Ariana: A mining contract for the extraction of lead and zinc in the province of Bamiyan has been signed between the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum (MoMP) and the Afghan Durrani Mine Extraction Company, according to a statement published by the ministry. The lead and zinc mines are in the Gandeh Kotal area of Yakawlang
8am: Local sources told Hasht-e Subh that officials of the Taliban’s virtue and vice department in Bamiyan on Sunday, 30 April, blocked the stadium after deeming the futsal players’ uniforms as inappropriate. One of the witnesses, who wished to remain anonymous, said that the officials insulted and humiliated the athletes with “aggressiveness and profanity” about
8am: According to local sources, the young man, who was known to be a hardworking employee of a private company in Bamyan city, hanged himself on Thursday, 13 April, in the village of Siyah-Khak, in the Fuladi valley of Bamyan center. In recent months, the suicide rate among young people in several provinces of the
Ariana: Bamiyan’s second round of its annual skiing contest was held on Friday in Chap Dara village and attracted over 100 athletes, including three foreign participants. The three foreigners were from France, the United States and Australia. Click here to read more (external link).
RFE/RL: March 11 marks the anniversary of the destruction of Bamiyan’s sixth-century Buddha statues by the Taliban in 2001. According to experts, encroaching construction, negligence, and looting are endangering the status and future of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Click here to view photos (external link).
By Mansoor Khosrow Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty March 1, 2023 The majestic mountains in the central province of Bamiyan are known as Afghanistan’s skiing capital. But due to a new Taliban ban, women are no longer welcome on the slopes. Hundreds of amateur and professional skiers took to the mountains to hone their skills far from
Khaama: The official said that an avalanche that hit a vehicle in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province on Saturday resulted in two fatalities and six injuries. In the recent past, several people have died in freezing temperatures in Afghanistan, and about 70,000 livestock had also perished in the coldest winter in a decade in the country,
8am: A local Taliban member, Sayed Abdul, shot and injured a taxi driver, Raheb, in the center of Yekawlang’s first district, sources told Hasht-e Subh on Thursday, January 26. Raheb, however, died due to serious injuries and excessive bleeding while being taken to a nearby hospital, sources added. “Raheb, 43, was driving on the Yakawlang’s
8am: The incident took place around 10:00 a.m. yesterday (Saturday, December 17th) near the office of the Taliban’s Vice and Virtue Department located in the New City of Bamiyan, according to sources. This incident occurred when Mawlawi Maqbool Ahmad Waqas was driving, carelessly over the speed limit, said a source, who did not disclose his
8am: Local sources in Bamiyan confirmed that Mehruddin, the brother of the chief of the Taliban-controlled agriculture department in Bamiyan, opened fire on a civilian in Kahmard district on Monday (November 14th). When the injured person was being taken to the hospital by his family affiliates, the brother of the Taliban official ambushed them on