Fighting in Badakhshan enters fourth day as Tajikistan protests border spillover

Afghanistan expresses regret over civilian death in Tajikistan border incident

Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry has expressed deep regret over the death of a woman in Tajikistan’s Darvoz district, saying the incident was caused by gunfire from the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border area by what it described as “destructive and opportunistic elements.” Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry, said the ministry had learned with “deep sorrow” of the death of a woman from Dashtak village in Darvoz district, G…

Fighting in Badakhshan enters fourth day as Tajikistan protests border spillover

Fighting between Taliban forces and Juma Khan Fateh, a former Taliban official and their commander, entered a fourth consecutive day in Badakhshan’s Nusay district, local sources told Amu on Friday, as neighboring Tajikistan protested what it said was a deadly spillover of the clashes across its border. Local sources said the fighting continued intermittently in Nusay. Fateh, a former Taliban deputy governor of Zabul, has said he remains loyal t…