A large number of Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces stormed the governor’s house of northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday, leaving six people including three national policemen injured and governor’s office destroyed, officials said. Around a hundred of ALP…
The pistachio crop harvest decreased by 40 percent in northeastern Badakhshan province this year compared to last year’s yield, local officials said on Tuesday. Noor Mohammad, natural resources head at the provincial agriculture department, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
The Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday launched a survey to identify diseases and insects attacking crops in northeastern Badakhshan province. Eng. Atiqullah Sherzad, the plant protection department head at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation (MAIL), said…
KABUL has expressed its country’s readiness to build homes for victims of natural calamities in northeastern Badakhshan province, a statement on Wednesday. The statement from CEO Abdullah Abdullah office said a number of representatives and influential figures from Badakhshan on…
The Taliban have lashed a young man on rape charges in the Raghistan district of northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on Monday. Maulvi Ghulamullah Syed, the district’s administrative chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the accused with disability,…
More than 7,000 children in areas under Taliban’s control are likely to be deprived of anti-polio vaccination in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on Monday, a day after a nationwide anti-polio drive was launched. Badakhshan public health…
Construction work on an orphanage with capacity for a thousand children has kicked off in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Wednesday. Governor Ahmad Faisal Bekzad told the inauguration ceremony for the building…
The Taliban have banned farmers from irrigation water in the Yaftal Payeen district of northeastern Badakhshan province, leaving crops on more than 5,000 acres of land parched. Imam Ali Hamdami, the district’s administrative chief, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan…
Taliban militants ambushed and killed 30 Afghan local police (ALP) members in northeastern Badakhshan province on Friday, a public representative said. The rebels attacked security forces in Tagab district at about 9am this morning, said Kamil Baig, a…
Local officials on Sunday said at least 16 people have been killed and 19 others wounded in recent flash floods in three districts of northeastern Badakhshan province. Afghanistan Natural Disaster Management Authority (ANDMA) head for Badakhshan, Syed Abdullah…
Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains left five people dead and another 25 wounded in two districts of northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said on Tuesday. Mohammad Ismail Qayoumi, Nasi district chief, said the rains-induced flooding in…
At least three people were killed and 15 others injured as result of flash floods in Shaki district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said Sunday. Badakhshan natural disasters management authority head, Sayed Abdullah Dehqan, told Pajhwok Afghan…
Two sisters serving in police have been killed after being kidnapped by militants in Argo district of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said Wednesday. Provincial operations commander, Col. Imam Ali Azizi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the two sisters aged…
Local officials in northeastern Badakhshan province have expressed concern at increasing poppy crop cultivation in the province, saying 80 percent rehabilitated drug addicts have returned to the habit due to unemployment. Dr. Gul Mohammad Baidar, acting deputy governor,…
Local security officials confirmed a number of villages in Tagah district have been fallen to Taliban militants in northeastern Badakhshan province. An official of National Directorate of Security (NDS) who wished to go unnamed said that Taliban militants…
KABUL member, who recently traveled to northeastern Badakhshan province, on Sunday claimed Khastak village of Juram district there had become ‘a safe haven’ for foreign terrorists. Gulalai Akbari, a senator from Badakhshan, told reporters in Kabul that foreign terrorist had…
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Abdullah Abdullah during his trip to northeastern Badakhshan province on Saturday said the government would utilize all its resources for maintaining security across the country. Talking to a crowd of people in Baharak…
The Zebak district of northeastern Badakhsahan province has been recaptured by Afghan security forces, security officials said on Thursday. Dawlat Waziri, Ministry of Defense (MoD) spokesman, said the district fell to Taliban insurgents after a group attack on…
More than 60 militants have been killed in a series of raids by security forces in Ishkashim district of northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Friday. The raids were carried out in various parts of the district…
Local officials said on Sunday most of historical sites and monuments in northeastern Badakhshan province were under threat of destruction from local strongmen. Information and Culture Director Naqibullah Saqibyar told Pajhwok Afghan News Badakhshan had 5,000 years old…
The governor of northeastern Badakhshan province on Tuesday said irresponsible armed men and some government officials were involved in drug smuggling and even used military vehicles for that purpose. Ahmad Faisal Begzad, while inaugurating a counternarcotics campaign,…
A former police chief for the Keran wa Menjan district of northeastern Badakhshan province has joined the Taliban militants, local officials said on Wednesday. A National Directorate of Security (NDS) official, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok…
One person was killed and two others were wounded on Wednesday when a mountain slide hit at least eight homes in the Khwahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province. Badakhshan Natural Disaster Management Authority chief Sayed Abdullah Humayun Dehqan…
Public representatives on Monday expressed concern over the worsening security situation in northeastern Badakhshan province, saying the government ignored the opportunity to eliminate militants in winter season. Provincial council head Abdullah Naji Nazari said the security situation in…
