American Citizens Running the Afghan Government
Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer, reports "
Afghan Americans Hold Levers of Power" (Monday, February 10, 2003)
(1)
Ali Ahmad Jalali is Afghan government's Interior Minister. A U.S. citizen since 1987. For more than 20 years, Ali Ahmad Jalali lived with his family in suburban Maryland -- sending his children to Prince George's County schools, shopping at the local malls and carpooling to work in Washington, where he was a broadcaster and director at the Voice of America, specializing in his native Afghanistan.
(2)
Ashraf Ghani, is the Afghan Finance Minister. He is a US citizen and a former World Bank employee
The other Ministers in the Karzai Govt who are US Citizens are:
(3)
Sayed Raheen, Minister of information and culture
(4)
Sherief Fayez , Higher Education Minister
(5))
Yusuf Nooristani, Minister of Environment and Irrigation. Nooristani served for several years in the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
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Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Governor of the Afghan Central Bank, was a professor of political science at Providence College in Rhode Island
Zalmay Khalilzad, of the National Security Council staff, is President Bush's special representative to Afghanistan. Khalilzad is now serving in a similar capacity with the Iraqi opposition
Amin Farang, Reconstruction Minister, is an Afghan from Germany.
American Citizens Running the Afghan Government
Marc Kaufman, Washington Post Staff Writer, reports "
Afghan Americans Hold Levers of Power" (Monday, February 10, 2003)
(1)
Ali Ahmad Jalali is Afghan government's Interior Minister. A U.S. citizen since 1987. For more than 20 years, Ali Ahmad Jalali lived with his family in suburban Maryland -- sending his children to Prince George's County schools, shopping at the local malls and carpooling to work in Washington, where he was a broadcaster and director at the Voice of America, specializing in his native Afghanistan.
(2)
Ashraf Ghani, is the Afghan Finance Minister. He is a US citizen and a former World Bank employee
The other Ministers in the Karzai Govt who are US Citizens are:
(3)
Sayed Raheen, Minister of information and culture
(4)
Sherief Fayez , Higher Education Minister
(5))
Yusuf Nooristani, Minister of Environment and Irrigation. Nooristani served for several years in the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan
(6)
Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, Governor of the Afghan Central Bank, was a professor of political science at Providence College in Rhode Island
Zalmay Khalilzad, of the National Security Council staff, is President Bush's special representative to Afghanistan. Khalilzad is now serving in a similar capacity with the Iraqi opposition
Amin Farang, Reconstruction Minister, is an Afghan from Germany.
