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News Afghanistan » Balkh: Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province killed in blast

News channel or source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/9/taliban-governor-of-afghanistan-province-killed-in-suicide-attack

Published on: Wednesday 08 March 2023

The Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province has been killed inside his office in a suicide attack that was later claimed by the ISIL armed group. The killing of Mohammad Dawood Muzammil, the ...

News Afghanistan » Balkh: Taliban governor of Afghan Balkh province killed in attack

News channel or source: https://www.trtworld.com/article/12796142

Published on: Wednesday 08 March 2023

Daesh has emerged as the biggest security challenge to the Taliban government since last year, carrying out attacks against Afghan civilians as well as foreigners and foreign interests.

News Afghanistan » Balkh: Islamic State Claims Responsibility For Afghanistan Blast

News channel or source: https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-balkh-blast-islamic-state-responsibility/32314309.html

Published on: Sunday 12 March 2023

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for a March 11 attack in Afghanistan's Balkh Province, the extremist group's Telegram account said on March 12. The blast at a cultural center during an event ...

News Afghanistan » Balkh: Afghanistan: Ban on publishing images of living beings expands to Balkh province, increasing total affected provinces to 21

News channel or source: https://ifex.org/afghanistan-ban-on-publishing-images-of-living-beings-expands-to-balkh-province-increasing-total-affected-provinces-to-21/

Published on: Monday 15 September 2025

The enactment of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice law in August 2024 has undermined the work of media. This statement was originally published on afjc.media on 12 September 2025. The de ...

News Afghanistan » Balkh: Afghanistan holds exhibition on distinctive handicrafts, cultural heritage

News channel or source: http://www.chinaview.cn/20260905/85aac409d5984876a1695678f4290fdd/c.html

Published on: Saturday 05 September 2026

KABUL, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- An exhibition highlighting the distinctive handicrafts and rich cultural heritage of Afghanistan's Kazakh community opened in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of northern Balkh ...

News Afghanistan » Balkh: Afghanistan internet partially restored after days of silence

News channel or source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/afghanistan-internet-partially-restored-days-220100966.html

Published on: Wednesday 01 October 2025

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Afghanistan's internet has been partially restored after a two-day nationwide telecoms blackout, internet watchdog NetBlocks said ...