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Badakhshan is a historical region comprising parts of modern-day north-eastern Afghanistan, eastern Tajikistan, and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in China. Badakhshan Province is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan. Much of historic Badakhshan lies within Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in the
5 days ago · Other affected provinces include Badakhshan, Kunar, Laghman and Nuristan. During the daily press briefing in New York, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric reported that a reception centre at Nangarhar’s Torkham border crossing, a primary entry point for people returning from Pakistan, has been heavily impacted by the storm.
2024 Badakhshan Dassault Falcon 10 crash. On 21 January 2024, a plane carrying six people crashed in the Kuf Ab District of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province killing two of its occupants; there were four survivors. [3] The flight operated by a Dassault Falcon 10 was bound for Moscow from Thailand with a refueling stop in India.
6 days ago · O n 15 and 16 July, heavy windstorms, severe rainfall and flash floods struck multiple districts of Badakhshan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces in Eastern and Northeastern Afghanistan, resulting in 40 fatalities and 251 injuries, and significant infrastructure damage. While assessments are ongoing, initial reports indicate that at least 734 families require urgent humanitarian assistance and that 573 houses have suffered damage or destruction.
6 days ago · O n 15 and 16 July, heavy windstorms, severe rainfall and flash floods struck multiple districts of Badakhshan, Kunar, Laghman, Nangarhar and Nuristan provinces in Eastern and Northeastern ...
Badakhshān, historic region of northeastern Afghanistan, roughly encompassing the northern spurs of the Hindu Kush and chiefly drained by the Kowkcheh River. Mountain glaciers and glacial lakes are found in the higher elevations of the region. The name Badakhshān first appears in Chinese writings.
Badakhshan is a historical region spanning the present-day territories of northeastern Afghanistan and eastern Tajikistan, as well as bordering districts of northern Pakistan and northwestern China.
Badakhshan Province (Persian: بدخشان, romanized: Badaxšān) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northeastern part of the country. It is bordered by Tajikistan's Gorno-Badakhshan in the north and the Pakistani regions of Lower and Upper Chitral and Gilgit-Baltistan in the southeast.
Jul 9, 2021 · From its bases in Badakhshan and the neighboring Panjshir and Takhar provinces, the Northern Alliance resisted the brutal rule of the Taliban, which had captured around 90 percent of Afghanistan...
Sep 26, 2019 · A visit by New York Times journalists to Badakhshan, a far-northern spit of Afghanistan sandwiched by Tajikistan, China and Pakistan, showed the desperate nature of a fight in a place cut off...
