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Women’s tailoring banned in Herat; specialized women’s market closed in Balkh:

By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 22, 2023Sources from Herat confirm that the Taliban administration has prohibited women’s tailoring in the central region of this province. Simultaneously, some media outlets have reported establishing a specialized women’s market in Balkh. The source, who preferred not to be named in the report, informed Khama Press that Taliban forces entered the city Wednesday morning to inspect commercial markets. Several markets, including all women’s clothing tailoring…

Nehad Radio, Paikan TV Stop Operations in Balkh Due to Economics By Aziz Rahman Abram in

ToloNews, July 14, 2023 at 4:08 PMA radio station and a TV channel, both in Balkh province, have stopped broadcasting due to economic challenges and existing restrictions on media in the province, the officials of the two media outlets said. Nehad radio station has operated for 16 years and Paikan TV channel operated for around 5 years. With the closing of these media outlets, officials said that at least 25 people have become jobless. “Lack…

IS claims bomb attack that targeted Afghan journalists

report in The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…

Jamaat ul Ahrar accepts responsibility for killing of Balkh governor

REPORT in The Nation, Mar 10, 2023ISLAMABAD – Jamaat ul Ahrar, a militant outfit, on Thursday ac­cepted responsibility for the suicide bomb blast that killed Governor of Balkh province in Afghani­stan Mulla Mohammad Dawood Muzammil , said a spokesman of Pakistan Tehreek Taliban. Seven persons, including the governor, were killed and nine others injured in the bomb blast. Mulla Dawood was the leading figure of Tali­ban. The Jamaat ul Ahrar had differences with him over…

Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Killing Afghanistan’s Balkh Governor

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, Mar 9, 2023Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Thursday that killed the Taliban governor of Afghanistan’s Balkh province, the group’s Amaq agency reported. A blast tore through the Taliban governor’s office in Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province on Thursday, killing him and two others, officials said. Despite the Islamic Emirate rulers’ repeated claims that the Afghan conflict is concluded, the de facto government still faces significant security…

Blast Rocks PD3 of Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh Province

By Sabria Abdal in TOLOnews, Dec 6, 2022 at 7:48 PMMohammad Asif Waziri, a spokesman for the security department of Balkh, said that an explosion targeting a car carrying employees of the Department of Mines and Petroleum occurred in PD3 of Mazar, leaving seven people dead and six wounded. According to Waziri, the explosion was a roadside bomb. “A blast occurred in PD3 of Mazar city. Unfortunately, the explosion hit a car carrying (Mines and…