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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan Governor Lashes Out at Central Govt. |
| 2009-09-11 |
| [Quqnoos] An influential Afghan governor has accused the central government of destabilising security in his province by arming local commanders Atta Mohammad Noor, governor of the northern Balkh province, addressing a large audience gathered to mark the death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud on Wednesday, said Karzai's government distributes arms to local commanders in some districts of the province. The Afghan Interior Ministry has termed the accusations 'totally baseless', adding the General Attorney Office and the National Security Council have been asked to probe the allegations. Governor Noor, a strong ally of President Karzai's main challenger Abdullah Abdullah, lashed out at the Afghan ministries of defence and interior for preventing post-election protests in the province. The ex-Foreign Minister, Abdullah previously warned to not accept the outcome of last month' election if the country's Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) fails to meet the fraud allegations. The Afghan Independent Election Commission announced on Tuesday that Karzai has collected 2,959,093 votes and Abdullah earned 1,546,490 votes out of the 91.6 per cent of polling stations tallied over the past three weeks. Balkh province is one of the strongholds of Abdullah, where he has bagged 46 per cent of the votes and Karzai has collected 38 from nearly 97 per cent of the polling stations that have been tallied so far. Balkh governor added no signs of improvement have appeared in the life of the people, despite the infusion of massive foreign donations have made to Afghanistan over the past seven years. |
| Posted by:Fred |