Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Kabul (BNA) The lower house of parliament approved Masoom Stanikzai as the National Directorate of Security (NDS) chief and Abdullah Khan Habibi as the Minister of Defense during a voting session here yesterday, BNA reported.
Stanikzai achieved 161 votes out of 224 lawmakers available during today’s session in the Lower House of the Parliament, where Habibi also received 167 votes out of 224 lawmakers available in the session and was approved as the Minister of Defense.
Stanikzai was previously serving as the acting Minister of Defense after he was rejected for the post by the parliament and Habibi was serving as the Chief of Staff in Afghan National Army before he was assigned as the acting minister of defense.
