Seven Chinese tourists, who have arrived in northeastern Badakhshan province, say they are happy with the behavior of officials and security. 80-year-old Cheng Yuwen, a Chinese tourist who visited the local museum and the Badakhshan Department of Information…
Poppy crops have been destroyed on about 131 acres of land in five districts of northeastern Badakhshan province during separate operations, an official said on Sunday. Ministry of Interior (MoI) spokesman Abdul Matin Qane wrote on his X…
Flash floods have blocked roads linking Baharak and Tashkan districts with the provincial capital, Faizabad in northeastern province of Badakhshan, officials said on Saturday. The flash floods also blocked the Arghanj Khwah-Faizabad highway in Khanuqa area, however provincial…
A 15-year-old boy died after being hit by a lightning strike in northeastern Badaskhshan province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident occurred in Katak Payan district of Shahr-e-Bozorg district…
At least 22 people have been killed and 28 others injured as a result of traffic accidents in northeastern Babakhshan province last month, officials said on Sunday. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok Afghan News that 20 traffic…
One member of a family was killed and another wounded as a result of a grenade blast in Baharak district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok Afghan News that the incident took place in…
Officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have asked the people to hand over artifacts in their houses to the local museum for better preservation and museum’s enrichment. Information and Culture director Engineer Zabihullah Amiri told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
FAIZABAD (Pajwhok): A monthly magazine “Itla’at Shahr” has been officially launched in Faizabad city, the capital of northeastern Badkhshan province. The monthly head, Fakhruddin Qari Zada, said he set up the media outlet with his personal resources and would publish…
Some female carpet weavers in northeastern Badakhshan province have complained about the lack of support from relevant institutions and said they sent newly woven carpets to Kabul for further processing.
A three-day book fair has been opened in Faizabad, the capital city of northeastern Badakhshan province, to promote book reading culture, an official said on Saturday.
The highway between Faizabad, the provincial capital, and Kishim district in northeastern Badakhshan province has been blocked by heavy snow, an official said on Monday. Construction head at Public Works Department Eng. Iftikhar Makhdoom Zada told Pajhwok Afghan…
The Information and Culture Department of northeastern Badakhshan province has identified and registered 18 more heritage sites this year.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Afghanistan’s remote northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday.
A hydropower network has been established on a self-help basis by residents of the Tagab district of northeastern Badakhshan province.
Residents of remote districts of northeastern Badakhshan complain about their lack of access to telecommunication services. However, the provincial Telecommunication and Information Technology department says that more than 30 projects of telecom and internet services are being implemented…
Unidentified individuals have killed a gold panner in Yawan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, police said on Thursday. Police spokesman Ehasanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok Afghan News Mohammad, a resident of Abgandeh village of Shahr-i-Bozorg district, was killed by…
A 16-year-old boy committed suicide by hanging himself to death in northeastern Badakhshan province on Wednesday, police said. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgaar told Pajhwok Afghan News that Rahimullah, 16, ended his life by hanging himself after being scolded…
Security forces have reportedly arrested a dozen members of Daesh, or Islamic State (IS), during a four-day operation in northeastern Badakhshan province. The Al-Mersaad, a media outlet, reported on Friday the Islamic Emirate special forces launched the operation…
Flooding in the Panj River has closed the ring road that connects four districts in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on Wednesday. The trapped residents stress the road must be opened for traffic otherwise the people will…
Two residents of Faizabad city, the capital of northeastern Badaskhshan province, have died after drowning in Kokcha river while swimming, police said on Friday. Badakhshan police spokesman Ihsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok three school students drowned in the river…
Local officials in northeastern Badakhshan province claim retaking 685 acres of state land from usurpers in Arghanj Khwa district. Qari Qutbuddin Dehnawi, director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock and head of the technical committee to prevent land usurpation,…
Two individuals have been killed and a third wounded as a result of traffic accident in Sheki district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday. Police spokesman Ehsanullah Kamgar said that the accident took place in…
Three people died in a traffic accident in Kuf Ab district of northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday, police said. Badakhshan police spokesman Ihsanullah Kamgar told Pajhwok the mishap took place in Nashar village before noon. He added that…
Nearly a dozen people were killed and more than 30 others injured when a bomb blast targeted participants of a memorial ceremony inside a mosque in northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, the Ministry of Interior said. Based on…
