MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Balkh province ask government and Taliban forces to pay serious attention to the safety of civilian lives and properties during their operations.
The residents say civilians suffered financially and lost loved ones to recent clashes between security forces and Taliban insurgents in various parts of the province.
A number of lawmakers from Balkh province also confirmed receiving complaints about civilian casualties from some districts in the province.
Government sources in Balkh say the Taliban captured nine of the total 14 districts in the province in the past three weeks.
Recent fighting, bomb blasts . . .
