Afghan President Replaces His Security Chiefs



RFE: Afghan President Announces Government Shakeup

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has announced that Assadullah Khalid, the former head of Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS), as the country's defense minister and Amrullah Saleh, also a former intelligence chief, as interior minister.

Ghani made the announcement in a December 23 decree in which he asked the parliamentary affairs minister to send the nominations for approval to Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, known as the Wolesi Jirga.

Both men will serve as acting ministers until the parliament approves their appointments.

No official reason was given for the shakeup.

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