KABUL (Pajhwok): In compliance with orders from the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, the General Directorate of Municipalities has been dissolved.
Under the previous government, mayors of all 34 provinces were independent, working under the supervision of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG).
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) had initially renamed the IDLG as the General Directorate of Municipalities.
But the fresh order from the IEA supreme leader says all provincial and district municipal directorates may continue working under provincial governments.
The order adds a joint delegation of the Administrative Affairs Office, the Interior Ministry, the Finance . . .
