Gul Ahmad Ahmadi who has been kidnapped few days ago has been shot dead by unknown armed man in Northern Province of Balk. His body has been found from south of Mazar-e-Sharif city from a river. Gul Ahmad Ahmadi was deputy of Oil and Gas department of Hayratan port a small town which has border with Termiz city of Uzbekistan through Friendship bridge over Amu Darya. Balkh police said the investigation has been launched, so far no one has claimed the responsibility for the killing. Local police said he might have been killed because of personal reasons. So far his family didn’t comment anything on that. Balkh in north of Afghanistan is relatively peaceful city compared with south with some sporadic incidents.
Mazar-e-Sharif is the fourth largest city of Afghanistan, with population of 300,600 people (2006 estimate). It is the capital of Balkh province and is linked by roads to Kabul in the south-east, Herat to the west and Uzbekistan to the north. Mazari Sharif means "Noble Shrine," a reference to the large, blue-tiled sanctuary and mosque in the center of the city known as the Shrine of Hazrati Ali or the Blue Mosque. The city is a major tourist attraction because of its fabulous Muslim Hellenistic archeological sites. In July 2006, the discovery of new Hellenistic remains was announced.
Hairatan : Afghan-Uzbek Friendship Bridge.
The Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge is a road and rail bridge across the river Amu Darya (formerly Oxus River; the Greeks (Ptolemeus) called it Oxiana palus) connecting the Uzbek city of Termez with the city of Heiratan in the Balkh province in northern Afghanistan. It was built by the Soviet Army in 1982 to supply it is troops in Afghanistan.
It is the only way across the Uzbek-Afghan border, the nearest bridge across the Amu Darya being at Kelif some 120 Km to the west crossing the Turkmen –Afghan border.
The bridge was closed in May 1997 when the Taliban forces took control of the city of Mazar-e-Sharif. It reopened on December 9, 2001 .
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