[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Abdul Karim Matin, the governor of Paktika...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province has been fired by the National Security Council from his post.
Matin had allegedly blamed the National Security Council (NSC) of financing the families of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
in Barmal District of Paktika province.
Statement attributed to him suggested that NSC had earlier financed the families of IS fighters with $200,000. But NSC said that the assistance was being delivered to the families displaced from Pakistain.
National Security Council says that the decision was taken after a fact-finding team got to the bottom of the case and found out that the allegations were baseless.
Matin later said that his words were misinterpreted.
Abdul Karim Matin was appointed as governor for Paktika province by President Mohammad 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. ..
in December last year.