Badakhshan

[ bah-dahkh-shahn ]

noun

1. a former province in NE Afghanistan.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

From BBC

Mujahid identified the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Ghor and Herat as the worst hit.

From Seattle Times

Flooding on Friday also killed at least one person in Badakhshan, a mountainous eastern province, where it destroyed homes, small dams and bridges and killed 2,000 livestock, the provincial diaster management department said.

From New York Times