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Badakhshan

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

noun

  1. a former province in NE Afghanistan.


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"The incident occurred in Khash District of Badakhshan province where four workers at a mine died", Ehsanullah Kamgar, the spokesman for Badakhshan's police told AFP, adding the deaths occurred on Friday.

From Barron's • Jan. 10, 2026

The provinces of Badakhshan, Ghor and western Herat were also severely damaged.

From BBC • May 15, 2024

Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari, was launched 10 years ago in Badakhshan province and is Afghanistan’s only women-run radio station.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Close to the epicentre in the northern province of Badakhshan the tremors were "very strong" and authorities were verifying whether they had caused any damage or casualties, provincial official Mahzudden Ahmadi told Reuters.

From Reuters • Jan. 5, 2023

Sir Henry Yule was certainly right in assuming that 'the river along which Marco travels from Badakhshan is no doubt the upper stream of the Oxus, locally known as the Panja….

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry