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District governor resigns in militancy-hit northern Afghan province

Xinhua, January 3, 2016 Adjust font size:

Mohammad Zahir Niazi, governor of the restive Chardara district in the northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, announced his resignation on Sunday.

"From now on I won't serve as governor of Chardara district and I have decided to render my resignation today," Niazi told reporters at a press conference here.

However, Niazi didn't identify the reasons of his resignation.

Chardara, which has been the scene of violent incidents over the past couple of years, has been regarded as Taliban hotbed in the militancy-plagued Kunduz province.

Taliban briefly captured Kunduz city, the capital of Kunduz province 250 km north of Kabul, in late September 2015 and government forces since recapturing Kunduz city in mid October have been chasing armed militants in Chardara, Dasht-e-Archi districts and other parts of the province.

Meantime, provincial police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh said Sunday that the security situation in Kunduz is being improved day by day. Endit