Key figures in Karzai’s proposed new Afghan cabinet (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
(Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants to keep his top technocrat ministers in his new cabinet, a minister told parliament on Saturday, but the foreign ministry was notably absent from the list of nominees.
Karzai to keep pro-West ministers: Afghan officials (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai will keep technocrats in key ministries when he unveils his new cabinet, parliamentary officials said on Friday, a move likely to appease Western backers who want a clampdown on corruption.
Afghan officials: Karzai to keep half his Cabinet (USA Today)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants to retain a half-dozen key Cabinet officials who have been embraced by the international community as he begins his second term and will replace two ministry heads linked to corruption, three officials in the Afghan government said Friday.
Karzai’s government presents list of new Afghan Cabinet nominees, including US favourites (Coast Reporter)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s nominees for a new Cabinet provoked dismay among many parliament members Saturday but a cautiously positive response from the United Nations mission in the war-torn, corruption-plagued country.
Afghan legislators complain Karzai’s proposed Cabinet too inexperienced, beholden to warlords (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan legislators complained Saturday that several members of President Hamid Karzai’s proposed Cabinet are inexperienced and beholden to warlords – opposition that threatens to slow the reform Washington believes essential to beating the Taliban.
Ex-UN Afghan deputy denies conspiracy (AP via Yahoo! News)
The former deputy U.N. chief in Afghanistan said Thursday that he had proposed replacing the Afghan president with an interim government to avert a constitutional crisis if a fraud-marred election could not be resolved in time. He denied the suggestion that it was a plot against President Hamid Karzai.
Karzai presents new Afghan Cabinet list (Boston Herald)
KABUL – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s nominees for a new Cabinet provoked dismay among many parliament members Saturday but a cautiously positive response from the…
Karzai presents new Afghan Cabinet list (USA Today)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s nominees for a new Cabinet provoked dismay among many parliament members Saturday but a cautiously positive response from the United Nations mission in the war-torn, corruption-plagued country.
Afghan President Karzai presents new cabinet (Washington Post)
KABUL — Afghan President Hamid Karzai unveiled his new cabinet Saturday, presenting a list that satisfied Western backers who had warned him against stacking the government with reward-seeking powerbrokers or graft-tainted politicians.
Karzai’s government presents list of new Afghan Cabinet nominees, including US favourites (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government on Saturday presented to parliament a list of nominees for a new Cabinet that keeps U.S. favourites in several posts critical to the war and reconstruction.
Obama’s Afghan War Plan Heads Toward First Test Vote in the House (Fox News)
President Obama’s call to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan is expected to get its first test vote in the House early next year, when Rep. Dennis Kucinich brings to the floor a resolution demanding U.S. forces be withdrawn.
