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.

Balkh province in northern Afghanistan is home to some of the most significant historical sites in the world. Lynne O'Donnell travelled with a group of archaeologists trying to uncover more of its ...

Afghanistan: As in much of the nation, power changes with a switch in allegiance in Balkh. Tides of War Turn a Farmer Into a Commander Overnight - Los Angeles Times ...

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 — ...

Salima Mazari recruited men to fight the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. Today, she considers herself just a refugee, but fears for her life as she shares her story, as she did Monday in Fort Wayne.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...