Editing Kabul (section)

==Government and politics==
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[[File:200229-D-AP390-1529 (49603221753).jpg|thumb|200px|[[Arg (Kabul)|Arg]], the Presidential Palace in Kabul]]
The municipality's administrative structure consisted of 17 departments under a [[mayor]]. Like other provincial municipalities in Afghanistan, the municipality of Kabul dealt with city affairs such as construction and infrastructure. The city districts (''nāhia'') collected certain taxes and issued building licenses. Each city district had a district head appointed by the mayor, and lead six major departments in the district office. The neighbourhood organisation structure at the ''nahia'' level was called a ''gozar''. Kabul has been Divided in to 630 Gozars. A ''wakil-e gozar'' was a person chosen to represent a community within a city district.

Kabul's Chief of Police was Lt. Gen. Abdul Rahman Rahimi. The police were part of the [[Afghan National Police]] (ANP) under the [[Ministry of the Interior (Afghanistan)|Ministry of Interior]] and were arranged by city districts. The Police Chief was selected by the Interior Minister and is responsible for all [[law enforcement]] activities throughout the Kabul province.