The Taliban administration has removed the governor of Badakhshan province and reassigned several key officials following recent unrest in the province, in a move it said was carried out on the order of Mullah Hibatullah.<\/p>\n
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban administration, said Mullah Rahmatullah Najib, the former administrative deputy at the Interior Ministry, had been appointed as the new governor of Badakhshan. At the same time, Mawlawi Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, the former governor of Badakhshan, was transferred to the deputy post for road maintenance and protection at the Ministry of Public Works.<\/p>\n
In other changes, the Taliban appointed Mullah Ahmad Shah Dindost, the former governor of Sar-e-Pol, as the police chief of Badakhshan. Mawlawi Abdulbasir Mazhari, the former police chief of Badakhshan, was also named head of the Public Works Department in Kandahar province.<\/p>\n
According to the published statement, Mullah Bakhtiar Muaz, the former governor of Laghman, has also been appointed as the new governor of Sar-e-Pol. Badakhshan is one of Afghanistan’s northeastern provinces, and its capital is the city of Fayzabad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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