At least 15 people were killed and 50 others sustained injuries after a blast occurred on Thursday near the funeral of the former deputy governor (acting governor) of Badakhshan in Badakhshan province, TOLOnews reported citing a local official.
Mawlawi Nisar Ahmad Ahmadi, Taliban's acting deputy governor of the Badakhshan province, was killed in a vehicle bombing that happened in the provincial capital of Faizabad on Tuesday morning, TOLOnews reported citing an official.
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At least four farmers have died, and five others have been injured in a dispute over the poppy field destruction in the northeastern Darayim district of Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported.
The statement said the 11 were allegedly accused of "moral crimes and adultery", and were lashed by the Taliban in front of a huge crowd in northern Badakhshan province.
Without providing more details, the official added that an investigation had been initiated into the incident. The Tolonews reported that the blast occurred next to a private health center named Qataghan hospital.
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