A 20-year-old woman died in hospital after falling from the fourth floor of a market building in the capital of northern Balkh province on Sunday morning, an official said. Hitting the ground as she fell off the fourth…
The highway linking Pul-i-Khumri and Mazar-i-Sharif was blocked for traffic following Taliban attack on security posts in northern Baghlan province on Wednesday, officials and residents said. Mir Zaman, an inhabitant of Baghlan, told Pajhwok Afghan News the insurgents…
Civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday demanded an end to torture of passengers going to northern provinces on ethnic and tribal lines, saying the problem emanated from irresponsible behaviur of unprofessional police at check-points on…
Small businesses generally see a boost with the arrival of Nawroz -- new solar year -- in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, but not this year. People stream to the city from different parts of the…
All needed measures have been taken for celebrating the upcoming new solar year and the traditional flag-hoisting ceremony in northern Balkh province, local officials said on Sunday. Every year on the first of Hamal, March 21, Nawruz is…
About 5,200 livestock farmers were given various items under the National Horticulture and Livestock Project (NHLP) in the north, an official said on Sunday. NHLP in-charge in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, Fahim Jabari, told Pajhwok…
Newly-appointed acting mayor of Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, has identified proper revenue collection and keeping the city clean as his priorities. Nasir Ahmad Aini took charge on Thursday as new mayor of Mazar-i-Sharif, replacing his…
The Hajj and Religious Affairs Department conducted a recruitment test involving 200 prayer leaders to counter anti-government propaganda in Mazar-I-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, an official said Sunday. Hajj and Religious Affairs Director Maulvi Mahmood Danishjo…
Unknown persons broke into a house and stabbed to death six members of a family in the capital of northern Balkh province, Mazar-i-Sharif, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday afternoon in Baba Yadgar area…
At least seven passengers were killed and another nine injured in a traffic accident in northern Balkh province on Thursday, an official said. Director of Mazar-i-Sharif HospitalDr. Noor Mohammad Fayyaz told Pajhwok Afghan News the collision occurred at…
Municipality officials of northern Balkh province say 95 percent of the total budget has been spent on development during the current solar year. Addressing an accountability conference here on Saturday, Mazar-i-Sharif Mayor Mohammad Younus Muqim said despite serious…
Afghanistan’s 96th Independence Day was marked with series of events marking the day on Wednesday in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province. A number of leading personalities, government officials, civil society activists, provincial council members, elders, and…
Three militants have been killed and six others wounded during an ongoing security operation in the Albarz mountains of northern Balkh province, officials said on Friday. Lt. Col. Azar Mohammad, a senior Shaheen Military Corps official, told reporters…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN’s role in the April presidential and provincial council polls. The debate was organised by the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), an international media development body, at the NAI office. Independent Election Commission officials, Afghanistan Independent Human…
KABUL. Ursula von der Leyen's surprise visit comes five day after she took office, with her predecessor Thomas de Maiziere paying a trip to the base less than 10 days ago. Germany's last camp in Afghanistan is located in the…
LASHKARGAH (PAN): One policeman has been killed and four others injured when a suicide bomber targeted a police check post in Marjah district of the southern Helmand province, an official said Thursday. Fawad Askari, provincial police spokesperson, told Pajhwok Afghan…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN’s representation in the police force is significantly low due to certain social problems, security officials in northern Balkh province acknowledged on Sunday. There were fewer women in the police force than needed, Col. Abdul Razzaq Qadiri, the deputy…
KABUL families in northern Balkh province claim powerful individuals have grabbed their pasture measuring 4,500 acres of land and have been refusing to allow them to graze their sheep on the land over the past more than a decade. The…
MAZAR (PAN): Nnumber of Mazar residents in a gathering welcomed Obama’s re-election on Wednesday. Having clinched a commanding electoral mandate, 303 electoral votes to 206 for his Republican rival Mitt Romney, Obama said in his hometown of Chicago: "Hopefully, we'll…
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN appeared in an entry test at the Balkh University in Mazar-i-Sharif on Friday. Chancellor Prof. Mukamil Alakozai told Pajhwok Afghan News a total of 2,700 students, 45percent of them females, sat the exam. One candidate Zikarullah Malang said:…
