MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Dec.

Text of report by state-run Iranian radio external service from Mashhad on 4 September [Presenter] Provincial officials in northern Balkh Province have expressed concerns over increase in number of drug-addicts in this province.

Text of report by privately-owned Afghan Arzu TV on 1 March [Presenter] Addressing a press conference in Mazar-e Sharif, Balkh Province Governor Atta Mohammad Nur said that a group of insurgents had been detained in the province.

Text of report by state-owned National Afghanistan TV on 28 December [Presenter] A National TV journalist was martyred on the Mazar-e Sharif-Sheberghan highway last night.

Excerpt from report by state-owned Afghan Balkh Province television on 15 December [Presenter] The Afghan health minister has inaugurated four hospitals in Mazar-e Sharif. Germany, Korea and France have funded the hospitals.