FAIZABAD, Afghanistan: Afghan security forces killed four insurgents in the Tagab district of northern Badakhshan province on Tuesday, according to Qari Maazudin Ahmadi, director of the provincial media and culture department. Read more: Taliban ‘making women invisible’ in Afghanistan: UN expert The crackdown began at 2:00 a.m. local time Tuesday in the Rabat region of … Read more
The process of distributing cash assistance to needy people in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province began on Sunday and will be finished on Monday, according to Mawlawi Mohammad Akram Akbari, the provincial director for Disaster Management and Humanitarian Affairs. Read more: Battered economy, security intensify problems in Afghanistan The official said, each family will get 21,000 … Read more
BAMIYAN, Afghanistan: Two children were killed in a landslide in the Waras region of central Bamiyan province on Friday, according to provincial administration official Sabour Sighani. The natural calamity struck Kaftar Khan hamlet in Waras district on Friday afternoon, killing two sisters on the scene, according to officials. It’s the second such event in the war-torn … Read more
Nine people were killed and two dozen were injured in clashes between security forces and “terrorists” in a troubled region of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan and China on Wednesday, The interior ministry said. According to the ministry, members of “organized criminal groups” armed with weapons and Molotov cocktails attacked security officials in Gorno-eastern Badakhshan’s region. One … Read more
