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Badakhshan

American  
[bah-dahkh-shahn] / bɑ dɑxˈʃɑn /

noun

  1. a former province in NE Afghanistan.


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In the malnutrition ward of the Badakhshan regional hospital in the north-east, there were 26 children in 12 beds.

From BBC

Getting to it, through Badakhshan's treacherous landscape is risky.

From BBC

A 20-minute drive away, the clinic was in Shesh Pol village in Afghanistan's north-eastern Badakhshan province.

From BBC

It doesn't look like much but in Badakhshan's mountainous, unforgiving terrain, where a lack of access has been a major reason for historically high maternal mortality rates, the clinic was a critical lifeline, part of a wider programme implemented during the tenure of the US-backed government in the country, to reduce maternal and newborn deaths.

From BBC

The family — a set of parents and their eight children — was reported dead in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan, said Mohammad Akram Akbari, director of the provincial natural disaster management department in the province, adding that rescue teams were only able to recover the mother’s body.

From Seattle Times