AFGHANISTAN - June 19 - Karzai Names Cabinet.During a loya jirga Noun 1. Loya Jirga - a grand council or grand assembly used to resolve political conflicts or other national problems; "he convened a Loya Jirga that persuaded tribal leaders to acquiesce" session, Interim Pres. Hamid Karzai Hamid Karzai (Persian and Pashto: حامد کرزي) (b. December 24, 1957) is the current President of Afghanistan, since December 7, 2004. He became the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime. is sworn in as interim president, and announces 14 cabinet postings, 3 vice presidents and the head of the Supreme Court. The ethnic Tadjik-led Northern Alliance maintains its domination of the government. The Alliance holds all three newly created posts of vice-president, with Mohammad Qasim Fahim being an ethnic Tadjik and two others, Abdul Karim This article is about the servant to Queen Victoria known as the Munshi. For other individuals of the same name, see Abdul Karim (disambiguation). Hafiz Abdul Karim CIE (1863?-1909), better known as "the Munshi" (variously translated as "teacher" or "clerk" in Hindi), was an Khalili and Haji Qadeer, being Hazara and Pashtun, respectively. Mohammad Qasim Fahim also stays as defence minister. Abdullah Abdullah keeps his job as foreign minister. Yunis Qanooni steps down as interior minister, replaced by Taj Mohammad Wardak Taj Mohammad Wardak is an Afghanistani politician, from the Pashtun ethnic group. He spent some of the period of the Taliban's administration in the United States of America, and became an American citizen. , a Pashtun. Qanooni becomes education minister, and may head the soon-to-be created National Security Council, his associates say. No changes are announced in the security, police, and intelligence services, which are under the control of ethnic Tadjiks from the Northern Alliance. Addressing loya jirga, Karzai quoted from an Afghan proverb proverb, short statement of wisdom or advice that has passed into general use. More homely than aphorisms, proverbs generally refer to common experience and are often expressed in metaphor, alliteration, or rhyme, e.g. : "If a Tadjik is not part Pashtun he is not a Tadjik. And if a Pashtun is not part Tadjik he is not a Pashtun". The new government will rule for 18 months to two years until a new loya jirga organises elections and a new constitution. In a rambling rambling Neurology Fragmented non-goal directed speech most often caused by acute organic brain disease. See Organic brain disease, Word salad. inaugural speech, Karzai, 44, said the country needed a "strong central government" in order to progress. "We will restore the dignity of Afghanistan and ensure the security of all Afghans", he said, adding: "If I do not fulfil these promises, I will resign. I cannot accept a weak government in Afghanistan any more". |
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