MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): The newly-appointed provincial administration of northern Balkh province should prioritize maintaining security and combating corruption, public representatives and civil society activists say.
Ending a months-old dispute with President Ashraf Ghani, Atta Mohammad Noor stepped down as Balkh governor after his hand-picked choice was appointed his successor.
On March 22, Mohammad Ishaq Rahguzar took over as the new governor of Balkh and Gen. Akram Saame as new police chief.
Hamid Safut, a civil society member, told Pajhwok Afghan News . . .
