PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): The district mayor for Baghlan-I-Markazi district of northern Baghlan province has been detained on charges of corruption, , an official said Sunday.
Acting Baghlan Governor Abdul Qadim Niazai told Pajhwok Afghan News the district Mayor Sayed Ahmad Safi was arrested by the National Directorate of Security (NDS) on charges of bribery. Safi was being interrogated, he added.
But Khayber Mohmand, a municipality officer for the district, said the mayor was accused of taking 100,000 afghanis from market owners of the district . . .
