A local uprising group commander and a former mayor were killed in a blast in Faizabad, the capital of northwestern Badakhshan province, on Sunday, an official said. Badakhshan police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the blast…
Local officials say artificial jungles created in 2,000 hectares of land in four districts of northern Badakhashan province. Moinudin Aini, director of Agriculture Food Program in Wakhab ,Ashkasham ,Zibak and Waradoj districts. The institute is using plants…
Dozens of students of a girls high school in Darayim district of northeastern Badakhshan province fell sick for unknown reason on Saturday, an official said. Provincial education Jaffar Sadiq high school fell ill at about 8:30am. He said…
The Taliban have shot dead five civilians over alleged charge of cooperation with government after a Kangaroo Court trial in southeastern Badakhshan province. Nek Mohammad Nazari, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Taliban had captured five…
Journalists in north-eastern Badakhshan province on Sunday expressed concern over local authorities’ denial to share information with them in a timely manner, calling it against the access to information law. Dozens of media persons held a gathering in…
Local officials on Thursday said at least 200 families have fled their homes after clashes intensified between militants and pro-government forces in Karan wa Manjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Abdul Rahim Farhat, the administrative head of Karan…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on Tuesday at the Presidential Palace on power supply to northeastern Badakhshan province and construction of a hydroelectric dam there at a cost of $631 million. A statement from the Presidential…
Officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern over the growing number of drug addicts and linked the surge to easy access to narcotics in the province. Dr. Nawshin Gahar Karimi, deputy head of the Public Health Department,…
The prices of essential food items have soared in Khwahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province following the closure of a bridge connecting the district with neighboring Tajikistan, local officials said Monday. According to reports, Tajikistan border forces shut…
National Directorate of Security (NDS) officials have arrested two of four men accused of filming a sexual assault on a boy—a human trafficking case—in northeastern Badakhshan province. Article three of the Combating Human and Migrant Trafficking law says…
At least 31 people were killed and six others wounded on Sunday when a gold mine collapsed in the Kohistanat district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said. Nik Mohammad Nazari, the governor’s spokesman, confirmed the incident to Pajhwok…
Hundreds of passengers have been trapped as supporters of a Wolesi Jirga candidate kept closed a major highway in northeastern Badakhshan province for a fifth day in a row on Saturday. Five days ago, supporters of a candidate,…
A man in northeastern Badakhshan province has gunned down three members of his wife’s siblings, an official said Sunday. 1st Lt. Mohammad Faroq, provincial crime branch chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News that a man named Najibullah, killed his…
At least 20 Taliban militants have been killed during ongoing clashes with security forces in the Arghanj Khwa district of southeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Friday. Two policemen have been injured in the clashes that erupted…
Residents of northeastern Badakhshan province said missing of names from voter lists, too many observers and no knowledge about biometrics use hugely challenged the voting process there. Some women and men who were standing in long queues, said…
The contracts of extracting Badakhshan gold mine and Balkhab copper mine have been signed in Washington, Afghanistan embassy in Washington said Saturday. A statement from Afghanistan embassy in Washington, received by Pajhwok Afghan News said the contracts were…
Clashes over the past six months have displaced around 300 families in Arghanj Khwa district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Farhenaz Pamiri, a provincial council member, told Pajhwok Afghan News that at least 35 displaced families had so far…
Security forces ambushed and killed a Taliban’s designated district chief along with two companions in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said Thursday. Police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban’s shadowy district chief for Shuhada district,…
An outbreak of measles disease has killed four children in Khwahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said Thursday. While, residents of the Khwahan district said they were concerned about the spreading measles disease and urged the public…
At least 25 militants, including four foreign fighters, and eight security personnel have been killed during an ongoing clash in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday. Nek Mohammad Nazari, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide by hanging in Ghor province while separately an insurgent killed his uncle and wounded a cousin in northeastern Badakhshan province, security officials said Monday. Mohammad Iqbal Nizami, the Ghor governor’s spokesman, told…
Gunmen loyal to Jamiat-i-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) clashed in northern Badakhshan province, killing four armed men and injured six civilians, an official said Monday. Police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News that the clash occurred between Qari Abdul…
Peace committee officials of northeastern Badakhshan province on Monday claimed a number of Taliban militants wanted to join the peace process, but some circles inside the local administration were an obstacle. Ghausuddin Rahmani, head of the peace committee…
The World Food Program (WFP) has suspended its malnutrition program in northeastern Badakhshan province, where over 40 percent children under five years of age are said to be malnourished. Dr. Noor Khawari, the provincial Public Health Director, told…
