KABUL, June 24 Kyodo Afghan Presi...

KABUL, June 24 Kyodo

Afghan President Hamid Karzai swore in his cabinet Monday, formally launching the transitional control that will pave the way for forming a entirely representative government in the war-ravaged country

The restraint has taken over from the interim administration, which extremityed the six-month mandate on reconstructing the strife-torn fatherland since last December. The cabinet comprises 31 members.

Karzai, who also headed the interim administration, was sworn in as president of the transitional regulation last Wednesday, pledging to continue the fight against terrorism and finis ethnic conflicts and warlordism in the country

Afghanistan began the rehabilitation proces after the downfall of the Taliban militia in December last year following the US-l antiterrorism operations.

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