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Balkh
[ bahlkh ]
noun
- a town in northern Afghanistan: capital of ancient Bactria; center of Zoroastrianism.
Balkh
/ bɑːlk /
noun
- a region of N Afghanistan, corresponding to ancient Bactria. Chief town: Mazar-i-Sharif
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When the news of Balkh’s surrender broke, Mazari was in the office of Mohammad Farhad Azimi, the provincial governor.
Several high-profile leaders, including former vice-president and warlord, Abdul Rashid Dostum, and former Balkh governor and mujahideen commander Atta Mohammad Noor, joined us on the way.
After a brief visit to his family in Pakistan, he is now serving as the shadow governor of the key northern province of Balkh.
From Balkh to Bombay men know that rough-ridged print with the old scar running diagonally across it.
The headquarters of the horde were at Bamian and at Balkh, and from these points they raided south-east and south-west.
We know, however, that for previous centuries Balkh had been the capital city, the great trade emporium of all that region.
Just as we cannot tell exactly when Babylon first became a city, so are we confounded by the age of Balkh.
It surmounts a high divide (about 11,000 feet), and crosses the Balkh Ab valley to reach Bamian.
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