KABUL province.
Fida Mohammad, head of the Wolesi Jirga’s security commission, placed the presidential decree before the lower house of the parliament for approval.
The decree had been issued by President Ashraf Ghani in response to demand from the people of Ghor. The district, named Murghab, contains 32 villages with a population of 19,000 individuals.
Fida Mohammad said Shorabak had been declared as the centre of the district. All permanent lower house commissions have approved the creation of the district . . .
