A public representative on Wednesday said the Taliban killed 18 Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers and captured their post during an overnight attack in northeastern Badakhshan province. Abdullah Naji, a provincial council member, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Three illegal armed men have been killed and nine others wounded during a clash in the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Sanullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the clash among unauthorized…
The Population Registration Department (PRD) in northeastern Badakhshan province has accused local security departments of not cooperating in the transfer of Tazkera distribution teams from one site to another. Habib Rahman, PRD director in Badakhshan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Police in northeastern Badakhshan province on Friday said they had arrested two persons with a stinger missile which they wanted to shift elsewhere. Provincial police chief Brig, Gen. Mohammad Sabir Aryun told a press conference the detainees were…
Police in northeastern Badakhshan province on Friday said they had arrested two persons with a stinger missile which they wanted to shift elsewhere. Provincial police chief Brig, Gen. Mohammad Sabir Aryun told a press conference the detainees were…
Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern over interference from powerful figures in electoral affairs, particularly in the employment process. Hamidullah Baloch, the IEC chief for Badakhshan, told Pajhwok Afghan News a number…
At least 268 schools in northeastern Badakhshan province have no buildings, with students taught under tents. Some of the schools built recently have been destroyed. Roohullah Mohaqiq, the education director, told Pajhwok Afghan News most of schools, set…
Two Chinese were among seven militants killed during an operation that left another 13 rebels injured in northeastern Badakhshan province, the Afghan army said Saturday. A statement from the Afghan National Amy’s 209th Shaheen Military Corps said the…
Talks have been underway with Taliban militants through tribal elders and religious scholars on reopening more than a dozen schools the rebels have closed in Warduj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said Monday. The schools have been…
A local Taliban commander kidnapped a 26-year-old woman from her home in northeastern Badakhshan province overnight and shot her dead for refusing to marry him, police said Sunday. Badakhshan police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Thousands of books were lost when a library in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province caught fire, an official said Friday. Lt. Col. Abdul Jabbar, the firefight manager at the provincial police headquarter, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A three-day anti-polio campaign with focus on 5,000 children missed in previous drives due to Taliban’s opposition was launched in northeastern Badakhshan province on Monday. Launched by the World Organization (WHO), the polio vaccination campaign -part of the…
FAIZABAD (Pajhwok) Thirty-four people died in traffic accidents in northeastern Badakhshan province this solar year compared to 20 deaths last year, an official said Sunday. Traffic Director Maj. Hafeezi told Pajhwok Afghan News another 35 people, including women and children,…
At least six Tajik rebels have been killed as result of airstrikes in the Warduj district of northeastern Badakhshan province, local security officials said on Monday. Deputy Police Chief Syed Jahangir Karamat told Pajhwok Afghan News that air…
Local officials on Tuesday said two days of snowing has blocked roads leading to 14 districts from northeastern Badakhshan province’s capital. Sayed Abdullah Hamayon Dehqan, provincial natural disasters management authority head, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the disconnected…
Nearly 100 people were vaccinated after being bitten by stray dogs in northeastern Badakhshan province during the ongoing solar year amid an ongoing campaign to kill the abandoned animals. Badakhshan Public Health Director Dr. Noor Khawari acknowledged incidents…
Four people have been killed and as many others wounded as a result of a hill slide in the Kohistan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. A public representative, Mahboob Rahman Talat, told Pajhwok…
Local security officials on Saturday said three policemen have died of inhaling fumes from a gas heater in northeastern Badakhshan province. The dead policemen belonged to the central jail in Faizabad, the provincial capital, said Col. Amir Kala, deputy…
The Taliban reopened the grave of an Afghan army soldier hours after his burial and dragged the body with a rope for one hour and punished participants of his funeral in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on…
Five large barns are being constructed at a cost of $2 million in Wakhan district of northeastern Badakhshan province to protect household animals from snow leopards in winter, an official said Tuesday. Provincial Sectoral head, Osama Basir, told…
At least 17 foreigner fighters have been killed and nearly a dozen more wounded in an airstrike in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. The intelligence official, who wished anonymity, said A-29 aircraft of the Ministry…
Forty Taliban militants have joined the reconciliation process in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Tuesday. Provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Roohani told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents joined the peace process in Argo district on Monday. Clearing…
All mines in northeastern Badakhshan province are illegally extracted by armed men and militants as the government collected no revenue this solar year from mining in the province. Local officials say revenue of the provincial Mines Department was…
Three would-be suicide bombers have been detained in Baharak district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said Sunday. Col. Mohammad Naim Majidi, the commander for 20th Pamir Unit in Badakhshan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the suicide bombers…
