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Strength of New Afghan Cabinet

David Miliband: Do you think President Hamid Karzi will be able to provide a stable situation in Afghanistan with his new cabinet? Mr President Hamid Karzi has possessed presidential election through corruption. Do you think he will be able to eliminate corruption from the country itself ?  Do you think Mr Karzi has education, health, women equal rights and poverty on his top agenda and how serious is he on these issues?

Asked by Tahera N. on Jan 19 2010 6:35:56 PM and supported by 10 members!
Answer by David Miliband:
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Tahera Nassrat

Tahera was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She finished her primary education in Kabul and higher education in Mazar-i-Sharif Afghanistan. Tahera received her first Advance Diploma in accounting in Australia and is now undertaking her Bachelor of Business and Commerce at University of Western Sydney in Australia. Tahera has completed a number of training courses; including Career Development training in Australia, Assertiveness in London, Team Leading & Management in Scotland, Report writing & report Officer Workshop in London, Tools & Procedures for Effective Development- DFID-Kabul, Geographical Information System (GIS), and Program Manager System courses in Islamabad. Tahera has 13 years of working experience. She started her career with MSF-Belguim & Holland, then, UNICEF-Islamabad, DFID Kabul, Office of Fair Trading, Root Project Australia and Lindsay Taylor Lawyers in Australia. Tahera speaks English, Farsi (Dari), Pashto, Urdo and Hindi. She has lived in many different countries. She has a number of different hobbies that many of you might find interesting. She happens to love reading about Afghanistan. Of course who would not expect a prospective Afghan girl not to love reading about her country. However, She likes a bit of all types of topics. For instance, poverty, health, education, security and women rights. Areas of Focus: Social Culture and Politics.