Being an Afghan General Is Nice Work if You Can Get It. And Many Do. - The New York Times
Mujib Mashal
Sibghatullah Mujadidi, the interim president of the mujahedeen government, which was backed by the Central Intelligence Agency, had little to offer the disheveled fighters who crowded his waiting room, so an aide kept note of whoever asked to become a general.
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