Abdul Saboor Sirat

A week-long 20-over cricket tournament, featuring five teams, has concluded in the capital of northern Balkh province, with the Balkh Khpalwak team clinching the title.

The National Development Company (NDC) says 90 percent of excavation and nearly 80 percent of the dam’s construction work as part of the second phase of the Qush Tepa Canal has been completed, with the remaining set be finalised soon.

Two development projects have been executed at a cost of 10 million afghanis in the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday.

A two-week- long T20 tournament, featuring five teams, has kicked off in the capital of northern Balkh province, an official announced on Wednesday.

A three-day book exhibition has been launched by the Information and Culture Department in northern Balkh province to mark the Book Reading Week, an official said on Monday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Police have prevented the forced marriage of a 12-year-old girl in this capital city of northern Balkh province and arrested two people in

MAZAR-I-SHARIF/TIRINKOT (Pajhwok): Three individuals have been arrested on the charge of drug trafficking in northern Balkh province and a drug processing factory has been destroyed

A joint chamber of commerce between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan was opened on Monday in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, to promote and expand trade ties between the two countries.

Four water canals worth 42 million afghanis in northern Balkh province and a water supply network in western Farah province have been constructed and put into service, officials said on Wednesday.

A 40-megawatt solar power generation plant is being established at a cost of 28 million US dollars in Dehdadi district of northern Balkh province, an official announced on Saturday.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Industrialists in northern Balkh province have asked the government to ban the imports of goods locally produced in order to save their business

The Passport Office in northern Balkh province distributed more than 100,000 passports and issued visas to over 400 foreign citizens during the past one year, an official said on Tuesday.