 Former Interior Minister under
Hamid Karzai. Ali Ahmad Jalali resigned from the position in
late 2005 mentioning personal reasons. Jalali was quoted by Tolo Televison on
September 27, 2005 as saying "I will not work as Interior Minister anymore.
Maybe there are reasons for this and maybe not, but one of the main reasons is
that I wish to resume my academic research". However, many political analysts
believe Jalali resigned due to conflicts with Hamid Karzai over the appointment
of governors, other senior Interior Ministry officials, and counternarcotics-related
issues. He left for the United States soon after his resignation and is
still living there.The biography below is from a
government press release distributed by the Office of the Spokesperson of the
President.
Ali Ahmad Jalali was born Kabul in 1940. He obtained his Bachelors degree in
Political Science from the Afghan Military University, graduating in 1961. He
later obtained a Diploma from the US Army Infantry Advance Course, in Fort
Benning, Georgia in 1964. He received his Masters in Military Science from the
Staff College in Kabul in 1966, and his PSC from the British Staff College in
1967. Mr. Jalali has served as a Professor at the Military University and Staff
College in Kabul, as a Professor at the Institute of Diplomacy at the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs, and a Top Advisor at the Afghan Resistance Headquarters in
Peshawar during the Soviet invasion. He has an extensive history of work with
the Voice of America, working as a writer, broadcaster, and Chief of the Pashto,
Dari and Farsi services.
In 2001, he was appointed Director of the Afghanistan National Radio Network
Initiative at Voice of America and Chief of the Pashto Service. In January,
2003, Mr. Jalali returned to Afghanistan where he was appointed Minister of
Interior under the Transitional Government. The author of numerous books,
strategic analyses, and articles, he speaks Dari, Pashto, English, French, and
Russian and Tajik. Ali Ahmad Jalali was re-appointed Minister of Interior in
December, 2004.
Last updated by Abdullah Qazi on April 23, 2007 |
