{"id":90263,"date":"2019-03-14T05:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T05:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/lib\/mazar-e-sharif-on-high-alert\/"},"modified":"2020-12-19T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T13:04:40","slug":"mazar-e-sharif-on-high-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/mazar-e-sharif-on-high-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Mazar-e-Sharif on high alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/2017_Uploads\/2019\/March\/14\/Balkh.jpg 2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MAZAR-I-SHARIF (SW) &ndash; Situation remained tense in Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday with everyday life at standstill following the appointment of a new police chief.<\/p>\n<p>Following the directives about the appointment of the new police chief, Abdul Raqib Mubariz, the former Balkh governor, Atta Mohammad Noor, directed government employees and traders via a social media post to stay home in protest.<\/p>\n<p>Mubariz has been appointed to replace Mohammad Akram Sameh, a member of Noor&#39;s Jamiat-e-Islami party.&nbsp;The security forces were seen on alert across the city.<\/p>\n<p>Following the controversy surrounding the resignation of former governor, a well-placed source told Salam Watandar the Arg (presidency) promised the reigns of National Disasters Management Authority, Ministry of Education, governorship of Balkh and provincial police headquarters to Atta Mohammad Noor.<\/p>\n<p>Noor has asked the resident to stay indoors for their own security and the security of other citizens. He blamed the Arg (presidency) for conspiring against this deal.<\/p>\n<p>All roads leading to the Mawlani Jalaluddin Mohammad Balkhi Airport and the police headquarters are closed. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 209 &ndash; Shaheeb Crops has announced the forces are ready while Nusrat Rahimi, spokesman for the Ministry of Interior, said it would announce reaction soon.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting of certain provincial officials, members of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) and former Jihadi leaders is underway at the residence of Noor.<\/p>\n<p>Exchange of fire also took place around the police headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We wished to have the views of the provincial authorities, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAZAR-I-SHARIF (SW) \u2013 Situation remained tense in Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday with everyday life at standstill following the appointment of a new police chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[78],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-90263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}