 KABUL - Afghan authorities have detained a district governor and his police commander for alleged links with the Taleban after militants briefly captured the area a week ago, the government said Monday.
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The detained officials, from Bakwa district in the western province of Farah, were dismissed from their jobs after Taleban were able to hold the district capital for several hours before being ejected by security forces. ‘They were detained over links to Taleban,’ interior ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary said of district chief Mohammad Ismail and his police chief, Haikal Khan. |