Afghan Women’s Network (AWN) members during a meeting in northern Balkh province on Thursday called for the upcoming presidential election to be free of any fraud. During a joint meeting with civil society activists in Mazar-i-Sharif, AWN members…
Some civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday said voter turnout in this month’s presidential elections would be weak in the province if the security situation remains the same. They were expressed these views at a…
Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials in northern Balkh say 33 out of total 315 polling sites in the province would be shut on the Election Day. IEC head for Balkh Mohammad Ayub Bayani told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
The Civilian Protection Advocacy Group (CPAG) on Sunday said the recent conflict has badly affected ordinary people in northern Balkh province. Addressing a press conference here, the CPAG team called on the warring parties to pay attention and…
Heavy fighting underway between security forces and the Taliban in the Zari district of northern Balkh province since Monday night, officials acknowledged on Tuesday. The Taliban claimed overrunning the district but government refuted the Taliban’s claims. Afzal Hadid,…
Traders and their representatives in northern Balkh province say commercial activities declined by 20 percent at Hairatan and Aqina ports due to recent insecurity in northern provinces. They say the Taliban also collect taxes from traders on the…
A number of students have stopped attending classes following recent conflict-related violence in northern Balkh province, teachers say. They say the war has intensified in the province since last one month and the violence has affected the education…
Security forces on Monday claimed killing 37 Taliban militants and wounding more than 10 during ground and air offensives in northern Balkh province. Afghan National Army’s 209 Shaheen Military Corps spokesman Mohammad Hanif Razai told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials say half of the polling stations in northern Balkh province would stay shut on Election Day due to security problems. Mohammad Ayub Bayani, IEC head for Balkh, told Pajhwok Afghan News that all…
Brig. Gen. Jürgen Brots took over on Wednesday as new commander of NATO, replacing Brig. Gen Gerhard Klaffus. The change of command ceremony was held in Mazar-i-Sharif City, the provincial capital of northern Balkh province, today. Brots told…
Eleven civilians were killed Sunday morning when the vehicle they were travelling struck a roadside bomb in the Dawlatabad district of northern Balkh province, an official said. The district administrative chief, Mohammad Yousuf, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
Public representatives and civil society activists on Tuesday claimed the salaries of hundreds of ‘ghost’ Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel went into private pockets in northern Balkh province. They said the imaginary presence of ALP men had a…
Religious scholars in northern Balkh province on Sunday urged the people to widely participate in programs marking the country’s 100th Independent Day. The call was made by a number of ulema at a gathering celebrating the100th Independent Day…
Mohammad Afzal Hadid, the chair of the Provincial Council of northern Balkh province, on Thursday said security situation in six districts of the province had worsened ahead of the Sept 28 presidential election. Talking to Pajhwok Afghan News,…
The provincial government has directed private telecommunication companies to suspend their services until further orders in the provincial capital and 14 districts. The decision to order suspended mobile phone services in Balkh province was made at a hurriedly…
Doctors of the Noor Eye Hospital in northern Balkh province on Saturday went on strike in protest against the hospital’s administrator who they called as unprofessional. The striking doctors said the hospital’s head was not fit for the…
Four civilians, including children, have been killed as a result of separate incidents of violence in Kandahar and Balkh provinces, the army said on Monday. A statement from the 205thAttal Military Corps said a man and his wife…
Afghanistan’s exports would reach one billion dollars during the ongoing year, the Minister for Commerce and Industry said on Thursday. Ajmal Ahmadi said this while talking to traders in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. He said…
Civil society activists and residents said on Tuesday like some other provinces, the ongoing voter registration process has been sluggish in northern Balkh province as well. Around 6,000 people have so far registered as voters in Balkh province…
Some residents of northern Balkh province on Saturday blocked the Mazar-Shiberghan highway against traffic to protest what they claimed security forces were targeting civilians in their operations. Security forces and local Afghan Local police (ALP) personnel killed two…
Two factories producing poultry feed and cooking oil costing $8 million in investment have been opened in northern Balkh province, officials said Monday. Agriculture Minister Nasir Ahmad Durrani during his trip to Balkh province inaugurated the two factories.…
The Independent Election Commission (IEC) regional office in northern Balkh province said on Tuesday around 400 people have registered as voters over the last four days in the province for the upcoming presidential election. The voter registration process…
Residents, public representatives and civil society activists of northern Balkh province say the provincial police headquarters should expose illegal armed men and their supporters and take action against them. On the other hand, Balkh police chief Col. Ajmal…
Police have rescued a trader’s son from his abductors in Nehar-i-Shahi district of northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday. Police spokesman Adil Shah Adil told Pajhwok Afghan News that the kidnapped person, Azizullah, hailed from Faryab…
