Two Afghan Ministers Resign

The Karzai government faces new challenged with the announcement that two of its ministers have resigned:

KABUL -- Afghanistan's spy chief and interior minister resigned Sunday, taking responsibility for failing to prevent an attack on a government conference held in Kabul last week.

President Hamid Karzai said in a statement that Interior Minster Hanif Atmar and General Director for National Security Amrullah Saleh provided explanations for the security breach that were "not satisfactory."

Both men were considered close to the U.S., and had earned a reputation for being reformists in a government widely regarded as ineffectual. Saleh has a close relationship with the CIA that dates back to Afghanistan's civil war in the 1990s.

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