Almond yield has increased in northern Balkh province compared to last year’s harvest, but the dried fruit prices and its export to foreign countries decreased by 20 percent and 40 percent respectively, traders say. The traders say almonds…
Residents of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, complain that construction work on the city’s ring road was launched three years ago, but the project remains incomplete. Hundreds of houses have been demolished as part of the…
A non-governmental organization OSSP (Organization of Social Services in Poverty) has paved the way for hundreds of women to learn tailoring and get employment opportunities in northern Balkh province. OSSP recently started operating in Balkh and has been…
Petroleum products are sold at a higher rate in northern Balkh province compared to other provinces, residents say, but local officials link the high price to good quality of the oil in the province. Balkh residents say the…
National Statistics Department officials in northern Balkh province say they issued 68,000 paper and more than 30,000 electronic identity cards to residents during the past five months. Maulvi Noor Mohammad Wasiq, the department director, told Pajhwok Afghan News…
A three-day exhibition showcasing women’s handicrafts commenced on Sunday in the capital of northern Balkh province. Supported by AWEC office, dozens of women from the provincial capital, Mazar-i-Sharif and a number of districts have put on display their…
About 54,000 people have been infected with different skin diseases in northern Balkh province during the past one year, an official said on Tuesday. Dr. Ali Asghar Malik, beauty and skin diseases department head in the zonal hospital,…
An electricity sub-station having the capacity of 20KW worth 13 million afghanis has been put into service in northern Balkh province. Sardar Wali Saqib, director of the power utility, said the sub-station had the ability to meet the…
Security forces arrested five persons for drinking alcohol and separately confiscated light hand heavy weapons in northern Balkh province. The five men were arrested in Balkh district of the province for harassing people under the influence of alcohol,…
The first train carrying commercial goods related to the joint economic corridor of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China arrived in northern Balkh province on Thursday. The train arrives two weeks after representatives of Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and China…
A week-long search operation has been launched in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, to improve security, police said on Friday. The general search operation was launched last night in all areas of the city and it…
Four people were injured in a landmine blast in this capital city of northern Balkh province on Wednesday, police said. The blast took place in the fourth security district of Mazar-i-Sharif shortly after 11:30am, said Balkh police spokesman…
In the last two weeks, at least 16 houses have been burnt in two villages of Dawlatabad district of northern Balkh province, residents say. Residents of Qarchigak and Tiligak villages said the fire incidents occurred on their own…
Onions price in northern Balkh province has surged by 30 percent since its export had increased, an official said on Wednesday.
Around 100 people with mental disorders visit the Zonal Hospital in northern Balkh province daily, an official said on Saturday. Most of these patients say the prevailing widespread unemployment and uncertainty in the country have made them mentally…
The Swedish Committee in the north is constructing a 1.5 kilometer irrigation canal named “Abadi” in the Dawlatabad district of northern Balkh province. The canal, a 9 million afghanis project, will irrigate about 8,500 hectares of land in…
A two-day exhibition of handicrafts and domestic products commenced in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Wednesday. The event is organized with the help of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to support domestic products and encourage…
Thousands of tourists daily visit Khwaja Sikandar and Shifa springs in the Sholgara district of northern Balkh province to enjoy pleasant weather. Mohammad Hussain, a resident of the area, told Pajhwok Afghan News that hundreds of people daily…
Security officials in northern Balkh province have arrested a 10-member group accused of murdering six people, robberies and selling alcohol in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital. Police spokesman Mohammad Asif Waziri said the crime branch had arrested ten people…
A group of six armed robbers arrested in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, according to a statement on Thursday.
A woman in Dehdad district of northern Balkh province has paved the way for dozens of children to get free education. About 100 boys and girls are taught lessons at the teaching facility, who have been deprived of…
Some carpet weavers in northern Balkh province are concerned about the collapse of the carpet industry because of lack of domestic and international markets for locally produced rugs. “Tens of carpet businessmen closed their carpet weaving companies due…
Security officials in northern Balkh province say around 1,400 youth, including 143 women, have been recruited in the police force. Maulvi Baz Mohammad Huzaifa, police recruitment director, told Pajhwok Afghan News that about 1,800 vacant posts were available…
Hundreds of malnourished children were admitted in the civil hospital of northern Balkh province during the past one year, with 20 children losing their lives, an official said on Wednesday. Dr. Abdul Rauf Frogh, a pediatrician at the…
