Balkh
Americannoun
noun
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However, last month a spokesperson for the Taliban governor in the northern province of Balkh said internet access was being blocked "for the prevention of vices".
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2025
Located on a major east-west Silk Route, the region's central city Bactra - later called Balkh - has been a centre of both the Zoroastrian faith and Buddhist learning.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2024
The former university student once attended classes in law and political science at northern Balkh province's main university.
From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2023
The severe weather hit nine provinces in different parts of the country on Friday and Saturday: Balkh, Zabul, Faryab, Uruzgan, Nimroz, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan, and Laghman.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 25, 2023
We might perhaps add that Firdusi represents Zarathrustra, whom he puts beside Vistaçpa, as having been killed at a fire in Balkh when the city was captured by Turanians.
From The History of Antiquity Vol. V. by Max Duncker
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