MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Besides insurgents, local police are also involved in illegal digging of historic sites in northern Balkh province, claim provincial Information and Culture department officials.
Balkh residents also testify insurgents are illegally digging historic sites, however security officials express unawareness in this regard.
Information and Culture department head Saleh Mohammad Khaleeq told Pajhwok Afghan News most of the heritage sites in Balkh were being preserved.
He said all districts especially Balkh and Dawlatabad were home to nearly 120 historic monuments and sites dating back to different eras. There were historic . . .
