Abdul Sabour Seerat

Asafoetida Sellers and Exporters Union says as many as 840 tonnes of asafetida was exported from northern Balkh province this year, showing a two-fold surge compared to last year.

A number of fuel suppliers in northern Balkh province complain about a sluggish firewood and coal market and say they have lost most of their customers.

Work on three uplift projects worth 18 million afghanis has been initiated in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province, local officials said on Thursday.

Nearly 93,000 karakul skins exported to foreign countries during the first eight months of ongoing year, an official said said on Tuesday.

Buildings for the 11th and 12th Municipality Districts of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, have been built at a cost of 17 million afs and opened for operation, a statement said on Sunday.

The Abu Ali Sina Balkhi Zonal Hospital in northern Balkh province has registered and provided treatment to 756 diabetes patients in the past eight months, an official said on Wednesday.

Residents of various villages of the Alborz district of northern Balkh province complain of a potable water shortage, seeking a solution to the problem.

One individual has been killed and another injured as a result of a traffic accident in northern Balkh province, police said on Saturday.

Recent rain-induced floods partially or completely destroyed 500 residential houses in Sholgara district of northern Balkh province, local authorities said on Wednesday.

A train loaded with commercial goods has arrived in Hairatan, a dry port in northern Balkh province, from China.

A single center has been established to process export documents to facilitate traders, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Saturday.

Three houses have been destroyed due to the explosion of 22 rocket shells in northern Balkh province, police said on Saturday.