Ariana: [Taliban] Badakhshan deputy governor Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi said there has been incidents of insurgency by groups linked to Daesh and the so-called Resistance Front. According to Badakhshan officials, eight so-called resistance fighters have been killed and one arrested in the latest clashes in Badakhshan’s Kohistan district. Click here to read more (external link).
8am: Local sources in Badakhshan province have confirmed that the Taliban insurgents rushed inside a mosque in one of the villages of the province and shot dead a worshipper and severely injured another during Taraweeh prayers. According to sources, the Taliban militants shot them dead in the back while the victims were offering prayers. Click
8am: Local sources in Badakhshan province have confirmed that unidentified gunmen have killed a Taliban commander named Jawad along with his bodyguard in the 8th district of Parnah Kham village, the center of Badakhshan. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Kills a Young Man Accused of Affiliation with NRF Forces in Parwan
8am: A number of Badakhshan University students have protested in front of the university’s dormitory after being beaten by the Taliban for the sack of not attending Taraweeh Prayer. The students told Hasht-e Subh that the Taliban’s Virtue Promoters entered their dormitory last night and severely beat everyone for not attending the Taraweeh prayer. Click
8am: Local sources in Faizabad, the center of Badakhshan province, have reported that the Taliban’s Education Directorate in the province has ordered its entire staff, by issuing a letter to grow beards and wear hats or turbans during congregational prayers. According to sources, Taliban have warned the department’s employees that they will fire the violators
8am: Armed clashes between National Resistance Front (NRF) Forces and Taliban militants in the Rokha district of Panjshir left 3 Taliban members killed 5 other fighters injured. According to Local eyewitnesses, a bridge, which was connecting the villages of Hesarak, Golzangar and Morshtan to the center of Rokha district, is exploded by National Resistance Front
8am: On the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day, local authorities of Badakhshan in Public Health Department have reported that nearly 1,036 people were infected with tuberculosis in the province last year. It is estimated that about 9 million people in poor countries are being infected with tuberculosis each year and Afghanistan is one of those
Ariana: More than 150 children died following the outbreak of measles in northeastern Badakhshan province, local officials said Friday. Most of the children who died were living in areas with no access to health services. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Officials at the Ministry of Public Health voiced concerns over the surge in cancer cases, saying that an estimated 16,000 to 20,000 Afghans lose their lives to cancer annually. “In Afghanistan, annually, around 40,000 people are infected by cancer. Around 16,000-20,000 people are losing their lives to the disease annually,” said Mohammad Hussien
8am: Sources confirm that the Taliban in Badakhshan’s Yawan district fined 73 people who did not attend congregational prayers 500 afghanis. Locals said the incident took place on Friday morning, January 21, at the Dasht-e Soleiman Mosque. Click here to read more (external link).