BONN, Dec 5 (AFP) - Following is an approved but still incomplete list of members of an interim government that will lead Afghanistan for a six-month period.

The list below was given to AFP by the Northern Alliance. It is subject to confirmation by the United Nations, which sponsored the accord.

The UN said the list was yet to be fully finalised -- some names are missing -- because one group in the cabinet had yet to confirm its nominees will take part.

The list also specifies which camp the officials are from: the so-called Rome group of ex-king Mohammed Zahir Shah, the United Front (or Northern Alliance) and the so-called Peshawar group.

Of the 30 posts, 18 are from the Northern Alliance, 11 are from the Rome group, and one from the Peshawar group.

UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi's criteria also stipulated that eleven are ethnic Pashtun, eight are ethnic Tajiks, five are ethnic Hazaras and three are ethnic Uzbeks. The remaining three come from smaller ethnic groups.

Chairman: Hamid Karzai (Rome)
Vice-Chair and Women's Affairs: Dr Sima Samar (Rome)
Vice-Chair and Defence: Mohammad Qaseem Fahim (United Front)
Vice-Chair and Planning: Haji Muhammad Mohaqqeq (United Front)
Vice-Chair and Water and Electricity: Shaker Kargar (United Front)
Vice-Chair and Finance: Hedayat Amin Arsala (Rome)

Members:

Dept of Foreign Affairs: Dr Abdullah Abdullah (United Front)
Dept of the Interior: Mohammad Yunus Qanooni (United Front)
Dept of Commerce: Seyyed Mustafa Kazemi (United Front)
Dept of Mines and Industries: Mohammad Alem Razm (United Front)
Dept of Small Industries: Aref Noorzai (United Front)
Dept of Information and Culture: Dr. Raheen Makhdoom (Rome)
Dept of Communication: Abdul Rahim (United Front)
Dept of Labour and Social Affairs: Mir Wais Sadeq (United Front)
Dept of Hajj et Auqaf: Mohammad Hanif Hanif Balkhi (United Front)
Dept of Martyrs et Disabled: Adbullah Wardak (United Front)
Dept of Higher Education: Dr Sharif Faez (United Front)
Dept of Public Health: Suhaila Siddiq (United Front)
Dept of Rural Development: Abdul Malik Anwar (Rome)
Dept of Urban Development: Haji Abdul Qadir (United Front)
Dept of Transport: Sultan Hamid Hamid (Rome)
Dept for the Return of Refugees: Enayatullah Nazeri (United Front)
Dept of Agriculture: Sayed Hussein Anwari (United Front)
Dept of Irrigation: Haji Mangal Hussein (Peshawar)
Dept of Justice: Abdul Rahim Karimi (United Front)
Dept of Air Transport and Tourism: Rahim Wardak (Rome)
Dept of Border Affairs: Amanullah Zadran (Rome)
Dept of Education: to be confirmed (Rome)
Dept of Public Works: to be confirmed (Rome)
Dept of Reconstruction: to be confirmed (Rome)

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