim Yoresh said the Taliban taken tribal elder Momen Arab and his colleague from…
A tribal elder has been killed and seven other people were injured in a bomb blast on Warmami district of southern Paktika province, an official said Monday. Shah Mohmood, provincial police spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News, a…
A tribal elder and member of the local district council was killed in the Spinboldak district of southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, a reliable source said. Security officials have not confirmed the killing of Haji Nasrullah Achakzai…
A tribal elder was gunned down and a district chief survived a gun attack hours apart in central Logar province on Wednesday, officials said. The tribal elder, Haji Duad, was brutally killed by unknown gunmen during evening’s prayers…
A tribal leader was shot dead by Taliban militants in Batikot district of eastern Nangarhar province where a woman was rescued by police from murderers, an official said Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A tribal elder was gunned down on Monday morning by unknown gunmen inside a mosque in the Alisher Tirazai district of southeastern Khost province, witnesses said. The elder, Habib Shah Khan, was offering morning prayer at the village…
Eng. Ahmad, a tribal elder and the Afghanistan Working Group member, has been kidnapped by gunmen affiliated to 1st vice-president Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum, local officials and the elder’s family alleged on Saturday. Gen. Dostum had a verbal…
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a tribal elder in central Uruzgan province, an official said Monday. A local security official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Chori district on Sunday…
Local officials on Sunday accused the Taliban of killing a tribal elder in Garamser district of southern Helmand province, but the rebels rejected the claim. The Helmand governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban militants…
A tribal elder succumbed to his wounds in hospital after being injured in a roadside bombing in eastern Kunar province on Sunday. The elder, Haji Mursalin Khan, a resident of Nari district, was on his way home when a…
A tribal elder was killed and two of his family members were injured in southern Ghazni province, where five rebels eliminated during a clash with security personnel, police said on Wednesday. Fahim Amiri, the provincial police spokesman,…
A tribal elder has been stabbed to death in the Pashtunkot district of northwestern Faryab province and an Islamic State (IS) member detained in western Ghor, officials said on Saturday. Abdul Qadir Qadiri, Pashtunkot district chief, told Pajhwok…
A tribal elder was killed as a result of a blast in eastern Nangarhar province, an official said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday evening when a magnetic bomb attached to his vehicle went off in…
