Afghanistan, June 3 -- A WHO security officer from the Badakhshan Ismaili community was brutally killed in Nangarhar, raising concerns over the safety of Ismailis in Afghanistan. About eight months ago, his brother, Sayed Shamir Yamgani, was also killed at the same WHO office.
Local sources reported on Tuesday, June 3, that a resident of Badakhshan province working at the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Nangarhar was brutally murdered.
Sayed Qiyamuddin, originally from the Yamgan district of Badakhshan, was tortured and killed two nights ago inside his bedroom, according to eyewitness accounts.
Qiyamuddin was employed in the security department of the WHO office in Nangarhar. He belonged to the Ismaili community, a minority Shi...