Afghan interior minister, intelligence chief resign
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Afghan Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar and intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh resigned on Sunday, a statement of Presidential Palace said.
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Afghanistan's chief of intelligence Amrullah Saleh speaks during a news conference in Kabul June 6, 2010. Afghanistan's Interior Minister Hanif Atmar and head of intelligence Saleh resigned on Sunday over lapses that led to an insurgent attack on last week's peace conference addressed by President Hamid Karzai, his office said.[Xinhua/Reuters Photo] |
"Interior Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar and head of National Security Directorate (NSD) Amrullah Saleh rendered their resignation and the president accepted it," the statement said.
Their resignation took place in the wake of Taliban attack on National Consultative Peace Jirga opened on Wednesday and concluded on Friday.
Deputy to Interior Ministry Mohammad Munir Mangal would serve as acting minister and Ibrahim Spinzada would serve as acting intelligence chief, according to the statement.
In the opening ceremony of the three-day National Consultative Peace Jirga on Wednesday, Taliban militants attacked the venue of the Jirga and disrupted it for a while, although two attackers were killed and another was detained.
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