A powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring more than 640 others, as well as damaging the historic Blue Mosque, officials said...

Fighting is underway between security forces and Taliban in the northern provinces of Balkh and Takhar since Sunday night, officials from the province said...

Armed men attacked an army vehicle in northern Balkh province early on Tuesday morning, sources said...

At least six policemen were killed and one was wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Balkh province on Monday night, local officials said on Tuesday...

Residents of Balkh district in northern Balkh province said on Tuesday that civilians were killed in a government airstrike in the district on Monday night...

Testing for the coronavirus has temporarily stopped in the northern province of Balkh due to the lack of the required kits, which officials say cannot be purchased unless they are first approved by the World Health Organization...

At least eight police were killed in a Taliban attack on Tuesday night in Balkh province, local officials said Wednesday...

A clash in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, started late Saturday night and ended on Sunday night, nearly 20 hours after security forces surrounded the residence of Nizamuddin Qaisari, the former police chief of Faryab’s Qaisar district...

The provincial governor of northern Balkh province and chief executive of Jamiat-e-Islami Ata Mohammad Noor demanded the removal barriers preventing the return of Abdul Rashid Dostum to the country...

The Taliban has suffered a heavy casualty toll during the two day joint military operation, between government forces and public uprising forces, in Chemtal district of Balkh province, provincial governor Atta Mohammad Noor said on Sunday as fighting rages on in the northern town...