Afghan MPs reject most Karzai cabinet nominees

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Source: BBC

Afghan MPs reject most Karzai cabinet nominees

The Afghan parliament has turned down 17 out of President Hamid Karzai's 24 nominees for his new Cabinet.

Energy minister nominee Ismail Khan, a former warlord, was among the rejected.

Nominees for justice, health, commerce, economy and women's affairs were among others rejected, but Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak was re-appointed.

The BBC's Kabul correspondent says the results complicate Mr Karzai's efforts to repay political favours with Cabinet posts without offending parliament.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8437677.stm

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1. Good for them. Too bad it didn't happen here as well.

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2. ROFL.

I'm speechless!

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3. Geithner should have been rejected for not paying taxes

let alone being involved with criminal organizations.. let alone being a part of the Wall Street robbery of tax payers.