Daesh or Islamic State (IS) has been unable wield influence despite efforts in Afghanistan’s Resolute Support (RS) mission’s commander said on Monday. Gen. Mick Nicholson was talking to reporters at a joint press conference with Balkh governor Atta…
At least nine people have been killed during an internal clash between uprising groups’ commanders in northern Balkh province, an official said on Sunday. Provincial police chief, Col. Abdur Razzaq Qadiri, told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took…
Anti-corruption officials in the northern zone of the country have alleged massive corruption in the revenue offices of Balkh province. The High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC) head for Balkh province began the process of registering assets…
The deteriorating security situation has left a crippling impact on trade in the northern region, triggering a 60 percent fall in imports through the Hairatan port of northern Balkh province, officials said on Wednesday. Businesspeople in Mazar-I-Sharif, the…
Unidentified massacred more than a dozen civilians in northern Balkh province on Saturday, authorities said. Several civilians were shot to death in Zare district before noon, deputy police chief for the province, Col. Abdul Razzaq Qadiri, told Pajhwok…
Senior provincial officials have been trying to suppress a group sexual attack on a young girl in Sholgar district of northern Balkh province, civil society activists said on Saturday. Mukhtar Wafae, Howida weekly magazine in-charge, told Pajhwok Afghan…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF/KABUL/US targeted killings”, his spokesman on Wednesday said the magazine had published a baseless stuff. Speaking to Pajhwok Afghan News, Munir Farhad called the report as “far from reality and a calumny campaign against the governor.” The Spiegel report said…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN) from farmers in the Chamtal district of northern Balkh province, security officials said on Tuesday. The pair was apprehended in the Ali Baba area during a two-day search operation that concluded on Tuesday, deputy police chief Col. Abdul…
