The Ministry of Interior has ordered the arrest of the Zari district police chief of northern Balkh province and one of his bodyguards after an investigation into allegations of kidnappings and sexual assaults against them. Mohammad Zia, a…
The Ministry of Interior has ordered the arrest of the Zari district police chief of northern Balkh province and one of his bodyguards after an investigation into allegations of kidnappings and sexual assaults against them. Mohammad Zia, a…
Traders in northern Balkh province say no cargo train has arrived at the Hairatan port from China during the past 45 days. They also complain about a lack of facilities at the port for their exports. A number…
Journalists in northern Balkh province on Wednesday announced a boycott of the Journalists Safety and Protection Committee. They said three journalists from the same province were being named as members of the committee, but the Journalists Federation in…
Businesswomen in northern Balkh province complain the government is not supporting them in finding market for their handcraft and industrial products. They expressed the views at a conference on empowering female traders organized by the Afghan Women Center…
A war-affected woman has developed mental illness owing to social and economic problems in northern Kunduz province. Mahria Khal, 45, whose husband was killed in recent clashes in Kunduz, is now displaced to Maza-i-Sharif, the capital of northern…
Farmers in northern Balkh province say they grow poppy crop in their fields because food crops could not meet their needs, while local officials say they are committed to eradicating the banned plant. Poppy is widely cultivated in…
A former chamber of commerce and industry director for northern Balkh province has been mysteriously killed after the attack on German consulate. Seven people were killed and 120 others were wounded in the attack on German consulate in…
Civil society activists from two provinces on Wednesday began a three-day session titled “The Balkh and Kunduz Peace Caravan” in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. The day one of the session, inaugurated by Mediothek Afghanistan, an…
Local residents, who suffered financial losses in a car bomb attack on the German Consulate in northern Balkh province, on Saturday demanded compensation. They said foreign offices under constant threat should be shifted from residential and market places.…
The unity government did nothing for their wellbeing during the past two years, complained Turkmen tribesmen in northern Balkh province on Sunday. The tribesmen coming from different provinces held a gathering in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, to share…
All activities have been halted and power supply cut off after strong windstorms hit northern Balkh and Samangan provinces, officials said on Thursday. The wild storm began in Balkh around 10am today and reached neighboring Samangan within few…
Nearly 4,000 families displaced from a number of insecure northern provinces have taken refuge in Balkh province during the current year, local officials said on Wednesday. Balkh refugees’ department head, Abdul Saboor, told Pajhwok Afghan News on the…
The lack of proper planning to create jobs and widespread corruption in government department are two known reasons behind the jobless youth in northern Balkh province, a recent survey has found. The survey conducted by a civil society,…
The lack of proper planning to create jobs and widespread corruption in government department are two known reasons behind the jobless youth in northern Balkh province, a recent survey has found. The survey conducted by a civil society,…
The railroad connecting Aqina dry port in northern Faryab province with Turkmenistan will be inaugurated in a month, a senior trader representative in Balkh province said on Monday. He hoped the railroad’s inauguration would strengthen Afghanistan’s trade relations…
A moneychanger was killed after being abducted in the capital of northern Balkh province, a security official said on Thursday. Haji Farid, 25, was kidnapped a week back in Mazar-i-Sharif and his dead body found on Wednesday night…
The appellant court chief in northern Balkh province on Tuesday claimed all provincial government departments were rife with corruption. Mohammad Najim Mohammadi said this while addressing a two-day seminar arranged by the northern region judiciary organs in Mazar-i-Sharif…
The increasing population of drug addicts has negatively affected the social life in northern Balkh province. The office on drug addicts puts the number of individuals addicted to drugs at more than 200,000 and blames the government for…
A man shot dead his fiancée and her mother using a pistol in the capital of northern Balkh province, police said on Sunday. The incident took place in the limits of the ninth police district in Mazar-i-Sharif on…
Afghan Air Force (AAF) on Thursday transferred four new fighter choppers to Shaheen Military Corps stationed in northern Balkh province. The Four MD-530 aircrafts were formally handed over to the military corps by the AAF Chief Gen. Abdul…
A survey has found that 86 percent residents of northern Balkh province hold anti-Taliban and Islamic State views. Findings of the survey were released on Saturday in the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif. The survey has been conducted jointly by…
The sole caretaker of her family, a poor widow from northern Balkh province has urged the government to help children acquire education. Balqis, 45, who lost six members of her family including her husband, is a resident of…
Three civilians were killed and a dozen others wounded in a bomb attack on a public representatives in northern Balkh province on Thursday, an official said. Col. Abdul Razzaq Qaderi, deputy police chief, told Pajhwok Afghan News the…
