Afghanistan’s Cabinet Meets with Jalalabad Leaders
President Hamid Karzai took Afghanistan’s cabinet to eastern Afghanistan on February 25 as part of a new initiative to hold dialogues with tribal leaders, provincial governors and local authorities around the country. Mobile Cabinet meetings will be held in a different province each month to discuss the security situation, development requests, and propose solutions to challenges in security and governance. Similar meetings will be held monthly in one of the country's 34 provinces. President Karzai chaired the first meeting in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province.
On February 26, President Karzai awarded Governors of provinces of Balkh, Nangarhar, Faryab and family of the martyred Deputy Governor of Helmand the State Medals of Ghazi Wazir Mohd Akbar Khan during a formal ceremony in Ghulkhana Palace.
