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Afghan Would-Be Refugee Said Killed By Taliban Near Tajik Border

4th October, 2021 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service October 4, 2021 Taliban fighters have reportedly killed an Afghan man who tried to flee to neighboring Tajikistan and detained another man along the Afghan-Tajik border. A source in the city of Ishkashim in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, which borders Tajikistan, told RFE/RL on October 3 that the incidents occurred the

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants, Taliban | Tags: Badakhshan, Escape from the Taliban |
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Taliban Seizes Kunduz Airport As Ghani Replaces Army Chief

11th August, 2021 · admin

RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi August 11, 2021 The Taliban has captured the airport of the strategic northern provincial capital of Kunduz, where hundreds of members of the Afghan security forces reportedly surrendered to the militants as President Ashraf Ghani replaced the army chief of staff. Amid a string of rapid advances by the militants across Afghanistan,

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Posted in EU-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Asylum, Atta Mohammad Noor, Badakhshan, Dostum, Kunduz, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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Afghanistan’s Media Freedom in Retreat as Taliban Advances

25th July, 2021 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News July 25, 2021 ISLAMABAD – The day the Taliban entered Balkh district, 20 km west of Mazar e Sharif, the capital of Balkh province last month, local radio station Nawbahar shuttered its doors and most of its journalists went into hiding. Within days the station started broadcasting again, but the programming

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Posted in Human Rights, Media, Taliban | Tags: Afghan Journalists, Badakhshan, Balkh, Freedom of Speech |
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Once A Bastion Of Taliban Resistance, Afghanistan’s Badakhshan On Brink Of Falling To Militants

9th July, 2021 · admin

Frud Bezhan Mustafa Sarwar Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 9, 2021 FAIZABAD, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s vast and remote northern province of Badakhshan — which straddles the borders with Pakistan, China, and Tajikistan — was once a bastion of resistance to the Taliban and never conquered by the extremist Islamist group during its five years in

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Posted in Afghan Women, Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Human Rights, Media, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Badakhshan, Displaced, Freedom of Speech, Taliban ethnically cleansing Northern Afghanistan |
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Badakhshan Protesters Call for Governor’s Dismissal

11th June, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: On the fourth day of protests in Badakhshan, demonstrators–who have set up a tent in the city of Faizabad–called for the dismissal of the current governor in the province. They reiterated their original demands for security, electricity, and water. The governor of Badakhshan said that the protest is against the government and that

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Posted in Political News | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government, Badakhshan |
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Taliban capture Arghanjkha district in Badakhshan

10th June, 2021 · admin

Ariana: Taliban militants captured the Arghanjkha district of Badakhshan province on Wednesday evening, sources said. The government, however, stated that the Afghan Security and Defense Forces (ANSDF) retreated from the district following two days of heavy clashes with the militants. Click here to read more (external link). Related Report: Pentagon considering use of warplanes, drones

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Posted in Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Badakhshan |
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ANDSF Airstrike Kills 12 in Friendly Fire Incident in Badakhshan

5th June, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: An Afghan forces airstrike killed at least 12 members of the public uprising forces in a so-called “friendly fire” incident in the northeastern province of Badakhshan on Friday, sources from the province said Saturday. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghan government airstrike kills civilians in Helmand

Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Security | Tags: Air Force, Ashraf Ghani Government Security Failure, Badakhshan, Friendly Fire, Ghani government killing civilians |
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44 Leave Pamir Area of Badakhshan, Obtain Kyrgyz Citizenship

4th May, 2021 · admin

Tolo News: Officials said 44 residents of Badakhshan’s Pamir area left the mountainous region in Afghanistan’s northeast and obtained Kyrgyzstan citizenship. They are seeking a better life by leaving their native living style, officials said. Pamir residents said they have been ignored by governments over the last several decades. Click here to read more (external

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Posted in Economic News, Ethnic Issues, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Afghan Pamir, Ashraf Ghani Government, Badakhshan, Kyrgyz, Kyrgyzstan |
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At Least 12 Dead After Taliban Attacks In Northern, Western Afghanistan

20th April, 2021 · admin

Radio Free Afghanistan April 20, 2021 At least 12 members of the Afghan security forces were killed in overnight attacks, officials said on April 20. In the northern province of Badakhshan, at least eight police officers were killed and two wounded after militants attacked a checkpoint in Zebak district, according to member of provincial government

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Badakhshan, Herat, Kabul |
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Drought Threatens Afghan Farmers During Uncertain Transition Year

16th March, 2021 · admin

Mustafa Sarwar Radio Free Afghanistan March 16, 2021 Farmer Abdul Shakur planted green beans in the northern Parwan Province. But the fate of his crop hangs in the balance this year due to a lack of adequate snowfall. The 65-year-old farmer says his seven-member family depends on his small plot of land, one-third of a

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Posted in Economic News, Environmental News | Tags: Badakhshan, drought, Farming, Herat, Uruzgan |
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