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    ISAS Briefs

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    358: Elusive Peace in Afghanistan

    Sajjad Ashraf, Consultant, ISAS

    13 January 2015

    The Afghan government of national unity set up under an agreement brokered by the US Secretary of State John Kerry could only announce its first cabinet nominations on 12 January 2014, after 107 days of hard bargaining between two rival camps. The nominations will now be presented to the parliament for confirmation. The agreement made Ashraf Ghani the President and Abdullah Abdullah the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a post akin to a prime minister, with effective powers.