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Masoud Andarabi Appointed as Acting Interior Minister
Former NDS official Massoud Andarabi has been appointed as acting interior minister, a government source confirmed to Ariana News Monday.
Andarabi previously served as acting head and deputy of the National Directorate of Security.
His appointment comes after Amrullah Saleh resigned as acting interior minister last month.
Salehi served in the position for 27 days and stepped down after being picked by President Ghani in his ticket as his First Vice President for July presidential elections.
Following Saleh’s resignation, President Ghani had asked his National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib to take charge of the Interior Ministry until new minister being introduced.
The appointment of Andarabi also comes a week after three top interior ministry officials have been removed from their posts including first deputy interior minister Janan Barakzai, deputy interior minister for security affairs Akhtar Ibrahimi and director of counter-terrorism department Najib Aman. They were replaced with fresh faces.
Fasihuddin Fetrat, Chief of Staff of the Afghan Armed Forces, traveled to Qatar on Sunday to attend the Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX 2026).
The Ministry of National Defense confirmed the visit through its spokesperson, Enayatullah Khwarazmi, via his X (formerly Twitter) account.
The Doha International Maritime Defense Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX) will take place January 19-22.
This year’s edition of DIMDEX is set to be its largest since the event’s launch in 2008, officials said.
The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has announced plans to transfer children from private orphanages to government-run facilities.
The initiative aims to ensure better services and provide a healthy education for children, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The ministry also highlighted that the Islamic Emirate has established separate orphanages for boys and girls across all provinces, currently serving more than 10,000 children.
The Ministry of Higher Education announced on Sunday that, by the directive of the Supreme Leader, Afghanistan’s top university graduates will be recruited into government institutions.
According to the ministry, approximately 1,555 top graduates from across Afghanistan have been selected and will be recruited based on their field of study.
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