By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 19, 2022 Delshad has been stranded for over a week at Shir Khan Bandar, a river port along Afghanistan’s northeastern border with Tajikistan. He is among dozens of Tajik truck drivers who transported coal to Afghanistan earlier this month. But the Taliban prevented the drivers from crossing back
Tolo News: Health officials in Badakhshan province say that due to the outbreak of measles 113 children have become “casualties” of measles in the past three months in the province. According to health officials, during this period more than 3,400 people in the provincial center and districts have been infected with the disease. Click here
Tolo News: Health officials in Badakhshan province say that around 30 people who attempted to commit suicide have been brought to the hospital in the past three months. Homayoun Forootan, head of the Badakhshan Provincial Hospital, added that most of the patients are women. Two have died and others have been rescued. “In total, there
8am: Taliban have recently deployed 300 additional Forces from Kandahar and Eastern provinces in Badakhshan to replace the local Taliban fighters. The purpose to increase the outsider Taliban fighter in Badakhshan is to seize the control of gold mines and grazing grass. Click here to read more (external link).
Aamaj: Local sources in Badakhshan say the activities of YouTube channels which used to make programs in this province have been banned by Taliban’s department of information and culture in Badakhshan. He added that YouTubers must go to Kabul and obtain the license to continue their activities. Click here to read more (external link).
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