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Two Explosions in Mazar-E-Sharif Leave Nine Killed, 13 Injured

28th April, 2022 · admin

8am: As a result of two explosions on passenger’s vehicle (minivan) in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif, at least nine people have been killed and several others are injured. Eyewitnesses say the first blast took place near the Sakhi shrine, targeting a minivan in a bus station. Meanwhile, according to information provided to the media by

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, ethnic cleansing, Hazaras, Mazar-e-Sharif, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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IS Claims Deadly Shi’ite Mosque Bombing In Northern Afghanistan; Several Dead In Other Attacks

21st April, 2022 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi April 21, 2022 A series of explosions killed at least 15 people and wounded dozens more in Afghanistan on April 21. An explosion at a Shi’ite mosque in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e Sharif killed at least 11 people, said Zia Zendani, spokesman for the provincial health authority in the city,

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Posted in Civilian Injuries and Deaths, Ethnic Issues, Human Rights, ISIS/DAESH, Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, ethnic cleansing, Hazaras, Kabul, Kunduz, Mazar-e-Sharif, Shiites, Taliban Security Failure |
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Attack Claim by NRF Forces on Taliban Base Near Balkh International Airport

13th April, 2022 · admin

8am: The National Resistance Front (NRF) forces have claimed of targeting a Taliban base near Mawlana Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi International Airport in Mazar-e-Sharif province, killing and injuring a number of the Taliban rebels in the province. The National Resistance Front forces have increased their guerrilla operations on the Taliban insurgents in many province of the

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Posted in NRF - National Resistance Front, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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An Explosion Occurs in Mazar-e- Sharif

28th March, 2022 · admin

8am: Local sources in Mazar-e-Sharif city have confirmed that a car has exploded in the center of the province. The explosion took place at around 3:00 PM on Monday (March 28). According to eyewitnesses, the type of the vehicle and how it exploded is not yet clear. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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Mazar-e-Sharif Residents Do Not Celebrate Nowruz for the First Time in Decades, As the Taliban Cancel Public Holiday

22nd March, 2022 · admin

8am: The mosque attributed to Imam Ali in the city of Mazar-e-Sharif used to host thousands of visitors from across the country each year during Nowruz festival. This year, however, no official ceremony took place in the city, as the Taliban opposed the New Year celebration, even calling the festival as not in line with

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Posted in Art and Culture, Taliban | Tags: Life under Taliban rule, Mazar-e-Sharif, Nowroz |
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The Ancient Balkh on the Occasion of New Year Celebration: Residents of Balkh Call for an Official Celebration of the New Year

19th March, 2022 · admin

8am: The year 1400, which is now close to an end, was full of dark shaded images that will be recorded in the history as Dark Year of the 1400s. On the occasion of welcoming the New Year of 1401, Mazar-e-Sharif, with a long history of hosting tourists and guests from across the country on

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Posted in Art and Culture, History, Travel | Tags: Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif, Nowroz |
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Mazar Municipality prepares for Nowruz festival

11th March, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Afghans have meanwhile called on the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) to allow Nowruz celebrations to go ahead. We “urge the government of Islamic Emirate to mark the Nowruz festival as it was marked in the past years,” said Mohammad Asif, a resident of Mazar. IEA officials meanwhile said that there are two Eids

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Posted in Art and Culture, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Life under Taliban rule, Mazar-e-Sharif, Nowroz |
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‘Whatever horrors they do, they do in secret’: inside the Taliban’s return to power

17th February, 2022 · admin

The Guardian (UK): Mazar, in the 1990s, was the most secular, socially liberal of Afghan cities. In the first two decades of the 21st century, it was dominated by warlords whose militias had defeated the Taliban. During this time, money surged into the city. And yet, last August, Mazar fell to the Taliban even before

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Posted in Corruption, Taliban | Tags: Atta Mohammad Noor, Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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Taliban Arrests Two In Connection With Killing Of Four Women, Including Activist, In Afghanistan

6th November, 2021 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 6, 2021 Two people have been arrested in connection with the killing of four women, including a rights activist, in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif. A Taliban Interior Ministry official confirmed the arrests in a video statement posted on Twitter on November 6, saying the suspects confessed to luring the

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif |
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Four Female Activists Died Under Mysterious Circumstances in Mazar-E-Sharif

5th November, 2021 · admin

8am: According to the female activist’s relatives, they have contacted local Taliban officials to track down the perpetrators, but have not received a positive response. According to them, there are currently four unidentified bodies of young women in the hospital morgue, whose families have not yet been found. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Afghan Women, Crime and Punishment, Security, Taliban | Tags: Balkh, Mazar-e-Sharif, Taliban Security Failure |
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