Above 1,000 women have completed a nine-month literacy course organised by the Islamic Relief NGO in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday. Islamic Relief country director in Aghanistan, Mirwais Fazel, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the course…
Farmers in northern Balkh province are concerned at inadequate snowfall this year, fearing that continued drought will damage their crops. In most parts of northern Afghanistan, including Balkh, the time for crop cultivation on rain-fed land is over,…
The newly-appointed governor for northern Balkh province, Eng. Daud, was not allowed on Sunday to speak to media at the airport in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif, before returning to Kabul. Daud, who traveled to Mazar-i-Sharif five days ago…
Eighteen people, mostly uprising members and local police, have been killed mysteriously in the Sholgar district of northern Balkh province, sources said on Sunday. The Sholgar district chief Saraj Abid said ALP personnel, uprising members and local residents…
US Vice-President Mike Pence Tuesday called President Ashraf Ghani and supported his effort to engage with Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Noor and conduct a negotiated transition of leadership. “Vice-President Pence and President Ghani discussed political leadership in Balkh.…
Ousted Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Noor has warned of using Hairatan Port revenue to meet government institutions’ expenses in northern Balkh province. Addressing his supporters at the governor’s house, Noor lashed out at the UN over staying silent…
Shaheen Military Corps in northern Balkh province rejected rumours regarding the introduction of new governor at the military facility. Hassan Ziae, spokesman for the Shaheen Military Corps, said the new Balkh governor was not brought to the facility…
Six children have been killed as a result of a landmine explosion in northern Balkh province, an official said on Thursday. Police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the incident took place in Dawlatabad district on…
The police chief for northern Balkh province on Tuesday said he would obey the central government’s orders if the situation turned bad over the governorship issue. Brig. Gen. Sayed Kamal Sadat told a meeting in Mazar-i-Sharif that no…
Dismissing the Presidential Palace announcement of his resignation as the governor of northern Balkh province, Atta Mohammad Noor on Saturday asked the unity government not to threaten him with foreign countries. Addressing a gathering remembering a former Jamiat-i-Islami…
Civil society activists on Thursday said it would be betrayal if government officials in northern Balkh province stood against the government’s decision of accepting Atta Mohammad Noor’s resignation as governor. Two days back, Noor addressed a gathering of…
Civil society activists on Thursday said it would be betrayal if government officials in northern Balkh province stood against the government’s decision of accepting Atta Mohammad Noor’s resignation as governor. Two days back, Noor addressed a gathering of…
Twenty-five couples on Sunday tied the knot at a mass marriage event in the capital of northern Balkh province. The bridegrooms included a soldier. Arranged by the Provincial Information and Culture department, the mass marriage ceremony was held…
As many as 635 unregistered religious seminaries have been operating in northern Balkh province, officials said on Friday. Provincial Hajj in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital. The official said with registration of the 30 seminaries, the number of documented…
British teacher Robert Sampson says if the world reads Pashtu poetry they will understand the Afghans hate war and love peace. The 60-year-old teaches English and science at a university in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Three District Development Assemblies (DDAs) in northern Balkh province have received meeting hall equipment from a German organisation. The German Cooperation with Afghanistan said the equipment included sound systems, power generators, digital cameras, heaters andother necessary items. The…
Senior security officials of northern Balkh province have been summoned to Kabul by the Border Security Headquarters in connection with detention of a public representative. Pajhwok Afghan News has obtained a copy of a letter the border security…
Militants have staged a comeback in areas they were recently driven from during “clearing operations” in the Chamtal district of northern Balkh province, residents said on Thursday. Security forces, spearheaded by Governor Atta Mohammad Noor, conducted clearing operations…
The residents of Chamtal district in northern Balkh province on Monday said they were happy over an ongoing operation against militants in the troubled town, but in the same breath complained they were maltreated by local police and…
Local officials on Monday said Chamtal district of northern Balkh province has been cleaned of militants during an Afghan forces operation. An operation launched by the Shahin Military Corps against militants was underway since Saturday night and was…
Public representative Mohammad Asif Momand has said he was beaten and maltreated by sons and guards of the governor of northern Balkh province after his arrest from the airport, a claim the governor’s aide rejected. Momand, a member…
Mohammad Asif Momand, a provincial council member in northern Balkh province, has been arrested by private guards of the provincial governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, a relative alleged on Tuesday. However, Balkh governor’s spokesman dismissed the allegation as baseless,…
A provincial council member in northern Balkh province, Mohammad Asif Momand, has been suspended for not attending the council’s sessions; however, Momand said his was suspended under pressure from Governor Atta Mohammad Noor. PC head Dr. Mohammad Afzal…
A provincial council member in northern Balkh province on Wednesday claimed having ‘enough evidence’ to prove Governor Atta Mohammad Noor’s involvement in massive corruption. The provincial council member, Mohammad Asif Mahmand, told a press conference in Kabul he…
