Afghan: Marjah chief’s crime record will be probed (AP)

In this Feb. 22, 2010 photo released by the United States Agency for International Development, Abdul Zahir speaks to locals during a shura, or meeting, in Marjah, Afghanistan. Abdul Zahir, appointed as the new civilian chief in Marjah just seized from the Taliban, has a violent criminal record in Germany, but Western officials said Saturday, March 6, 2010, they are not pushing to oust him. (AP Photo/United States Agency for International Development, Rory Donohoe)AP – Afghan government officials are not rushing to oust the man they chose to bring fresh and credible governance to a town just seized from the Taliban, but his newly disclosed violent criminal record in Germany will be investigated further, officials said Saturday.


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