FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, May 4 (Xinhua) — Afghan forces killed a Taliban group commander and captured five of his fighters in Arghestan district of the northern Badakhshan province early Wednesday, an army spokesman in the province, Abdul Khalil said. “Acting upon intelligence report, a unit of national army laid ambush against a group Taliban militants in
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, May 1 (Xinhua) — Eight Taliban militants lost their lives as a mine they wanted to plant on a road in Badakhshan province with Faizabad as its capital 315 km northeast of Kabul Saturday night went off prematurely, a senior police officer Shir Aziz Kamawal said Sunday. “The Taliban rebels were planting mine
Tolo News: A number of residents from the mountainous region of Pamir in Badakhshan province, who traveled for 27 days to get to Faizabad city, said conditions are so bad in their area that residents are forced to eat grass as they have no food. These residents said they are in desperate need of help and appealed
Tolo News: A number of Badakhshan provincial council members and civil society activists on Sunday raised concerns over the end of military operations in the province and said the move would give militants a chance to regroup and strengthen their positions. They urged security forces to continue their operations against insurgents in the province. “If we don’t make
AOPNEWS | February 8, 2016 Badakhshan: Afghan officials say that 5 Pakistani spies who were pretending to be doctors have been arrested. The provincial police chief said that 2 men and a woman were detained in Kisham district, and a woman and a man were arrested in Baharak district. An Afghan pulic health official said
Tolo News: Lawmakers from Badakhshan province said that the commander of an illegal armed group removed security troops responsible for the safety of a lapis lazuli mine out of Kiran-wa-Manjan district of the province in early 2014 and captured the mine. The lawmakers said that the commander and his armed men are illegally extracting the lapis lazuli
AOPNEWS | February 2, 2016 Badakhshan: Twenty-one Taliban fighters have been captured in Tishkan district, Afghan security officials said today. Badghis: An insider attack in Qadis district left 4 policemen dead, according to government officials. The attackers were 9 fellow policemen who, after shooting their fellow officers, took their weapons, abandoning their check post. Helmand:
Khaama Press: “Taliban have been completely driven out of Tagab District,” an official told Khaama Press, adding that 15 Taliban were killed and 20 others wounded in the operation that ended yesterday. Those killed include Qari Mahmood, the so-called governor of Taliban for Warsaj District of Takhar province, and two other commanders of the group namely Qari
Tolo News: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that Tajikistan’s embassy in Kabul – through an official letter to the ministry – termed mounting insecurity as the main reason behind the closure of the consulates. “The letter has stressed the move will not have any impact on friendly relations between Kabul and Dushanbe,” the MoFA
Khaama Press: Afghanistan was once again jolted by another earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday morning, four days after a mild earthquake jolted different parts of the country including capital Kabul. According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) the epicenter of the earthquake was recorded in Jurm district of northeastern Badakhshan province. The magnitude of the