Afghan counter-narcotics police have discovered 57 kg of opium and arrested a suspected drug smuggler in Badakhshan province, ...

The geographic and social conditions that make Badakhshan difficult for the Taliban to control also make it difficult for any widespread unrest to spill out from the region.

Thousands of Afghans approved for resettlement in Germany remain stranded in Pakistan, leaving them in limbo. Some report being harassed by Pakistani authorities.

As global acceptance of Taliban rule grows, the U.K.'s blunder, which got allies killed, should be a warning to the United ...

He said: “Abdul Waris, son of Damla Nasruddin, was killed in a clash between miners of gold washing workshops belonging to Damla Nasruddin and prosecutor Mohammad Hashim in Aweez village of ...

Deadly attacks on Taliban officials in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan Province have left residents fearful of even going to the mosque. As the Taliban claims success in rooting out Islamic ...

Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. A suicide bomber targeted a memorial service in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, officials said.

ISLAMABAD – A suicide bomber targeted a memorial service in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, officials said. A former Taliban police ...

The province is some 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. It is a rural, mountainous area, home to only several thousand people.

Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan has witnessed several bouts of deadly protests in recent weeks. The Taliban’s forceful enforcement of its drug ban triggered the rare demonstrations.

Badakhshan locals claim that a group of Taliban members raided a Badakhshan poppy farm on May 3, killing two ethnic Tajik locals and reportedly assaulting one woman. This sparked an ongoing protest ...

More than 300 Afghan military personnel crossed from Afghanistan's Badakhshan province as Taliban fighters advanced toward the border, Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security said in a ...