MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Gunfire erupted between government forces and supporters of a former governor Atta Mohammad Noor in northern Balkh province soon after talks on the appointment of the new police chief ended inconclusively.
To improve security in Balkh, the Ministry of Interior appointed Raqib Mubarez, commander of the 222 Special Police Force Unit, as new police chief, but Noor, the chief executive of Jamiat Islami Party, resisted the government’s decision.
Governor’s spokesman Munir Farhad told Pajhwok Afghan News that MoI Security Secretary Gen. Khoshal Sadaat arrived in Mazar-i-Sharif on . . .
