Qeshm

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Qeshm

(ˈkɛʃəm) or

Qishm

n
1. (Placename) the largest island in the Persian Gulf: part of Iran. Area: 1336 sq km (516 sq miles)
2. (Placename) the chief town of this island
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Badakhshan Provincial Council said foreign forces also conducted airstrikes in Kishm district to target militants.
We used to go a long way by vehicles or animals to shift emergency patients and pregnant women to Kishm district or Faizabad City," said Mohammad Sabir, a resident of Kato village of Tagab.
Javed Waziri, an official of public relation department at police headquarters, said the drugs in a police vehicle to Takhar province, were recovered in Kishm district of Badakhshan.
During the current phase, Faizabad, Shahr-i-Buzurg, Yaftal Sofla, Arghanchkhwa, Baharak, Tishkan, Kishm and Argu districts of Badakhshan transitioned to Afghan forces.
Faizabad, Shahr-i-Buzurg, Yaftal Sofla, Arghanchkhwa, Baharak, Tishkan, Kishm and Argu districts in Badakhshan are also due to change hands.