Khaama: A suicide bombing occurred on Friday outside a bank branch in Faizabad city, the provincial capital of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province. According to Muezuddin Ahmadi, the provincial director of the Taliban’s Media and Culture Department, the suicide bomber was shot down before he could reach the crowd assembled at the bank. Ahmadi continued, “No one
Ariana: An earthquake of 6.8 magnitude on the Richter scale hit Afghanistan and Tajikistan on Thursday and was felt near China’s border. The earthquake struck at 06:07 in the morning, with the epicenter located 265 km away from Faizabad in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province. This follows the recent devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Thursday’s
Ariana: Seventy six houses were destroyed in several parts of Badakhshan in a 4.7 magnitude earthquake on Thursday night, officials confirmed Saturday. Afghanistan’s Natural Disaster Management officials in the province said the damage to the building was extensive but no casualties were reported. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama: According to local officials, several avalanches have destroyed 50 homes and claimed the lives of at least 12 people in Badakhshan, a province in the northeastern part of Afghanistan. The incident occurred due to heavy snowfall in the Raghistan and Deraim districts of Badakhshan, a mountainous province bordering Tajikistan and Pakistan, the official added.
Khaama: On Monday morning, an earthquake with a Richter scale of 4.3 struck Fayzabad, Afghanistan. The earthquake’s epicentre was 100 km southeast of the northeastern city of Fayzabad. The quake was 135 kilometres deep and struck the region at 5:45 am local time, according to India’s National Center for Seismology (NCS). Click here to read
Khaama: The official said that an avalanche that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province on Saturday resulted in two fatalities and six injuries. In the recent past, several people have died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan, and about 70,000 livestock had also perished in the coldest winter in a decade in the country,
8am: In the announcement issued by the Taliban-appointed district governor in Nusay district of Badakhshan province, it is stated: “Regarding religious and ideological considerations, all ethnic groups in the territory of this district are instructed that from now on, no one from Sunni followers will be allowed to give a daughter to a Shia follower,
8am: At least 10 miners have been trapped in a gold mine site after a landslide occurred last night due to an earthquake in Badakhshan province. This incident happened on Thursday night in Khairabad village of Yawan district of Badakhshan. It is said that the trapped workers are screaming for help after 15 hours of
8am: A foreign terrorist in the ranks of the Taliban was killed by unknown individuals in Badakhshan. Speaking to Hasht-e Subh from Badakhshan on Thursday, January 5, sources identified this Taliban fighter, Abu Omar, a citizen of Tajikistan. Abu Omar was one of the skilled Taliban minelayers who played a prominent role in destroying the
8am: A car bombing targeted the Taliban’s police commander in Badakhshan, Abdul Haq Omar, on Monday morning, December 26, local sources confirmed. The Taliban’s police chief for Badakhshan among 3 people was reportedly killed and 4 others were injured. Witnesses reported that civilians were also killed in this bomb attack. Regarding the attack in Badakhshan,