8am: The Taliban have increased the pressure on female students at Badakhshan University for some time now. The officials of the Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice department for the Badakhshan province have made it mandatory for female students to wear a burqa, and do not allow girls who do
Khaama: Local Taliban officials in the northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan said that as a result of an operation, they killed 38 members of the opposition, National Resistance Front (NRF), and arrested 78 others. Following the reports of heavy clashes in Badakhshan and allegations of mass human rights violations, Moizuddin Ahmadi, the Taliban Director of
8am: According to Jamiat-e-Islami, people and commanders in Badakhshan have resorted to armed struggle in order to get rid of oppression and defend their dignity. This party condemned the killing of prisoners and anti-Taliban commanders and called the battle of the NRF in Badakhshan as a struggle for justice. Click here to read more (external
8am: A top NRF commander and 9 men under his command were killed in Badakhshan province. Sources told Hasht-e Subh on Friday (October 21st) that 21 Taliban fighters were killed and 7 others were wounded in the clashes against National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in Arghanchkhah, Ragh, Yiftal Bala and Sheewa districts. Sayed Bahruddin Agha,
8am: One Taliban fighter is killed and two others injured as a result of an explosion in Badakhshan province, local sources said. The blast reportedly took place in Argo district of the province at around 4:10pm Wednesday evening. According to sources, the target of this explosion was a Taliban vehicle and it was due to
AP: A 5.1 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday jolted the Afghan city of Faizabad, the capital city of northeastern Badakhshan province, a Taliban official said. Abdul Wahid Rayan, the director of the Taliban news agency Bakhtar, said the center of the quake was Shaghnan district and it was felt in other parts of the province. Click
NAN: The National Resistance Front (NRF) announced late Monday that its forces had conquered the Shekay district of Badakshan province. This was the first time an anti-Taliban armed group had claimed control of a district since the Taliban’s return to power last year. With 620 square kilometres of area and a population of more than
8am: The Taliban rebels have arrested four civilians in Badakhshan’s Shakey district on the charges of collaborating with the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces, sources said. Sources said Tuesday that these people were first called to Shahr Sabz village in the center of Shakey district and then they were detained and tortured by the Taliban.
8am: Sources told Hasht-e Subh that on Thursday (September 29th), a military unit consisting of nearly 500 Taliban forces was deployed to Badakhshan through Paryan district, Panjshir province. The Taliban group has not yet expressed an opinion on this matter. Earlier, the head of information and culture of the Taliban in Badakhshan also said that
8am: Local sources in Takhar report the intense clashes between the Taliban and the National Resistance Front (NRF) forces in this province. The clashes started on Monday night in Sayad village of Chal district and are still reportedly escalating. Recently, clashes between the two sides have escalated in Takhar province. In another report, four Taliban