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AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-WEAPONS

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-WEAPONS

(230829) -- BALKH, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023 shows the weapons seized by Afghan security forces in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have recovered a huge number of arms and ammunition in a series of operations in the northern province of Balkh on Monday, provincial head of counter-terrorism Atta Mohammad Bilal said Tuesday. (Photo by M Fardin Nawrozi/Xinhua)

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-WEAPONS

AFGHANISTAN-BALKH-WEAPONS

(230829) -- BALKH, Aug. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023 shows the weapons seized by Afghan security forces in Balkh Province, Afghanistan. Afghan security forces have recovered a huge number of arms and ammunition in a series of operations in the northern province of Balkh on Monday, provincial head of counter-terrorism Atta Mohammad Bilal said Tuesday. (Photo by M Fardin Nawrozi/Xinhua)

Afghan governor of Balkh Province

Afghan governor of Balkh Province

KABUL, Afghanistan - Atta Mohammad Noor, the governor of Balkh Province in Afghanistan, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, on March 4, 2013.

Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan - Japanese envoy Sadako Ogata (R) meets with the leaders of warring factions in northern Afghanistan, including the ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam and his Tajik rival Atta Mohammad -- and other Afghan officials in Mazar-e-Sharif on July 7 and urged them to stop fighting each other. Ogata said she told the warlords that Japan cannot provide financial help to rebuild Afghanistan unless there is security in the country.

Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

Ogata urges cease-fire to warlords in northern Afghanistan

MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan - Japanese envoy Sadako Ogata (R) meets with the leaders of warring factions in northern Afghanistan, including the ethnic Uzbek warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam and his Tajik rival Atta Mohammad -- and other Afghan officials in Mazar-e-Sharif on July 7 and urged them to stop fighting each other. Ogata said she told the warlords that Japan cannot provide financial help to rebuild Afghanistan unless there is security in the country. (Kyodo)