Loya Jirga Approves Karzai's Nomination for Cabinet Posts

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Loya Jirga Approves Karzai's Nomination for Cabinet Posts

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President of the Afghan Transitional Government Hamid Karzai on Wednesday announced 14 ministerial appointments in his new cabinet and the nomination was immediately approved by the Loya Jirga delegates.

According to Karzai's nomination, Mohammad Qasim Fahim and Abdullah Abdullah would keep their respective posts as defense minister and foreign minister.

Taj Mohammad Khan Wardak, a Pashtun governor of Paktiya province, would take up the post of interior minister, and the Finance Ministry would be led by Ashraf Ghani, director of the Afghan Assistance Coordination Authority (AACA).

Mohammad Yunus Qanooni, who resigned his post of interior minister at the opening ceremony of the Loya Jirga, was offered the post of education minister.

Sayed Mustafa Kazemi, Haji Muhammad Mohaqqeq, Suhaila Seddiq, Sayed Hussein Anwari and Enayatullah Nazeri would respectively remain in the posts of commerce minister, planning minister, public health minister, agriculture minister and refugees minister.

Mohammad Alem Razm would transfer the Mines and Industries Ministry to Engineer Juma Mohammad Mohammadi and take up the post of small industries minister.

Arif Khan Norzai, the former small industries minister, was nominated as the border minister and Masum Stanekzai would be in charge of the Telecommunication Ministry.

Karzai also nominated Marshal Fahim, leader of the Hizbi WahdatIslami (Islamic Unity Party) Abdul Karim Khalili and Haji Abdul Qadeer, the former urban development minister, as the vice presidents of the transitional government, and Fazl Hadi Shenwari was appointed as the chief justice to the Supreme Court.

The Loya Jirga delegates approved Karzai's nomination with a quick show of hands.

Noting the rest of posts having not been decided yet, Karzai demanded all the vice presidents and ministers stay in Kabul and work for the central government.

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