Afghan MPs to vote on 2nd Karzai list

Afghan lawmakers are to vote on President Hamid Karzai's second list of cabinet nominees on Saturday after rejecting most of his first choices.

Karzai's second line-up consists of 14 men and three women.

"There has been a high degree of absenteeism during the questioning of the nominees, and I expect a large number of them, perhaps one-third, will be rejected," said Haroun Mir, Director of Afghanistan's Center for Research and Policy Studies.

The Afghan parliamentarians rejected 17 out of Karzai's 24 proposed cabinet members earlier this month.

The rejection has left Afghanistan without a functioning government.

Source: PressTV.
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