A number of women in northern Balkh province have launched businesses with personal funds for resolving their economic problems. The opening of a cake and cookie factory is one of the women’s recent initiatives in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital…
Nearly 125,000 acres of land has been usurped in northern Balkh province during the past one and a half decades, a public representative said Saturday. Balkh provincial council head, Dr. Mohammad Afzal Hadid, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Senior government officials on Tuesday joined politicians of the northern zone at a protest gathering against the government in the capital of northern Balkh province. The political leaders organized the gathering in support of the newly-formed ‘High Council…
Provincial council members and civil society activists in northern Balkh province say they are worried about their Governor Atta Mohammad Noor’s differences with the Presidential Palace. They say the political differences have damaged people’s trust in the system.…
Afghan Local Police (ALP) personnel in northern Balkh province have been under the influence of irresponsible armed militia leaders, said security officials on Wednesday. Over the past few years, ALP forces have been maintaining security in Sholgar, Chamtal,…
Farmers in northern Balkh province say the municipality has imposed taxes on transportation of their agriculture harvests in areas it has leased out. The farmers in Char Bolak, Chamtal, Balkh and Dawlat Abad districts said they had to…
Security forces have wrapped up clearing operations in northern Jawzjan and Balkh provinces, claiming to have killed as many as 60 insurgents. Another more than 100 rebels were wounded in the operations in Jawzjan’s Faizabad and Balkh’s Chamtal…
At least 32 insurgents have been so far killed and another 31 wounded during an ongoing military operation launched 10 days back in northern Balkh province, officials said Saturday. However, residents complained the operation has forced many people…
Suspected Taliban in Chamtal district of northern Balkh province on Saturday. The youth were said to be residents of Balkh district and had come to Chamtal. Provincial police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani confirmed the mass shooting in Chamtal…
The Balkh provincial council head on Monday said political connections had paved the ground for the illegal activities of local strongmen. Dr. Mohammad Afzal Hadid, the provincial council head, alleged some powerful figures were involved in illegal activities…
In what appeared to be another insider attack, seven NATO soldiers were wounded on Saturday by an Afghan colleague in northern Balkh province. The incident took place inside the Afghan National Army’s 209th Shaheen Military Corps garrison, said…
A 17 million afghanis project, a national program aimed at alleviating poverty and joblessness, was launched on Wednesday in northern Balkh province. Government officials said the national program would help alleviate poverty and joblessness in the country. Coming…
The provincial council members and civil society activists on Tuesday demanded a multifaceted probe into a last month deadly attack on an Afghan National Army base in northern Balkh province. The public representatives reacted to removing and investigating…
The Amu River has swollen thousands of acres of land and inundated hundreds of homes in two districts of northern Balkh province during the past one and a half decades due to the government’s negligence, the affected residents…
The provincial council head for northern Balkh province on Thursday claimed most projects executed with national budget were being given to relatives of powerful individuals, ministers and lawmakers. Dr. Mohammad Afzal Hadid was talking to Pajhwok Afghan News…
The university entrance test exam began in northern Balkh province on Thursday, with girls making half of the candidates. The exam would continue for four day and in total 14976 high school graduates had applied for the test,…
Supporters of Junbish-i-Milli party, led by First Vice-President Abdul Rashin Dostum, on Friday warned of erecting protest camp in front of the Presidential Palace if their voice was not heard. Holding a meeting in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of…
A two-day workshop on amendments to the national land policy has concluded in Mazar-I-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. Government officials, who participated in the event, said the land policy was violated in the construction of many…
How the attack on the Shaheen Military headquarters unfolded? How the heavily armed attackers were able to reach the mosque well-inside the base? What the base commander says and what about the morale of the troops? On Sunday,…
The governor of northern Balkh province on Sunday vowed to take revenge on the Taliban with the ‘help of God’ following a deadly attack on a military base in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif. Atta Mohammad Noor told a…
Senior and junior officers of the Afghan National Army (ANA)’s Shaheen Military Corps are being investigated about Friday’s deadly attack on their base, an official said on Sunday. Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers attacked the Shaheen Military Corps…
KABUL attack on the Shaheen Military Corps in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday. The attackers clad in military uniforms, including a suicide bomber, came in two Ranger pick-ups and stormed the military facility in northern zone of…
Civil society political dignity.’ Dozens of people, including culturists, university teachers, poets, writers and civil society activists attended the discussion. The debate was arranged by the Balkh literary movement. Zabihullah Ihsas, the movement head, presented his annalistic report…
Police have arrested a young man for allegedly killing his father in the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said Monday. Provincial deputy police chief, Brig. Gen. Abdul Razaq Qaderi, told Pajhwok Afghan News the accused was…
