Afghanistan, Dec. 20 -- Snow leopard attacks on livestock have increased in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province as winter conditions drive the endangered predators closer to villages and herders' animal shelters.
As harsh winter conditions grip northeastern Afghanistan, snow leopard attacks on livestock have risen sharply in the remote Wakhan corridor of Badakhshan province, heightening tensions between wildlife conservation and local livelihoods.
Local Taliban officials said on Friday that a snow leopard attacked livestock enclosures in Yamit village of Wakhan district, killing at least two goats and sheep, while several other animals are still unaccounted for.
The attack came just days after the same animal was blamed for a series of inc...