Ayaz Gul VOA News April 2, 2019 ISLAMABAD — Authorities in Afghanistan say a military-led counteroffensive has evicted the Taliban from a strategically important district in northeastern Badakhshan province, inflicting heavy casualties on retreating insurgents. The Taliban had late last week overrun Arghanj Khwa, located in the vicinity of the provincial capital of Faizabad, disrupting links
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 30, 2019 ISLAMABAD — A mortar attack on a school Saturday in the volatile southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan killed at least four school students and injured more than a dozen. The assault comes on the heels of the Taliban capturing a strategically important northeastern district in Afghanistan and inflicting fresh
1TV: A magnitude 5.6 earthquake was recorded in Afghanistan’s north-eastern province of Badakhshan on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of major damage. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News January 6, 2019 At least 30 people have been killed in an apparent mine collapse in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. Villagers in Kohistan district of Badakhshan province had dug into a river bed mining for gold when the walls around them collapsed, according to local officials. At least seven others have been
MOSCOW, August 9 (Sputnik) – The Afghan security forces eliminated on Wednesday night the Taliban shadow governor of Shohada district, Mohammad Sangaryar, in the country’s northeastern province of Badakhshan, local police said Thursday. “The clash between the security forces and the Taliban lasted for nearly half an hour and [once it was over] the forces
South China Morning Post: Ishkashim is a bright spot in Afghanistan’s long-suffering tourism industry as it attracts those seeking superb selfies. And it’s perfectly safe – just ask the locals. Ishkashim is a small district in Afghanistan’s far northeast Badakhshan province that serves as the gateway to the famed Wakhan Valley – home to some of
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, June 3 (Xinhua) — A total of 12 armed insurgents have been killed and 14 others wounded in military operations in northern Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province over the past 24 hours, Mohammad Hanif Rezai, spokesman for the army’s 209 Shaheen Corps in northern region said Sunday. Afghan army units, according to the official, launched
VOA News May 6, 2018 ISLAMABAD — A powerful bomb ripped through a crowded mosque being used as a voter registration center in southeastern Afghanistan, killing at least 17 worshipers and wounding 33 others The attack came hours after unknown gunmen in a northern Afghan region kidnapped seven engineers, mostly Indian nationals. The mosque bombing occurred
Tolo News: The Interior Ministry confirmed that government forces retook the control of Kohistan district in Badakhshan province, in the northeast of Afghanistan, on Saturday evening. The district fallen to the Taliban on Thursday evening. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Take Strategic District In Northern Afghanistan
Tolo News: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Friday that security forces are fighting the Taliban to retake Badakhshan’s Kohistan district which fallen to the militants on Thursday evening. Badakhshan military officials meanwhile said commandos have arrived in the district and are advancing towards Kohistan’s center. Badakhshan Police Chief Abdul Khaliq Aqsai said the commando