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    by Genghis Khan but later rebuilt by Timur. The city of Balkh and the area of Balkh Province were considered a part of various historical regions in history...
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    Balkh is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi)...
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    Atta Muhammad Nur (category Governors of Balkh Province)
    politician and former Mujahid Leader who served as the Governor of Balkh Province in Afghanistan from 2004 to January 25, 2018. An ethnic Tajik, he worked...
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    into Farah Province and Nimruz Province. Mazar-i-Sharif Province – dissolved in 1964 into Balkh Province and Jowzjan Province. Meymaneh Province – dissolved...
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    000 hectares of desert into farmland. The Qosh Tepa Canal begins in Balkh Province and is expected to end in Faryab while passing through Jowzjan. The...
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    Mazar-i-Sharif (category Balkh Province)
    with an estimated 500,207 residents in 2021. It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by highways with Kunduz in the east, Kabul in the southeast...
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  • The Balkh River (Persian: دریای بلخاب; Pashto: د بلخ سیند) or Balkhab, also known in its upper reaches as the Band-e Amir River, is a river in northern...
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    Mausoleum of Imam Ali (category Buildings and structures in Balkh Province)
    grave site. In the 13th century, the Mongols under Genghis Khan invaded Balkh, where they massacred the Balkhi population and destroyed their places of...
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    Greater Khorasan (category History of Balkh Province)
    The province was often subdivided into four quarters, such that Nishapur (present-day Iran), Marv (present-day Turkmenistan), Herat and Balkh (present-day...
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  • North area of responsibility includes the provinces of Badakhshan, Baghlan, Balkh, Faryab, Jowzjan, Kunduz, Samangan, Sar-e Pul, and Takhar. The German Bundeswehr...
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