Ambitious and impatient, Afghan leader eyes aid, peace, reform


  • World
  • Thursday, 04 Dec 2014

Afghanistan's President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani holds a news conference in Brussels December 2, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman

KABUL (Reuters) - New Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has set about overhauling a dysfunctional administration and containing a growing insurgency with plenty of energy, and some would say impatience, in marked contrast to his predecessor.

Where Hamid Karzai tended to invite tribal officials and ministers for talks at the presidential palace, Ghani, inaugurated in September after months of wrangling with his rival, has been more hands-on.

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