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News channel or source: https://www.asianews.it/en/south-asia/afghanistan/challenging-the-taliban-also-involves-gold-mines-in-badakhshan
Published on: Sunday 19 July 2026
For the first time since 2021, an armed group seized a district administration, albeit for a few hours. The attack also had to do with control over precious mineral resources, internal tensions within ...
News Afghanistan » Badakhshan » Trade: Why Afghanistan dreams of opening up Wakhan Corridor, the mountain valley that connects three worlds
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-afghanistan-dreams-of-opening-up-wakhan-corridor-the-mountain-valley-that-connects-three-worlds/ar-AA23y1Iw
Published on: Monday 18 May 2026
Wakhan is a 350-kilometre (217-mile) mountain valley nestled high in the Pamir Mountains in the province of Badakhshan. The width of this rugged strip of land dividing Tajikistan from Pakistan is just ...