Badakhshan

[bah-dahkh-shahn]

noun

1. a former province in NE Afghanistan.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

From BBC

The floods Saturday night hit northeastern Badakhshan and northern Baghlan provinces, with the latter already having suffered the brunt of the rains earlier this month.

From Seattle Times