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...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. ..has appointed the former Afghan intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid as the acting minister of defense.
The Office of the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Palace in a statement confirmed the appointment of Mr. Khalid as the new minister of defense.
The statement further added that President Ghani has approved the appointment of Asadullah Khalid as the new acting minister of defense as per the Article#13 and Clause#64 of the National Constitution of Afghanistan.
In a separate statement, the Office of the Chief of Staff said the former Intelligence Chief Amrullah Saleh has been appointed as the new acting minister of interior.
Asadullah Khalid will replace Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami while Amrullah Saleh will replace Wais Ahmad Barmak who were serving as the ministers of defense and interior before the latest appointments announced in the leadership of the two ministries today.
The latest appointments have been announced at a time when the U.S. President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
is mulling a reduction in troops level as the Afghan national defense and security forces are facing a resurgent Taliban
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in some of the key provinces of the country.