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As climate breakdown pushes families to starvation, many feel forced to ‘sacrifice’ daughters to save siblings, with girls as young as eight and 10 engaged or married to repay debts or pay for food ...
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News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Taliban blamed for killing 30 troops in western Afghanistan
Abdul Aziz Beg, head of the provincial council in Badghis province, says the Taliban struck Afghan army positions from different directions. There are conflicting reports over the Taliban's claim.
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Feature: Displaced by drought, Afghans now rush back to lush hills
QALA-I-NAW, Afghanistan (UNHCR) - In the remote province of Badghis, western Afghanistan, tens of thousands of displaced people are returning to their homes amid what seems to be the end of a long and ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Afghan police arrest 6 for deforestation in western region
Police have arrested six people on suspicion of illegal logging in the western Afghan province of Badghis, the provincial police office said in a statement on Saturday. The suspects were cutting down ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Road accident kills 4, injures 1 in W. Afghanistan
KABUL, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Four people were killed and another was injured in a traffic accident in the western Afghan province of Badghis on Monday evening, according to a statement from the ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: A pair of earthquakes struck in Afghanistan’s northwest province of Badghis on Monday
A pair of earthquakes - 4.9 and 5.3 in magnitude - struck in Afghanistan’s northwest province of Badghis on Monday, and tremors continued to be reported in the following days. Initial reports indicate ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Children among 4 killed as vehicle plunges into ravine in Badghis
Four people, including two women and two children, were killed and another was injured when a vehicle plunged into a ravine on the outskirts of Qala-i-Naw, the capital of western Badghis province, on ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Afghan medical students provide medical support in Badghis
BADGHIS PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Afghan students provided medical care to villagers in Badghis province, Oct 9. The Afghan medical team, consisting of six students from a recently completed medical ...
News Afghanistan » Badghis » People: Badghis Highlands: A Landscape Etched by Time
High in northwestern Afghanistan, the Badghis Highlands feature eroded rocks shaped by centuries of natural forces. Vivek Ramaswamy breaks unwanted record in Ohio race against Amy Acton Selena Gomez ...