MAIMANA (SW): Supporters of the First Vice President General Abdul Rasheed Dostum and Acting Governor of Balkh Atta Mohammad Noor have clashed in the northern Faryab province leaving at least one dead.
The incident took place in the provincial capital Maimana City. At least five people are reported injured. The fighting, which took nearly 20 minutes in the morning occurred in Sanayee Road in Maimana City.
The clash between members of the Noor’s Jamiat Party and Dostum’s Junbish Party ceased when the local police intervened.
According to hospital sources in Maimana, casualties are likely to rise.
On Nowroz, first day of the New Year, Dostum’s posters were removed from Kamgar Roundabout in Balkh’s capital Mazar-e-Sharif, which caused a stir. Though, Jamiat leaders blamed wayward individuals for such act but Dostum’s loyalists believe the act was supported by the local government in Balkh.
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