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.

Chabahar provides one such alternative. Even the US, during occupation, exempted Afghan trade in certain items through Chabahar from Iran-specific sanctions. A fully functional Chabahar outstrips both ...

Here are some of the most compelling photographs from the fifth week of 2025 from around RFE/RL's region. For more photo ...

1 Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Biological Resources and Genetic Engineering, College of Life Science & Technology, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China 2 College of Smart Agriculture (Research ...

Uzbekistan and Afghanistan have renewed their agreement on the use of the Hairaton-Mazar-i-Sharif (also spelled Hairaton-Mazar-e-Sharif) railway, further solidifying ...

The mazar is said to be nearly three decades old. Story continues below this ad Meanwhile, the Bareilly police bound down (surety to maintain peace) around 100 villagers from both the communities, ...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Residents of northern Balkh province, along with local archaeologists, are urging the government to ...

New Delhi, India: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's attempt at diplomacy took an unexpected turn when his congratulatory message to U.S. President Donald Trump on X (formerly Twitter) became ...

Pakistani PM Shahbaz Sharif took to X, banned in Pakistan, to congratulate Donald Trump. People called out his hypocrisy and asked which VPN he used to access the social media platform that ordinary ...

The sentence handed to Sara Sharif's dad for the murder of the tragic 10-year-old girl was "unduly lenient," according to the Solicitor General. The case has now been referred to the Court of ...