Abdul Sabour Seerat

Mazar-i-Sharif Municipality has decided to send vendors to the old prison location a move that sparked vendors concerns.

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Balkh province says about 500 hectares of land has been cultivated with sunflowers in the province this year –doubled compared to last year.

Peach yield in northern Balkh province is estimated at around 4,000 tonnes this year which is two times higher compared to last year’s yield, according to an official on Saturday.

At least 36 people have contracted Congo fever, with three losing their lives, in northern Balkh province last month.

Wheat production in northern Balkh province has increased to 235,000 tonnes this year, showing a two-fold surge, local officials said on Sunday.

More than 7,500 people donated over three million milliliters of blood to the Abu Ali Sina hospital’s blood bank during the past six months in northern Balkh province, officials said Thursday.

A boy who went missing for eight years back has been found in Balkh province and reunited with his family in the Arghistan district of Kandahar.

Two armed robbers have been killed in a clash with security forces in northern Balkh province.

Following a reduction in rail freight tariffs for Afghanistan by Uzbekistan, a number of Balkh traders have asked the caretaker government to cut customs and transport duties on exports.

About 30 suicide and five kidnapping incidents took place in northern Balkh province during the past one year, police said on Thursday.

The Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock Department of northern Balkh province says strawberry crop is cultivated on 75 acres of land in the province, which is estimated to produce 225 tons of the fruit this year.

Residents of the Kishindi district of northern Balkh province say they have been deprived of elemental facilities like electricity, health centres, paved roads and telecom services.