Afghan govt
unveils cabinet list after long delay
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Shah Marai, AFP file picture | Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s (pictured)
cabinet list was announced on January 12, 2014, after more than three months of
delays
After months of delays and missed deadlines, the Afghan
government finally unveiled its full list of Cabinet nominees.
Abdul Salaam Rahimi, chief of staff for President Ashraf Ghani, announced the list of 25 Cabinet nominees
Monday, as well as nominees for director of the Afghan intelligence service and
governor of the central bank.
Salahuddin
Rabbani, the former head of the country’s high peace council, is nominated for
foreign minister, Sher Mohammad Karimi, the military chief of staff, is
nominated for defense minister and a former general Noor-ur-Haq Ulomi is
nominated for interior minister. Current intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil
is nominated to retain his position.
The
25 Cabinet nominees include three women - nominated to head the ministries of
information and culture, women’s affairs and higher education. All nominees
must now receive approval from the parliament.
Ghani was inaugurated in late September as part of a unity government with
main rival Abdullah Abdullah.
He quickly fired his entire Cabinet, and the three-month delay in naming their
replacements has spawned public anxiety and anger toward his young government.
Ghani repeatedly appealed to his citizens for patience while at the same time
blowing through numerous self-imposed deadlines. Critics have asserted that the
Afghan Taliban has used the ensuing vacuum and the perception of governmental
weakness to regroup and regain momentum.
Elsewhere
in the country, a police commander and two officers were killed by a roadside
bomb.
Ghulam
Jilani Farahi, the deputy police chief for Zabul province, said that the bomb
explosion killed Khan Mohammad, police chief for the Mizan district, along with
his two police bodyguards around 10 a.m. Monday morning.
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