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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan govt begins major reforms of interior ministry |
| 2003-05-02 |
| Afghanistan's government has appointed a new governor to northeast Kunar province and reassigned other top officials in a major shakeup at the interior ministry, Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali said. "The reform of the security forces in the ministry of the interior is on the way, we are implementing it phase by phase," Jalali told reporters. "Some major changes in the assignment and reassignment (of posts) were made this week. There will be more changes to make the new structure effective," he said. Eight top officials have been named, notably the heads of anti-drug and anti-terrorist departments, the director of security, technical director, inspector-general, and budget and finance director. "We need to assign and reassign people to key positions, both in Kabul and in the provinces. This week we assigned a new governor to Kunar, and also there are some new appointments on the way," said Jalali. Awaited since the minister's appointment in February, the reforms are being implemented amid strong political rivalry within Afghan institutions between former comrades-in-arms of assassinated anti-Taliban commander Ahmad Shah Masood and the rival faction of President Hamid Karzai. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |