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HERAT (Pajhwok): President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has sacked at least 30 civil and military officials in western Herat province and referred them to judicial organs, officials said on Sunday. Earlier on Saturday, Ghani traveled to Herat to assess recent spike in insecurity and apprise himself of governance related issues. He also met the officials, elders, provincial council and civil society members. Officials fired by the president, included Attorney General, heads of custom, education, electricity, fuel, and 15 district police chiefs following complaints by locals of their inefficiencies.
