Governor in drug region is replaced
The Afghan government has fired the governor of a province that grows more than a third of the world’s opium poppies, officials said. Gov. Mohammed Daoud was replaced by Asadullah Wafa over the weekend to lead Helmand province.
Interior Ministry spokesman Zemeri Bashary said that the government was happy with Daoud’s work but that the appointment of Wafa would help increase security. Helmand is a center of Taliban resistance.
Clashes and a suicide bombing killed six militants and wounded six U.S.-led coalition troops, officials said.
The nationalities of the wounded were not immediately released.
Wafa has previously served as the governor of Paktia and Kunar provinces, Bashary said.
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