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| Ghani Appoints Andarabi As Acting NDS Chief |
| 2015-12-11 |
| [Tolo News] President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. appointed the deputy head of the National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS), Massoud Andarabi, as acting chief of the spy agency following the surprise resignation of Rahmatullah Nabil on Thursday afternoon. At an emergency meeting Thursday evening, which was attended by Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... among others, Ghani said Andarabi will take over. In a statement issued by the Presidential Palace, Ghani said: "On the basis of consultations we agreed upon, Massoud Andarabi will take charge of the National Directorate of Security going forward." Ghani did however pay homage to the authorities who serve in the NDS - for their efforts to provide security to the people, said the statement. "The president, by accepting the resignation of Engineer Rahmatullah Nabil from the chairmanship of the National Directorate of Security, expressed his gratitude to him for maintaining security in the country," the statement read. "The president announced the role of NDS at thwarting and detecting the security threats as important and expressed hope over more achievements by the NDS in the future," the statement added. The meeting was also attended by deputies of the National Directorate Security (NDS). |
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