*KABUL – The Defense Ministry (MoD) has retired another 61 army generalsfrom service in line with a presidential decree, the ministry said in astatement on Monday.*
The generals were retired during a ceremony attending by high-rankinggovernment officials at the Defense Ministry.
Praising the role and work of the retired generals in rehabilitation andtraining of the country’s military forces, Chief of Army Staff MohammadSharif Yaftali said: “History and the people of Afghanistan will neverforget your performance and work for stability and security of the country.”
At the same event, the Defense Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami said thatretirement is a normal administrative process that based on the law appliedto civil and military personnel.
“The process would continue in line with the demand of time, theinternational community and political leadership of the country,” he said.
Hailing the services of the retired generals, Ibrahimi stressed that someretire army generals who had the capability of work in civilian organswould be appointed as governors, deputy governors, analysts and advisors atthe advisory board of national security council so that the Afghan armyleadership could benefit from their expertise.
This comes as President Ashraf Ghani has signed the retirement of 162military generals last year.