Various news views from Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif city, Afghanistan.

Sharif, Balkh Province, was held with little fanfare under the shadow of the Taliban.

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The Taliban suspended the operation of Afghanistan’s only nationwide women’s radio station after raiding its premises on Tuesday, deepening the exclusion of women from public life and society ...

Taliban authorities in northeastern Afghanistan said Wednesday that a gun attack resulted in the death of a Chinese national, while his local interpreter escaped unharmed. An Afghanistan-based ...

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