The wife of president Ashraf Ghani has surprised many Afghans by speaking out on women and internally displaced people
When Ashraf Ghani gave his inaugural speech as he entered Afghanistans presidential palace in September, he did something few people expected of their countrys new leader he praised the work of his wife Rula, and thanked her for her support.
The former president Hamid Karzai never appeared in public with his wife during his 10 years in office. Now, Ghani was proclaiming that his spouse would wield political influence. Three weeks ago, she began making good on that promise, and set up an office in the palace to advise on how to improve conditions for the countrys at least 750,000 internally displaced people (IDPs).
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