{"id":14919,"date":"2026-01-02T23:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=14919"},"modified":"2026-01-02T23:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T19:16:34","slug":"deadly-clash-over-gold-mines-in-chah-ab-district-takhar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/deadly-clash-over-gold-mines-in-chah-ab-district-takhar\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Clash over Gold Mines in Chah-Ab District, Takhar."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14926\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/atakhartalaee-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Deadly Clash over Gold Mines in Chah-Ab District, Takhar.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>A violent clash between local residents and a private gold mining company in Chah-Ab district, Takhar province, resulted in several injuries on both sides on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The incident occurred amid rising public discontent over mining activities in the area in recent days.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Local sources indicate that tensions began when a guard contracted by the company, affiliated with the Taliban, fired shots at a gathering of residents, injuring one local.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>In response, protesters threw stones at the company\u2019s vehicles, causing injuries to several employees.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Witnesses report that as the clash escalated, Taliban forces opened fire, wounding several more protesters.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u00a0The exact number of injured persons remains unclear, and neither the Taliban nor the mining company officials have issued an official response.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deadly Clash over Gold Mines in Chah-Ab District, Takhar. A violent clash between local residents and a private gold mining company in Chah-Ab district, Takhar province, resulted in several injuries on both sides on Friday. The incident occurred amid rising public discontent over mining activities in the area in recent days. Local sources indicate that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14929,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14919\/revisions\/14929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}