Bayat Foundation delivers aid to Khost residents

The Bayat Foundation has provided desperate families in Khost province with food parcels.

Ghani in Balkh amid Challenging Security Situation in North

President Ghani arrived in Mazar-e-Sharif city, Balkh province, on Wednesday morning amid challenging security situation in the northern provinces.

Non-payment of Salaries to Traffic Police in Balkh: 30 People Quit Their Jobs

Some traffic police officers in Parwan Province also claimed that their salaries have not been paid.

Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif blasts / 17 children fall victim to terrorist attacks

UNICEF tweeted on Friday (May 27th) referring to the recent bombings in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kabul, saying that 17 children had died in those two days. The organization also called for an immediate end to serious abuses against Afghan children.

Taliban ‘Intelligence Chief’ For Balkh Province Killed

Kabul: Ajmal “Mashak”, the Taliban intelligence chief for the Balkh province and eight other Taliban insurgents have been killed in air strikes by security forces.

Kid Took Mortar Shell for Toy Dies with Father

Security Forces Push Back Taliban Attack in Samangan: Police

Afghan forces pushed back an attack by the Taliban on Hazrat Sultan district in the central province of Samangan on Monday evening, the provincial police said, adding that the clashes continued for many hours and ended shortly after midnight.

8 ANA Soldiers Killed in Balkh Clashes

At least eight Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers were killed in clashes with the Taliban in Balkh district in Balkh province on Wednesday night, said Mohammad Younus Stanekzai, district governor.

Balkh Police: The order to fight drugs and arrest traffickers is being carried out

A spokesman for the Balkh police said that large poppy fields in the districts of the province has been destroyed by police forces and that arrest warrants for drug traffickers are available and enforceable, and that the police is determined to do so.

Crime Control Requires Planning

Criminal activities, especially kidnappings and assassinations, have increased in Afghanistan.

Some kidnappers killed in raid to rescue Rauf: Mujahid

A number of kidnappers have been killed and some others arrested during a 20-day operation to release Abdul Rauf, a minor boy from Maar-i-Sharif.

1.2 million people in Afghanistan employed in carpet industry: Union

Afghanistan’s Carpet Manufacturers Union said this week that currently 1.2 million people are employed in the carpet industry in the country but if the sector grows, thousands more could get jobs.

ANDSF operation in Balkh claims Taliban commander

Bayat Foundation keeps up campaign, delivers food to Paktia families

Hundreds of vulnerable families in Paktia province have been given essential food supplies, thanks to one of Afghanistan’s leading charity organizations, the Bayat Foundation.

Marshal Dostum, Atta Muhammad Noor cross border into Uzbekistan

The only province in the north of Afghanistan, Balkh, fell to the Taliban which brought the entire northern zone under the fighters’ control.

Balkh: Local Police Commander Killed

Balkh Police headquarters, says that last night in the PD5 of Mazar-e-Sharif city, the local police chief of Chamtal district of the province was killed by unknown gunmen.

Football: Sar-e-Pul Defeats Faryab 2-1 in Afghan Champions League

Sar-e-Pul’s Khadim FC defeated Faryab’s Khurasan team 2-1 in the Afghanistan Champions League's match in Balkh province on Saturday.

Displaced Families Sell Children, Organs to Survive

Displaced families living in a camp in the capital city of Balkh province have sold their children and their kidneys for funds to survive.

550 Tons of Honey Produced in Nangarhar

There are 650 beekeeping farms in the province, with 40,000 families making a living from the produce.

The fire in Mazar-e-Sharif caused one million Afghanis in damage

A Taliban police spokesman in Balkh province said that a fire broke out in a furniture warehouse in the city center yesterday evening (Sunday, March 10), costing one million afghanis and preventing fires from other goods worth four million afghanis.

Ghani threatens to fire Balkh security chiefs over boy’s kidnapping

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.

Processing of passports suspended due to ‘technical problem’

Alam Gul Haqqani, head of the General Directorate of Passports, said late Monday in a video message that processing of passports at the office in Kabul has been suspended until further notice.

Khost Airport to Become Operational Soon: Officials

An airport in Khost, which aims to become one of the international airports in the country, will be fully operational in near future, a progress that will happen 10 years after the start of its construction, officials said but did not provide an exact time.

Pakistan on Tuesday dispatched the second consignment of relief items for flood victims Afghanistan.

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) sent the aid in line with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s directions.

Young Afghan Returns Home-Country to Join National Army: MoD

KABUL, Afghanistan – Abdul Waheed, a young Afghan, has returned home-country from Netherlands to join Afghan National Army, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement Monday.

Sheikh Ali District Of Parwan, Saighan & Kahmard Districts In Bamiyan And Chakhansur District In Nimroz Cleared Of Taliban

The Ministry of Defense has announced that the Sheikh Ali district of Parwan province has been cleared of Taliban fighters. Fawad Aman, deputy spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, wrote on his Facebook page that the Sheikh Ali district had been cleared of Taliban fighters on Friday night.

10 ANA Members Killed in Taliban Attack in Balkh

At least 10 members of Afghan National Army (ANA) were killed and three more were wounded in a Taliban attack in the northern province of Balkh on Monday night, local sources said on Tuesday.

Gen. Miller Reaffirmed Commitment of NATO Allies in Afghanistan

US and NATO’s Resolute Support forces commander in Afghanistan Gen. Scott Miller has emphasized on commitment of NATO allies in Afghanistan, particularly in the northern zone of the country.

ANA operation claims 25 Taliban fighters, injures 36

Nuristan Floods Leave 113 People Dead

Heavy rainfall over the past few days in Kamdesh district of Nuristan province caused floods and as a result of which 113 people were killed. The floods have completely destroyed the village of Mirdesh in Kamdesh district. The village is located six kilometers from the center of Kamdesh district.