MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some residents and cultural activists in northern Balkh province have expressed concern over the destruction of a. Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT.

Ex-Warlord Helps Afghan Province Make Progress Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh — governed by a former warlord — is often cited as an example of what's going right in the country.

BALKH, Afghanistan — Shir Ahmad stands in a muddy courtyard, fiddling with the dials on his American-made two-way radio. Three days ago, he was a farmer. Now, he’s a military commander. “The ...

Taliban security personnel block a road in Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh province, after a blast at the governor's office on March 9, 2023. Atif Aryan/AFP/Getty Images. CNN — ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province was killed in a blast Thursday, according to the Taliban spokesman. “With a heavy heart, we received the ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan lawmaker says the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, has fallen to the Taliban after the insurgents launched a major assault there earlier in ...

In July 2020, Sayid Jawad, a resident of Balkh, thought he had been hired to rebuild a government outpost destroyed by Taliban attacks for $150 a month, the kind of money he hadn’t earned in a ...

The city became a centre for education, and in 980 AD the philosopher-scientist Ibn Sina was born in Balkh, as was the poet Ferdowsi. Its reputation as a place of learning persisted, judging by ...

Arezou Azad, THE "FAḌĀ'IL-I BALKH" AND ITS PLACE IN ISLAMIC HISTORIOGRAPHY, Iran, Vol. 50 (2012), pp. 79-102 Free online reading for over 10 million articles Save and organize content with Workspace ...

KABUL, March 9 (Reuters) - A blast tore through the Taliban governor's office in Afghanistan's northern Balkh province on Thursday, killing him and two others, police said.