Afghanistan News » Badakhshan News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Afghanistan's gold rush upends lives and landscapes
In Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province, dozens of excavators operate day and night to extract gold from the mountains where villagers and their livestock once roamed. Thousands of miners ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Recent Violence Underscores Problems Facing Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province
A Himalayan Flood Brings Economic Collapse to Nepal’s Border Region The geographic and social conditions that make Badakhshan difficult for the Taliban to control also make it difficult for any ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: A second Taliban official is killed in attack in Afghanistan, as the takeover anniversary nears
KABUL, Afghanistan — The mayor for Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province has been killed in an explosion, officials said, the second high-ranking official of the Taliban administration to be ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Afghanistan: Badakhshan Territory In Turmoil – Analysis
Badakhshan Province is in the midst of severe disorders, experiencing violent anti-Taliban rebellions, intense internal mutinies within the Taliban structure, and crises over the mining of natural ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Taliban Official Killed As Violence Flares In Northern Afghanistan
A senior Taliban official has been assassinated in Afghanistan’s northeastern province of Badakhshan, where violence has flared in recent weeks. The killing on August 13 came amid ongoing clashes ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Broadcasting Hope: Women’s Voice Radio Helps Afghan Teen Reclaim Her Future
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons KABUL, Jun 13 2025 (IPS) - Mehrangiz is a ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Spate Of Attacks In Northern Afghanistan Pose Test For Taliban
During the 1990s, Afghanistan's vast and mountainous province of Badakhshan was a bastion of resistance to the rule of the Taliban. Now, the resource-rich region is again becoming a thorn on the side ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Afghanistan’s Secret Gold Rush Risks Poisoning Its Waters
In recent weeks, gold prices have reached record highs and sent markets rallying. However, in a remote corner of Afghanistan, unregulated artisanal gold mining (ASGM) threatens a key resource ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Pakistan rejects Afghan Taliban claims of involvement in Badakhshan violence
Info ministry rejects Taliban spokesman’s claims. It says violence result of internal Afghan challenges. “Assertions without evidence cannot substitute facts.” Pakistan has categorically rejected the ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Life: Lailuma Built Opportunities for Afghan Women – Then She Was Killed
The author is an Afghanistan-based female journalist, trained with Finnish support before the Taliban take-over. Her identity is withheld for security reasons FAYZABAD, Afghanistan, Aug 21 2026 (IPS) ...