Afghanistan&#39;s Karzai swears in new reformist cabinet
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KABUL  - Afghan President Hamid Karzai swore in a new cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in on Tuesday as Afghanistan&#39;s first democratically elected president at a ceremony attended by Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Minister Donald Rumsfeld.
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Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet on Thursday, sacking the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation&#39;s first democratically elected
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President Hamid Karzai has chosen a new Cabinet, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions -- including the defense minister -- and creating a new post to oversee the fight against opium production, government officials said Thursday.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai Thursday evening announced the much-awaited new cabinet line-up, replacing some of the influential warlords in the interim government with new faces.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has trimmed the number of ministries from 29 to 26 in his new cabinet in a bid to make it more efficient.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hamid Karzai named a new Cabinet yesterday, firing the prominent defense minister and removing other warlords from top posts in a major reshuffle weeks after being sworn in as the nation's first democratically elected president.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai was expected to announce a new cabinet line-up today that will sideline leaders of powerful regional factions, political sources said.
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Indonesia's newly inaugurated president swore in his Cabinet on Thursday, choosing a mix of experts and political appointees who may be able to help him push through much-needed reforms.
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President Hamid Karzai chose a new Cabinet on Thursday, heeding calls to sideline warlords from top positions - including the defense minister - and creating a new post to oversee the fight against opium production.
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Hamid Karzai was sworn in as  Afghanistan's first popularly elected president on Tuesday at a  ceremony attended by two of the men most responsible for easing  him into power.
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KABUL, Afghanistan - President Hamid Karzai has sworn in a new Cabinet, promising the 27-strong group will leave their ethnicities and regional interests at the door in order to work for all of Afghanistan, and vowing swift action against any minister who
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For a man whose election victory in  October was never in doubt, Afghanistan's President Hamid  Karzai is taking his time picking a cabinet from a lineup of  military strongmen and civilians returning from the West.
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KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Friday swore in a new Cabinet which sidelines powerful warlords and brings in reformers to battle drugs and rebuild the shattered country.
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Hamid Karzai named a new cabinet on Thursday, sacking the country&#39;s prominent defence minister and removing other warlords from top spots in a major reshuffle weeks after he was sworn in as the nation&#39;s first democratically elected president.
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THE CEREMONY: Hamid Karzai was sworn in for a five-year term as Afghan president after winning the country&#39;s first vote for head of state.
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Abstract: Karzai completed one of his most important tasks as the head of state of a new Afghanistan by forming his cabinet. But the formation of the cabinet is only a first step in the countryâs political future.