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 — ...

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.

The governor of Afghanistan's Balkh province in the north of the country has been killed along with two others after a bomb exploded at his office in the capital Mazar-I-Sharif, police said.

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

ALBAWABA - The governor Afghanistan's northern Balkh province was killed in an explosion, media outlets reported. A handful of people were also killed i ...

Atta Mohammad Noor, who refuses to step down as governor of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province after President Ashraf Ghani accepted a an undated resignation letter submitted 18 months ...

When Afghan President Hamid Karzai appointed General Atta Mohammad Noor as governor of the northern province of Balkh in 2004, the move seemed motivated by a presidential desire to curb the influence ...

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan fired the powerful governor of Balkh province on Monday, ousting an official who had held sway over a northern economic powerhouse for ...

Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province killed in blast. Mohammad Dawood Muzammil’s killing comes a day after he met top government officials visiting from capital Kabul.