Dozens of factories remain shut in Afghanistan’s northern province of Balkh due to a severe shortage of electricity, officials said. Industrial parks in Balkh house about...
For the first time, Afghan trucks have been allowed to carry commercial goods to Central Asia. Officials said Tuesday Afghan trucks can now carry goods to...
Balkh Municipality has hired about 200 female street cleaners in a bid to help Afghan women secure employment. Local officials stated that Balkh Municipality along with...
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) forces have rescued an abducted girl in northern Balkh province, officials said Friday. Sadra. 9, was kidnapped in PD3 of...
Mohammad Nader Alemi, a psychotherapist and neurologist, has been killed in captivity by kidnappers in Balkh province, his relatives said Friday. Alemi, who opened Afghanistan’s first...
Hundreds of poverty-stricken families in Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, were given food parcels on Sunday in a drive by the organization to help desperate...
Doctors in Balkh province on Sunday, on the occasion of World Mental Health Day, called for the release of a doctor in the province who was...
Three large straw markets, connected to each other, caught fire in northern Balkh province on Tuesday, resulting in huge financial losses to the stall owners. According...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani led a government delegation to Mazar-e-Sharif on Wednesday morning to assess the security situation in the northern provinces. Ghani’s visit to the...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday visited Balkh province where he chaired a senior security meeting to assess the situation in Balkh and neighboring provinces, the...
Russia’s Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e-Sharif has temporarily closed due to security concerns in Balkh province, Russian Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said...
Consulate offices of Turkey, Pakistan and Iran have closed in Mazar-e-Sharif amid a deteriorating security situation in Balkh, local officials confirmed. Officials said visas are no...
Four people were wounded this afternoon when a rocket hit Atta Noor’s house in Mazar-e Sharif city, the capital of Balkh, sources told ArianaNews. Mohammad Afzal...
Taliban militants have captured the Qaisar district of northern Faryab province after first detonating a car bomb, sources said. Security sources said a car bomb was...
The 209th Shaheen Military Corps said Sunday that the Afghan Air Force has targeted a Taliban hide out in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province –...
NATO forces have handed over another military camp to Afghan security forces in northern Balkh province, the 209 Shaheen Corps said in a statement. The camp...
At least nine Taliban militants – including the group’s spy chief Ajmal Mashak – were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan force in northern Balkh...
Mohammad Saleh Samim, chief physician at 209 Shaheen military Corps, and his driver were killed in an attack by unknown gunmen in Balkh province on Monday...
Abdul Raouf, the Balkh boy kidnapped six months ago, celebrated his tenth birthday Thursday – a day that saw his emotional parents plead with government to...
Construction work to restore a teaching complex said to once be the home of 13th-century Sufi mystic and poet Rumi is due to commence this week...