Balkh, Afghanistan News

Azar Balkhi reports on another rally of the emerging political opposition in Afghanistan that unites around Dr.

A severe drought affecting northern parts of Afghanistan has dried pasturelands, reduced water sources and caused the deaths of thousands of animals, local people and officials said.

Afghan workers gather at the site in the Balkh province in Afghanistan to restore the ornate 9th century mosque of Noh-Gonbad or Nine Cupolas, the oldest and one of the finest examples in the world from that ...

Iran -Persian Gulf Artworks Noted stage director said that Persian Gulf is the spiritual heritage of the country and people should support artists whose works feature the huge waterway.

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Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread unemployment in Afghanistan.

Women and young girls are being pushed to commercial sex work due to high food prices and widespread unemployment in Afghanistan.

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An equitable justice system is the cornerstone of any stable democracy. For Afghanistan, overcoming years of war and institutional abuse to introduce legal reform is an important step in raising the ...

More foreigners are infiltrating Afghanistan because of a recruitment drive by al-Qaida as well as a burgeoning insurgency that has made movement easier across the border from Pakistan, U.S. officials, ...

Sex work is on the rise due to high food prices, unemployment and lack of economic opportunities for vulnerable women, women's rights activists say MAZAR-I-SHARRIF, 16 July 2008 - High food prices, drought, ...

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Hundreds of Afghan journalists and writers took part in demonstrations on 8 July 2008 in 15 provinces to call for the release of Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, a young journalist under sentence of death.

The appeals process has stalled and there seems to be little political will to ensure a fair outcome.

If there is any one theme to emerge from the Afghan blogosphere lately, it is warning about the future.

Contracts for the development projects between the Counter-Narcotics, Rural Rehabilitation and Development and Financial Ministries were assigned at a meeting in Kabul on Thursday.

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Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan - The German military took over leadership of the Quick Reaction Force in Afghanistan at a ceremony Monday in Mazar-i-Sharif in the country's northern Balkh province.

Men representing displaced families from Alburz District gather for a meeting on their return on 25 June near Mazar-i Sharif.

KABUL: The National Area-Based Development Program of the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development has taken the first steps in establishing rural enterprises for potato storage, saffron, almond, carpet ...