Police on Saturday said 40 Taliban insurgents and 11 security personnel have been killed during three days of clashes in northeastern Badakhshan province. Police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the Taliban have intensified their…
The Taliban facilities in areas under their control in remote Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The insurgent movement, while confirming the closure of health clinics, said that talks were underway on resumption of health services.…
At least 20 besieged members of an uprising group have joined Taliban militants in the Khwahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Sanullah Rohani confirmed the development to Pajhwok, saying the uprising…
KABUL attack in northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday morning, an official said. Police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in the Bagh Sufi village of Daraim district at 5:30am. He said five members of…
The number of women employees in government institutions has increased in northeastern Badakhshan province in recent years, a statement said on Thursday. Currently, 17 percent of employees in government departments are women, but a small number held key…
KABUL in northeastern Badakhshan province, alleges a senior official. Governor Zakaria Sawda claimed in an interview that about 400 foreign militants, mostly from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, had joined the Taliban against the Afghan security personnel. Radio Free Europe quoted the…
KABUL militants have been killed in airstrikes in northeastern Badakhshan province, the Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. In a statement, the MoD said the Afghan Air Force carried out the blitz based on intelligence reports to preempt Taliban attacks.…
The governor on Tuesday announced a three-week lockdown period to prevent the spread of coronavirus in northeastern Badakhshan province. Governor Mohammad Zikria Soda told a press conference here people should stay homes during the period. The governor directed…
KABUL captured the Yamgan district of northeastern Badakhshan province after several hours of firefight with security forces, a well-placed source said on Sunday. Governor Spokesperson Naik Mohammad Nazari told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban intensified their attacks on security…
KABUL after hours of fierce fighting, a public representative said on Saturday. The insurgents overran Yamgan, the first district to fall to the Taliban after they inked a long-waited peace pact with the US in Doha last month. A provincial…
At least eight Taliban militants have been killed and three others wounded during a clash with security forces in the Jarm district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Thursday. Sanaullah Rohani, the police spokesman, told Pajhwok…
Local officials on Tuesday said armed men forcibly married three girls under 18 years of age and then took them to Nasi Darwaz district in northeastern Badakhshan province, while the Taliban say they would punish the men. Mohammad…
Health and children of respiratory diseases, mostly in Wakhan district, of northeastern Badakhshan province, but local people put the death toll at over 60. Dr. Nawshin Gahr Karimi, deputy public health director of Badakhshan province, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Local people in the Pamir area of northeastern Badakhshan province earned $500,000 in income from tourism this year, when more foreigners visited the scenic area than last year. Sayed Ikramuddin Sediqi Lalzadah, the provincial tourism head at the…
Around 300 schoolteachers in northeastern Badakhshan have not been paid salary for the last five months, an official said on Monday. Merajuddin Rahimi, the education department spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that 299 teachers, including 78 females, had…
A person has killed and another six injured in a snow avalanche in Raghistan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Wednesday. Sayed Abdullah Hamayoon Dehqan, the Natural Disaster Management Authority chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
KABUL’s livelihood in districts. President Ashraf Ghani on Thursday arrived in Badakhshan province to inaugurate some projects and meet local officials. A statement from the Presidential Palace received by Pajhwok Afghan News said that President Ghani met with a number…
Local officials say 36 mines of precious stones have been identified in northeastern Badakhshan province and some of them would generate up to 70 million afghanis revenue annually but the income has been zero for the last five…
Police in northeastern Badakhshan province have seized hundreds of kilograms of solid chemical used in making drugs and hundreds of liters of acid. Police spokesperson Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the chemical and acid were cleverly hidden…
Five workers have been killed and as many others injured in a landslide incident in northeastern Badakhshan province and no worker has been trapped under sands and rocks, an official said on Saturday. But Haidar Niyazi, the administrative…
At least four worshippers were killed and six others wounded when an armed man opened fire on them in the Argoi district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Thursday. Zahid Musadiq, the district’s administrative chief, told…
Rural Rehabilitation and Development Minister Mujeeb Rahman Karimi on Monday inaugurated the ring road project in northeastern Badakhshan province and nine other road projects in the province. According to a Pajhwok Afghan News report, the projects include a…
Nine security forces have been killed, including the deputy intelligence director for Nunsi district of northeastern Badakhshan province, during clashes with Taliban insurgents. Nek Mohammad Nazari, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban have been staging…
Detective chief for northeastern Badakhshan province has been wounded along with a bodyguard and his father killed in a attack, an official said on Thursday. Lt. Col. Syed Mehruddin, crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News unidentified gunmen…
