Thu, 13 Mar 2025
Clash over heritage claims 3 lives in W. Afghanistan

Clash over heritage claims 3 lives in W. Afghanistan

Xinhua
13 Mar 2025, 12:16 GMT+10

FARAH, Afghanistan, March 13 (Xinhua) -- A clash between two families over heritage in the western Afghanistan's Farah province claimed three lives and injured another on Wednesday, a police official said on Thursday.

The cousins who disputed over the heritage left over from their grandfather in the provincial capital with the same name Farah city finally resorted to gunfire, killing three people including two women. Another person was badly injured, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Mohammad Nasim Badri said.

The police have launched operations to bring the perpetrators to justice, the official added.

A similar incident over ownership of pastures between nomads and locals claimed the lives of two brothers and injured their father in Sayedabad district of the eastern Wardak province on Tuesday.

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