The Afghan authorities in the country 's northwestern Badghis province have arrested the chief of the Balamirghab district on charges of cooperation with Taliban militants and involvement in corruption, a private television channel reported Monday.
"Authorities arrested Hajji Amin on charges of providing information to Taliban insurgents and selling public lands to individuals," said Tolo broadcast in its news bulletin.
However, it did not say the exact date of detaining the official.
This is the second arrest of ranking officials reported over the past two days.
In the first such case, Afghan and the U.S. military arrested the deputy police chief of Kapisa province, 80 km north of capital city Kabul, with similar charges on Friday.
The Afghan government has been under international pressure especially the U.S. government to act against graft and fight corruption in the post-Taliban country.
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