Various news views from Balkh province, Mazar-e-Sharif city, Afghanistan.
As the Taliban advanced northward toward Mazar-i Sharif in mid-July ... bordering the predominantly Hazara region of central Afghanistan known as Hazarajat. After the city of Shiberghan, some ...
Sharif, Balkh Province, was held with little fanfare under the shadow of the Taliban.
In May 1997 the Taliban launched another offensive on Mazar-i Sharif. This time ... and instead pounded the city with rockets. Hizb-e Wahdat, Jamiat-i Islami, and another faction, the Ittehad ...
The incident occurred in the second district of Mazar-e-Sharif. There is no report yet on the exact casualties. Also, officials of Afghan interim government have not yet issued a statement in this ...