Atta Mohammad Noor, governor of the Balkh province, speaks during an interview in Kabul, Afghanistan January 25, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A powerful Afghan governor is facing accusations he detained and assaulted a political rival in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week, the second senior Afghan official to be accused of violence in a year.
The fresh allegations add to Afghanistan's domestic political woes, as President Ashraf Ghani's government has struggled in the war against Taliban insurgents amid a fractious political arena that includes former warlords with armed followers.
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