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Balkh land dispute leaves 50 wounded

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MAZAR-E-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Fifty persons were injured, with some of them seriously, in an armed clash between two warlords on the ownership of a piece of land in northern Balkh province on Sunday, the head of provincial council said. 

Mohammad Ibrahim Khairandesh told Pajhwok Afghan News two influential persons had a long dispute claiming ownership of 500 acres of land close to Mazar-e-Sharif, the provincial capital.

Armed with pistols, knives and other light weapons, thousands of supporters of both the warring parties attacked each other, which left dozens of persons injured.

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