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Atta Muhammad Noor Calls His Dismissal Unacceptable
Hours after the announcement of the Presidential Palace’s confirmation about the resignation of Balkh governor, Atta Muhammad Noor reacted against President’s decision and rejected it.
The powerful governor of Balkh has declared that his dismissal from the governor position was conditional on fulfilling the commitments that President promised to the Jamiat party.
Mr. Noor is also one of the leaders of the Jamiat-i-Islami political party, which holds half the seats in the coalition government.
“President told me, I afraid you would not resign and in response, I presented my resignation letter conditional to fulfilling his commitments; otherwise my resignation is excused and I do not accept it,” he said.
After weeks of rumors, a statement issued early Monday by the president’s office said that President Ashraf Ghani had accepted the resignation of Atta Muhammad Noor.
The former warlord emphasized that he will share his final decision after bargaining with the leadership of the Jamiat party and called on foreign countries to stay out of interfering in the country’s affairs.
Mr. Noor warned that he would use any option against the government if the Presidential Palace uses the military forces.
“Based on our agreement, a person should be appointed as the governor. We do not want an imposed governor,” he said.
In a speech to a group of supporters, Noor urged them to keep to civil protest “for now”.
Previously, he accused the Chief Executive, Abdullah Abdullah of political inability and stressed that he will negotiate with President on what Mr. Abdullah failed to achieve.
However, sources aware of Mr. Abdullah’s position said that he had agreed with the president’s decision to remove Mr. Noor, but that he had questioned its timing.
In the meantime, regarding Mr. Noor’s issue, Zahir Qadir, a member of the lower house noted that the government will face a huge crisis when it cannot fulfill its commitments.
On the other hand, following the dismissal of Balkh governor, the acting foreign minister, Salahuddin Rabbani postponed his trip to Greece and returned back to Kabul.
Atta Muhammad Noor, 54, worked as the governor of Balkh for nearly 15 years.
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Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts Afghanistan
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Afghanistan on Thursday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology reported.
The quake was at a depth of 70km and epicentered in the mountainous north-eastern area of Ashkāsham.
The jolt was felt across the region including in Kabul, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan
There were no immediate reports of any casualties.
In October last year, over 2,000 people were killed when four 6.3-magnitude earthquakes struck in Herat province.
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Bayat Foundation helps needy families in Balkh
As part of Bayat Foundation’s Ramadan aid campaign, needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif, in Balkh province, received much needed food packages this week.
The aid package includes rice, flour and oil.
“In continuation of Bayat Foundation’s assistance, this time also a quantity of food such as flour, oil and rice was distributed to needy families in Mazar-e-Sharif; Inshallah, these contributions will continue,” said a representative of the foundation.
Needy families that received aid packages expressed their gratitude but called on other aid organizations to help the needy during these difficult times.
“Many thanks to Bayat Foundation, I thank Bayat Foundation for helping the needy and poor people of this region,” said a recipient said.
“I would like to thank Bayat Foundation for their cooperation in helping the needy in this holy month of Ramadan; it is hoped that traders and charities will do such sustainable work,” said another recipient.
Bayat Foundation is one of the charitable organizations that has played an important role in helping the needy in Afghanistan over the last two decades.
In addition to distributing aid packages to needy and vulnerable families, it has carried out numerous other projects, including the construction of health centers and schools.
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MoI registers over 8,700 criminal cases in the past six months
Abdul Matin Qani, the Ministry of Interior’s spokesman said on Thursday that in the last six months, 8,747 criminal cases have been recorded across the country.
Addressing a press conference in Kabul, Qani said of these cases, 7,233 have been solved while the remaining 1,525 are still being investigated.
He said 12,540 people have been arrested in connection with these crimes.
In addition, 21 kidnappers have been killed, 18 hostages have been freed and 172 people have been arrested in connection with kidnappings in the same period of time.
Qani also said in the last six months 837,000 passports have been distributed. He said three new passport offices will be established in Kabul in the near future.
“10,000 passports are distributed to citizens daily by the Passport Department,” said Qani.
On the issue of narcotics, he said drug cultivation, production and trafficking has been eradicated. He said drug manufacturing equipment and 377 drug factories have been destroyed across the country.
According to him, the ministry has also made advances in collecting illegal weapons, fighting corruption and improving police skills.
Qani stated that during this period, no security incidents took place in most provinces across the country.
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