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Kandahar customs office head suspended after evaluation

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KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): The customs office head for southern Kandahar province was suspended after evaluation of the office by a team of the Ministry of Finance, officials said Wednesday.

Acting finance minister, Mohammad Khalid Painda, during his two-day trip to Kandahar province assessed the customs affairs, met drivers of trucks entering Kandahar and customs officers.

A credible official source, who wished to go unnamed, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the finance minister and his team traveled to Kandahar on the request of Kandahar governor after detention of a number of customs officers over corruption charges.

Both Kandahar governor and . . .

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