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5 Killed, 8 Injured in Gold Mine Collapse in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan

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A gold mine collapse in Khash district of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province has killed five people and injured eight others, officials said. The Taliban Ministry of Defense confirmed that two children are among the dead following the incident in the Shahr-e Bozorg district. According to the statement, the mine collapsed after a mountain landslide struck the Awoz area, burying a number of workers engaged in gold extraction activities. Rescue team…
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Five people, including two children, were killed and eight others wounded in a landslide in Badakhshan's Shahr-e-Bozorg district, the Taliban's defense ministry said. The incident took place in the Awazir area of Badakhshan's Shahr-e-Bozorg district on Friday, killing several workers who were trying to extract gold, the Taliban said in a statement. The Taliban's defense ministry said the wounded were taken to health centers in Shahr-e-Bozorg dis…

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روزنامه اطلاعات روز broke the news on Saturday, May 2, 2026.
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