8am: According to a letter issued by the Taliban Ministry of Information and Culture, from now on, Ghazni media outlets must coordinate their commercial advertisements with the Department of Information and Culture of the province. Click here to read more (external link). Related Taliban Arrests Cameraman of a Local TV in Balkh Province
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,
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
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).
8am: The Department of Virtue Promotion in Balkh province has instructed the faculties of Balkh University to not permit students to enter the university with smartphones. According to the announcement, the violators will be punished in accordance with Sharia law. Click here to read more (external link). Related Kabul International Airport: Taliban Forbid Unaccompanied Women
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
8am: Local sources in Balkh confirm that a resident, named Haji Esmat was shot by Taliban forces at a checkpoint on Thursday evening while he was returning home from work. “He died in the hospital later that evening,” the victim’s relatives told Hasht-e Subh by confirming his death. Click here to read more (external link).
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
Tolo News: Earlier human rights watchdogs expressed concerns over the house-to-house searches in Afghanistan. There have been reports of house-to-house searches on Wednesday in the province of Balkh. Click here to read more (external link). Related Human Rights Watch: Afghans Destroy Identifying Documents as Taliban Search Homes