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Unknown Gunmen Kill Wife of Afghan Artist Salam Maftoon in Badakhshan

Summary by Khaama Press
A woman identified as the wife of Afghan local artist Salam Maftoon was shot dead by an unidentified attacker in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province, residents said on Thursday. Zabihullah Amiri, director of Information and Culture in Badakhshan, told Khaama Press that Lailuma was attacked around 7 a.m. while travelling to her workplace in Ishkashim district. He said the assailant used a hunting rifle and fled the area after the shoot…
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Local sources in Badakhshan say that “unknown gunmen” have killed a woman in the Ishkashim district of the province. According to the sources, the woman is named “Lailma” and was attacked at around 8:00 AM this morning (Thursday, May 17) in the Ishkashim market. The sources say that “Lailma” is an Ismaili Shiite from Badakhshan and the wife of “Salam Maftoon”, a local Badakhshan singer. According to the sources, she had a sewing workshop in the …

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تلویزیون آمو broke the news on Thursday, May 7, 2026.
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