Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, chief executive

Minister Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai, chief executive of the Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, (center-right with black blazer), Qazi Mohammad Amin Qaqad, member of the Kabul High Peace Council, (center with long white beard), and Mohammad Ashraf Naseri, Governor of Zabul Province, (center-left with brown brown vest/glasses answer a few questions from the Afghanistan media following a jirga held May 7, 2011 in the capital city of Qalat. The jirga wrapped up the minister's two-day visit to the region in which he spoke with village and district elders about security, peace, and reintegration programs, and the future of the people in the province and the country. The visit yielded several productive meetings regarding the local provincial peace council and the future reintegration of Taliban commanders and fighters, and the contract signing of the Provincial Joint Secretariat Team. More than 250 representatives from throughout the province attended the jirga. Other key officials from Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security and High Peace Council, the Afghan National Army and Police, several provincial district governors, members of the newly approved Zabul Provincial Joint Secretariat Team, as well as members of the local provincial reconstruction team and the International Security Assistance Force were also present.