MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Northern Sar-i-Pul province has been under huge security threat, the governor said on Saturday, asking the central government for urgent assistance to deal with the threat posed by Taliban and other insurgent groups.
Speaking at a press conference in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province, Sar-i-Pul governor Mohammad Zahir Wehdat said the rebels remained in control of Kohistanat district over the past 14 months.
Wehdat said Sar-i-Pul had been the scene of two major attacks . . .
