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Special vote audit postponed due to IECC absence

By: Azizullah Hamdard , Date:11/02/2020

KABUL (Pajhwok): The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on Tuesday postponed the special audit of suspicious votes due to absence of Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC) observers. On the othe... Read More

Abdullah team’s observers shut IEC office in Balkh

By: Ahmad Jawed , Date:13/11/2019

MAZAR-I-SAHRIF (Pajhwok): Protesting observers of the Stability and Partnership team led by Dr. Abdullah on Wednesday closed the provincial office of the Independent Election Commission in northern Balkh province.... Read More

Insecurity to keep voter turnout low in Balkh

By: Ahmad Jawed , Date:15/09/2019

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Some civil society activists in northern Balkh province on Sunday said voter turnout in this month’s presidential elections would be weak in the province if the security situation... Read More

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لاريون کوونکي : که تښتول شوي٣١ تنه خلاص نه شي حکومت به چپه کړو

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): First Vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum on Saturday urged the countrymen to stand united in warding off the Islamic State (Dayesh) threat to Afghanistan.
Addressing the traditional Nawroz flag-hoisting ceremony here, Dostum said the unity government was inclusive and would continue to retain its representative character.
Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Noor, dozens of lawmakers, top security officials and foreign diplomats attended the Nawroz ceremony.

دوستم: هېواد مو بايد په ګډه د داعش له ګواښ څخه وژغورو

شمال کې له ښځو او ماشومانو سره پر تاوتريخوالي اندېښنه وښودل شوه

BALKH (PAN): The northern Balkh province is rich in natural resources such as crude oil, cement, aluminum, stucco and sulfur, with the extraction of some mines is underway in some parts of the province.
1- The Afghan- Tajik crude oil area:
Located to the north and northeast, the Afghan- Tajik crude oil starches on 31,000 metres long from Takhar to Jawzjan province.
As many as 12 blocks of crude oil and gas have been discovered in Balkh by Terraseis--- a Canadian Company--- two years ago.

عطامحمد نور پر ده د لګېدو تورونو پر وړاندې په ملګرو ملتونو د اقامې د دعوا غوښتنه کوي

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The Provincial Council (PC) members of northern Balkh province on Sunday pledged to extend all out support to ensure better arrangements for the looming Nawroz festival scheduled to be held on March 21.
A number of PC members told Pajhwok Afghan News that last year the new year could not be celebrated with fervor because of certain reasons.
The resident of Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province, celebrated the first day of solar year by hoisting special flag at the shrine of fourth Caliph Hazrat Ali (RA).

Nawroz festival to be celebrated with enthusiasm: PC members

MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Director of mines and petroleum for northern Balkh province on Wednesday acknowledged his depart failed to protect natural resources in the province due to absence of needed facilities and other resources.
In his exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Habibullah Kohmandi said that Balkh was one of the richest provinces of the country in terms of reserves of natural resources.