MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Hundreds of people on Saturday staged a protest rally in northern Balkh province, demanding removal of the acting governor.
Led by some provincial council members, the demonstration emerged from the Firdausi square in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital, and culminated in front of the provincial council office.
The protestors carried national flags and pictures of the acting governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, who has held on to power for more than a decade.
They chanted slogans like “we want end to the rule of a single party, the acting . . .
