FAIZABAD (PAN): Two people were killed and hundreds of domestic animals perished as heavy snow avalanches swept away 25 houses in the Kofab district of northern Badakhshan province, the scene of several such incidents this winter, officials said on Saturday.
KABUL/FAIZABAD (PAN): Wolesi Jirga members, representing northern Badakhshan province, on Wednesday said that hundreds of people remained buried under heavy snow after a massive avalanche killed at least 44 people in the rugged mountainous region.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Forty families are under threat of landslides in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Wednesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): The death toll among children from phenomena has reached 22 in the Yawan district of northwestern Badakhshan province, where 15 people were buried under snow avalanches, officials said on Wednesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Ten children have died of pneumonia and 200 livestock perished as a result of a fodder shortage in northeastern Badakhshan province, officials said on Tuesday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): A large quantity of weapons and ammunitions were seized during an operation in northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Monday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Asphalting of a five-kilometre road was completed by locals in the Tishkan district of northern Badakhshan province, officials said on Sunday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Ten children have lost their lives to pneumonia in the Raghistan district of remote northeastern Badakhshan province, an official said on Saturday.
FAIZABAD (PAN): Farmers in remote northeastern Badakhshan province are shifting their herds to the north as a result of a shortage of forage and subsequent deaths of a large number of animals.
