Mullah Abdul Khaliq Abid Appointed as New Paktia Governor

The ceremony introducing Mullah Abdul Khaliq Abid as the new governor of Paktia Province was attended by Mawlawi Mohammad Nabi Omari, First Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs; Al-Haj Mohammad Wazir Haqqani, Deputy Minister for Logistics; Mawlawi Zainullah Abir, Head of the Minister’s Office; provincial governors, police chiefs, intelligence directors and other officials, as well as tribal elders and youth from Paktia, Paktika and Zabul provinces.
The First Deputy Minister of Interior Affairs wished the new governor success in carrying out his assigned duties and emphasized the importance of fulfilling responsibilities properly, unity, solidarity and obedience.
Meanwhile, Mullah Abdul Khaliq Abid, the new governor of Paktia Province, emphasized mutual cooperation between the system and the people, unity, solidarity and joint efforts in his remarks.
It is worth noting that during the ceremony, the new guesthouse of the Paktia Provincial Governor’s Office, serving the southeastern zone, was also inaugurated. The two-storey building was constructed by the General Directorate of Construction under the Ministry of Interior Affairs’ Deputy Ministry for Support at a cost of 17 million Afghanis and contains 92 rooms.