Official Name: | Khaki Safed |
Native Name Lang: | pa |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 32.6539°N 62.1022°W |
Pushpin Map: | Afghanistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Afghanistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Farah |
Parts Type: | Occupation |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | Taliban |
Population Total: | 29,500 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
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.
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]