New U.S. Envoy Calls for Peaceful Transition of Leadership in Balkh - ariananews

The U.S. Ambassador to Kabul John R. Bass has called for a peaceful transition of power in the northern Balkh province and stressed for an urgent solution to end the dispute between President Ashraf Ghani and the ousted Balkh Governor Atta Mohammad Noor.

“It’s not an issue for the United States or any other member of the international community to decide. This is an issue for Afghans to decide within the framework of the constitution, in accordance with the rule of law and in accordance with the principle of a quality before the law; that principle that no individual is above the law,” said Ambassador John Bass at his first press conference in Kabul.

In December, President Ghani announced Atta Mohammad Noor had resigned as governor of Balkh province and a successor had been appointed. - Read More

• New U.S. Envoy Calls for Peaceful Transition of Leadership in Balkh