At least eight policemen were killed after Taliban militants stormed a security base in northern Balkh province, police confirmed. Adil Shah Adil, a spokesman for Balkh...
More than 20 children in Balkh province died from pneumonia last month, which provincial health officials attribute to the extremely cold weather. Officials noted a marked...
President Ashraf Ghani has threatened to fire security chiefs in Balkh province if they fail to locate and rescue the abducted nine-year-old boy, Abdul Rauf. Abdul...
Armed men attacked an army vehicle in northern Balkh province early on Tuesday morning, sources said. Eyewitnesses said that armed motorcyclists opened fire on a vehicle...
Former Balkh governor and politician Atta Mohammad Noor said he has recently started considering the option of an interim government which he said could help resolve...
Former Balkh governor Atta Mohammad Noor, said on Thursday he was concerned about the security situation in the country and called on President Ashraf Ghani to...
An Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) soldier was killed and an Uzbek national was wounded after their vehicles came under attack by unknown gunmen in Balkh...
Four members of a family were killed in an airstrike by the Afghan forces in Balkh province. The Afghan forces carried out an airstrike in the...
The doctors have begun treatment with convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients in Balkh. The process was used for six patients, which has improved their health condition,...
Restrictions on movements and the ban on pilgrims entering Rawza have led to a shortage of food for pigeons, which have so far killed some 1,000...
Officials at the Balkh Department of Agriculture and Livestock say that fruit harvests in the province are up 30 percent compared to that of last year....
In the past 24 hours, 623 new positive cases of Covid-19 were registered in Afghanistan, bringing the total affected to 13,659, the Ministry of Public Health...
Balkh has decided to conditionally lift movement restrictions in the city while the COVID19 outbreak continues. The anti-coronavirus commission in Balkh has decided to conditionally and...
The decision to extend the restrictions on commuting was taken at a meeting of the Anti-Coronavirus Committee in Balkh. Starting from Monday, police in Balkh will...
Some 75 prisoners, sentenced to less than 5 years in jail, have been released from Balkh Central Jail because of the coronavirus outbreak. Bashir Tawhidi, deputy...
Three new coronavirus cases have been registered in Afghanistan which raised the total number of the infected to 10 (Herat 5, Samangan 3, Kapisa and Balkh...
Uzbekistan closed its border – Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge – with Afghanistan Monday morning, aimed to prevent coronavirus spreading to the country. The Afghanistan–Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge is...
At least 43 Taliban militants were killed in ground and air operations by Afghan forces in Balkh and Jawzjan provinces, the Defense Ministry said in a...
The operation of Nizamuddin Qaisari’s arrest was not authorized by the officials in Kabul. The fact-finding committee of the Afghan Parliament on Qaisari’s case underlined that...
Two blasts took place in Mazare-e-Sharif, Tuesday morning. Adel Shah Adel, Police Spokesperson says that initial reports indicate that the explosions were caused by landmines and...