{{Short description|Airline in Afghanistan (1996–1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox airline |airline = Balkh Airlines |logo = YA-GAA B727 Balkh Airlines CVT 1997 (23831449235).jpg |logo_size = |fleet_size = 1 |destinations = |IATA = - |ICAO = BHI |callsign = SHARIF |parent = |company_slogan = |founded = 1996 |ceased = 1997 |headquarters = Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan |key_people = |bases = Mazari Sharif Airport |secondary_hubs = |focus_cities = |frequent_flyer = |lounge = |alliance = |subsidiaries = |website = }}
'''Balkh Airlines''' was a short-lived airline headquartered in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan. From 1996 to 1997, it operated passenger flights out of Mazar-e-Sharif Airport using a single Boeing 727-100,<ref>Flight International, 3–9 October 2006</ref> competing with Ariana Afghan Airlines. The company had been founded to serve the needs of General Dostum, the Uzbek warlord ruling the north of Afghanistan at that time.<ref>Vogelsang, Willem. (2002). ''The Afghans''. Blackwell Publishers, Oxford. {{ISBN|0-631-19841-5}}. Page 220.</ref>
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