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Since
late 2009, Zarar
Ahmad Moqbel has been the Minister of Counter Narcotics under President Hamid
Karzai. Previously, he served as the Interior Minister for 3 years (September
30, 2005 - October 11, 2008), until he was replaced
with Mohammad Hanif Atmar. President Karzai tried to appoint him instead
as the Minister of Refugees after a cabinet shuffle on October 11, 2008,
however, Moqbel did not show up to his confirmation by the Parliament, and later
said that he did not want the job. Moqbel was also an active member of the
resistance against the Taliban movement. Moqbel is from Afghanistan's northern
province of Parwan, and interestingly enough, he headed President Karzai's 2009
presidential re-election campaign in that province.
by Abdullah Qazi / May 10, 2010 |
