TALOQAN (Pajhwok): A number of senior government officials ‘support’ illegal armed militia groups in Yangi Qala district of northern Takhar province, alleged the district chief on Tuesday.
The Yangi Qala district chief, Mehrabuddin Haqju, told Pajhwok Afghan News during an interview that the number of illegal armed individuals had recently increased in the district.
He called as main cause of insecurity in the district the presence of irresponsible armed men who Haqju said were also involved in land grabbing, drug smuggling, kidnapping and collecting ushr from people.
“These armed men violate . . .
