8am: Reportedly, the Taliban fighters opened fire on the civilians after encountering resistance from the locals during the destruction of their opium farms. It is also said that four Taliban members were injured in the subsequent attack by the residents using stones and sticks. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service May 9, 2023 Tajikistan has asked member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to establish an independent agency to combat drug trafficking from Afghanistan. Foreign Affairs Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin says he also told a high-level meeting of officials from the SCO last week in India that it was important to establish
Tolo News: Badakhshan is at the top of the list, with records of 251 suicide attempts. The psychologists believe that many suicide attempts in Afghanistan are due to economic hardships and family violence. Click here to read more (external link). Related Elderly Man Takes His Own Life in Takhar Province
Khaama: An earthquake of 4.2 magnitudes hit 32 km north of Faizabad city of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan on Sunday. The earthquake of 4.2 magnitudes occurred at 10:40 pm local time, 10km depth on Sunday with the epicentre of Raghistan, Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, the Indian National Center for Seismology reported. No causalities have been
8am: According to local sources, on Tuesday, April 18, the three former soldiers were killed by the Taliban while on their way to the mosque in Gholam-Darah, Huran-Shahr, and the center of Arghanjkhwa district. The sources identify the killed soldiers as Qari Sami, Haji Aidi, and Emadudin. Reportedly, Haji Aidi was a member of the
Khaama: On Friday afternoon, an earthquake of 4.4 magnitudes struck the northeastern province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan province, Faizabad city. According to Indian National Center for Seismology (NCS), the tremor of 4.4 magnitudes occurred at 1:43 pm local time on Friday with the epicentre of 124km South West of Faizabad, Badakhshan province, Afghanistan. The earthquake had
Khaama: An earthquake of 4.6 magnitudes jolted the Hindu Kush region, 30 km Jurm district of Badakhshan, Afghanistan, on Tuesday, reported by US Geological Survey. According to the US Geological Survey, the tremor of 4.6 magnitudes occurred at 8:07 am local time on Tuesday with the epicentre of the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan, 30
Ariana: An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 struck 86 kilometers southeast of Badakhshan’s capital Fayzabad in Afghanistan on Monday morning, India’s National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said in a tweet. According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 9:23 am local time. No further details were available and so for there have been no reports of
Khaama: An earthquake of Magnitude 3.9 jolted the northeastern province of Afghanistan, Badakhshan, on Friday, according to the Volcano Discovery. The tremor’s epicentre was Badakhshan, 16km west of Ishqashim of Tajikistan, felt around 7:19 am local time on April 7. Badakhshan is one of the provinces in the country primarily prone to natural disasters, including
8am: Sources in Samangan province report that a teenager has died as a result of excessive torture by Taliban fighters in this province. According to sources, Juma-Khan, a 16-year-old resident of Kokjar village in Hazrat-Sultan district, was arrested two days ago by Taliban security forces in the district and died in a coma due to