Tolo News: The public uprising forces in Afghanistan’s northern Balk province on Thursday said they are ready to clear areas under Taliban control in the province. They said that currently they are engaged in fighting on the frontlines with the Taliban, stating that they await permission from the government to launch offensives against the group.
Radio Free Afghanistan April 14, 2021 At least 10 members of the Afghan security forces were killed in two militant attacks in the country’s north, local officials and the army said on April 13. In northern Baghlan Province, at least five police officers were killed and four were wounded when their checkpoint came under attack
By Radio Free Afghanistan February 13, 2021 At least five policemen have been killed and 12 wounded in two attacks in Afghanistan, officials said on February 13. A Taliban suicide attacker detonated a car bomb near a security checkpoint in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on February 13, wounding 12 policemen, the Interior Ministry said. Ministry
A weekly newspaper run by a team of female journalists is thriving in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, despite threats against journalists in parts of the country. Gulrahim Niazman from VOA’s Afghan service has more in the report narrated by Bezhan Hamdard.
Ariana: President Ashraf Ghani has threatened to fire security chiefs in Balkh province if they fail to locate and rescue the abducted nine-year-old boy, Abdul Rauf. Abdul Rauf was kidnapped three months ago, by armed men in military uniforms, from PD4 of Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of Balkh. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 28, 2020 KABUL — Afghan authorities say they have arrested three senators who are accused of taking a $40,000 bribe. The Afghan Attorney General’s Office (AGO) and the National Directorate of Security announced in a joint statement on December 28 that the trio was caught during an operation in the northern province
Tolo News: The Omul Bilad team from Balkh province won the title for the country’s first volleyball league by defeating Kabul’s Bala Hisar team 3-1 on Thursday. Six teams from six zones of the country attended the competition. Click here to read more (external link).
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan August 25, 2020 At least 12 people have been killed and scores wounded in attacks across Afghanistan, including in a Taliban truck bombing that targeted a military base used by Afghan commandos, officials said. The suicide truck bomber in the northern province of Balkh killed three people, including two Afghan commandos
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan June 23, 2020 Afghan officials say dozens of Taliban fighters staged overnight raids and stormed several checkpoints in the northern part of the country, killing at least 14 security personnel. The violence early on June 23 comes after authorities this week accused the Taliban of increasing attacks on Afghan forces at
Ariana: The unprecedented increase in the outbreak of typhoid in Afghanistan has caught eyes. The outbreak of a seasonal disease, referred to as typhoid, in Afghanistan, has emerged concerns. The disease, also known as typhoid fever, has similar symptoms to that of the COVID19. Residents of eastern Nangarhar province say that typhoid has quickly spread