HERAT CITY (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani has suspended the mayor for western Herat province, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) said on Sunday.
A statement from IDLG the said Mayor Farhad Nayayesh had been suspended based on a decree from the president. Ghulam Ghays Nekbeen, deputy mayor, has been appointed as acting mayor.
Meanwhile, Nekbeen confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan News he had received a formal letter from IDLG regarding his appointment. The mayor might return to work once he came back from Kabul, he believed . . .
