Abdul Saboor Sirat

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents of Shortepa district in northern Balkh province say although reinforcement work has already been done to prevent the Amu River from causing

Local officials in the northern provinces of Balkh and Baghlan say nearly 500 schools remain without proper buildings, forcing students to study under the open sky in harsh winter and summer.

Security forces have arrested seven individuals linked to bomb-making and possession of weapons in northern Balkh and southern Helmand provinces.

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Female traders at the Rabia Balkhi Women’s Market in northern Balkh province are satisfied with their businesses and are calling for the construction

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Abu Ali Sina Hospital officials said on Monday they registered about 1,500 measles cases during the past three months. Dr. Habibur Rahman, a

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): About 158 different projects worth 275 million US dollars were implemented in northern Balkh province last year, an official said on Sunday. Economy

A number of industrialists in northern Balkh province complain about the deteriorating condition of the road leading to the Amir Ali Sher Nawai Industrial Park in Mazar-i-Sharif, urging the government to repair it.

Six water supply networks costing 24 million afghanis have been constructed and put into service in northern Balkh province.

Da Afghanistan Breshna Shirkat plans to invest 40 billion afghanis in the electricity sector next year.

Residents of Sholgara district in northern Balkh province have urged the caretaker government to construct a hydroelectric dam on the district’s rive to address the current electricity shortage in the area.

The Chamber of Craftsmen and Shopkeepers in Balkh says 108 shoe-manufacturing factories are currently operating in the province, collectively producing 12,000 pairs of shoes on a daily basis.

As many as 8,000 families have returned to northern Balkh province from Iran and Pakistan over the last four months, an official said on Wednesday.