As political tensions continue to grow between Presidential Palace and Jamiat-e-Islami Party of Afghanistan, the outspoken police chief of Kandahar, General Abdul Raziq, says Atta Mohammad Noor is the incumbent governor of Balkh and that government cannot remove him from his post.

“First, I want to tell you that you call him (Noor) the former governor but I accept him as the incumbent governor,” Raziq told reporters on Wednesday.

Atta Mohammad Noor, the ousted governor of Balkh, has ordered the removal of Engineer Mohammad Dawood, the newly-appointed governor of Balkh by President Ashraf Ghani.

A letter obtained by TOLOnews shows that the order has been issued based on complaints by residents of Zaare district in Balkh.