Karzai Is Overhauling Top Cabinet Posts, Western Officials Say - nytimes

KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has deepened a cabinet shake-up in the most important security and intelligence ministries, firing the country’s spy chief on Wednesday and, according to Western officials, lining up replacements for that post and the vacant Defense and Interior ministries, at least one of which seemed likely to heighten tensions between the Parliament and the presidential palace. - Karzai Is Said to Shake Up Afghan Leadership