A look at Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai’s second slate of 16 nominees for his new Cabinet presented Saturday to replace candidates that parliament rejected. No names have yet been submitted to head the Ministry of Energy and Water or the Ministry of Telecommunications.
— Foreign Affairs — Zalmay Rasoul
— Justice — Habibullah Ghaleb
— Public Health — Suraiya Dalil
— Women’s Affairs — Pelwasha Hassan
— Higher Education — Mohammad Hashim Esmatullahi
— Economy — Abdul Hadi Arghandiwal
— Hajj and Mosque/Religious Affairs — Mohammad Yasouf Neyazi
— Refugees and Repatriation — Abdul Rahim
— Transportation and Civil Aviation — Abdul Rahim Horas
— Commerce — Mohammad Hadi Hakimi
— Public Welfare — Mohammad Bashir Lali
— Work and Social Affairs/Martyred and Disabled — Amina Afzali
— Border and Tribal Affairs — Arsaleh Jamal
— Development and Rural Affairs — Janullah Mansouri
— Counternarcotics — Zarar Ahmad Moqbel
— Urban Development — Sultan Hussain Nasery
Already approved by parliament:
— Defense — Gen. Abdul Rahim Wardak
— Interior — Hanif Atmar
— Finance — Omar Zakhilwal
— Information and Cultural Affairs — Sayed Makhdum Rahin
— Mines — Wahidullah Shahrani
— Agriculture — Muhammad Asif Rahimi
— Education — Ghulam Farooq Wardak