KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani nominated ministers for his new cabinet on Monday, after a wait of more than three months, in a bid to form a working government to tackle rampant corruption and the escalating war with Taliban insurgents.
Many Afghan institutions have been all-but-paralysed for a year amid a months-long election crisis and uncertainty over whether the withdrawal of most foreign combat troops last month will lead to more violence and territorial gains by the Taliban.
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