President meets interior ministry staff after restructuring

Afghan leader Hamed Karzai met generals and officials from the interior ministry in the presidential palace on November 22. The officials had recently been appointed to new posts, in accordance with the administration reform programme. According to the president’s press office, he began by talking to the officials about their responsibilities, saying that “the main responsibility for peace and security for the people lies with you”. The president also thanked Germany and other countries which had assisted the ministry. Afterwards, Gul Nabi Ahmadzai, head of the ministry’s education department, speaking on behalf of all those there, assured the president that the ministry would serve the people and ensure security across the country.