The Taliban have announced that two gold mine workers were killed and six others injured following an avalanche in Arghanj Khwa district of Badakhshan province.
Bakhtar News Agency, which is controlled by the Taliban, reported on Sunday, November 15, citing Ehsanullah Kamgar, spokesperson for the Taliban police command in Badakhshan, that the incident occurred in the Andarab-e Shiwa area of Arghanj Khwa district.
He added that the bodies of the victims and the injured were transported by helicopter to Faizabad, the provincial capital of Badakhshan, yesterday.
No further details have been released so far about the health condition of the injured or the circumstances surrounding the incident.
