Is Ghani at the brink of losing his government to officious lawmakers? Is the grip of terrorism subtly dictating the charge of the government? Ghani seems to be annoyed with recent state of things on lawmakers’ rejection.
If Afghan President Ashraf Ghani was savoring inaugural peace talks with Taliban insurgents held in Pakistan on Wednesday, celebrations of the milestone he has worked so hard to reach may be short-lived.
Back in Kabul, the 66-year-old faces growing discontent from lawmakers who are making life difficult on several fronts nine months after he took office.
The lower house of parliament is threatening to impeach Ghani’s interior minister over his failure to stem violence by Islamist militants. Last week lawmakers rejected the president’s third nominee for defense minister.
Casualties among Afghanistan’s fledgling armed forces are on the rise, they are losing pockets of territory to insurgents and there are less than 10,000 foreign troops left to support them after most NATO soldiers withdrew last year.
Little wonder the president calls his “the most difficult job in the world.”
Ghani’s deputy spokesman, Sayed Zafar Hashemi, downplayed the political turmoil.
“There are problems in Afghanistan, and the environment can never be ideal for a leader,” he said.
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