MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The story of seven women, who survived threats to their lives while campaigning for women's rights, was narrated at a gathering held in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Saturday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Anti-Pakistan protests continued on Thursday when hundreds of people belonging to different walks of life staged a three-kilometre march in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Residents of Chamtal district in northern Balkh province on Wednesday claimed police had destroyed poppy crops over hundreds of acres, but officials rejected the claim, saying the illicit plant had not been planted in any part of the town.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Hundreds of people on Wednesday rallied against Pakistan for the May 1 border skirmish with Afghan forces in eastern Nangarhar province.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Four people were killed and eight vehicles torched during two separate incidents in northern Balkh province, an official said on Saturday.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Forty-eight prisoners were released on Thursday from a jail in northern Balkh province in compliance with a presidential decree issued on April 28, an official said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Hundreds of high school graduates on Sunday thronged a sports ground in northern Balkh province to appear in a police recruitment exam, an official said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): An International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) commander in the northern zone has said Afghan security personnel have the capacity to secure the 2014 elections on their own.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): Construction work on a mega technical and vocational institute was launched in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, on Tuesday, a senior education official said.
MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The newspaper industry in northern Balkh province is struggling to survive in the face of security concerns, declining readership and self-censorship.
