kabul leak memo staff member afghan president ashraf ghani office week set storm criticism accusations note lay bare systematic favoritism ghani pashtun ethnic group undated memo appointments administrative office president aop appear show job award eye keep control hand pashtuns give appearance diversity leak cause severe embarrassment ghani fragile government long face criticism favor pashtuns traditionally powerful among patchwork different ethnic group afghanistan include tajiks hazaras uzbeks leak may well tip iceberg write amrullah saleh former head national directorate security close chief executive abdullah abdullah mainly tajik jamiat-i-islami party post facebook saleh say memo show clique consolidate power soft purge involve indirect intimidation fake identities marginalization others memo senior staff member aop initially share limit number people message platform apparently mistake find way daily newspaper etilaat roz week tajiks uzbeks work completely us appoint symbolically people think every ethnicity represent say another point mention official say good person bring hazaras appoint top position look pashtuns fluent languages official post memo message platform resign aop issue statement say personal document send one staff represent overall policy office shah hussain mortazawi spokesman ghani also reject memo say place ethnic discrimination government however set storm angry comment social media influential figure like saleh another former intelligence chief rahmatullah nabil highlight simmer resentments within government camp less year parliamentary elections due july administration ghani head painstakingly put together dispute elections 2014 main opponent abdullah claim victory amid accusations massive cheat side u.s.-brokered power share deal leave ghani president abdullah alongside chief executive start government beset dispute appointments carve ethnic line leak memo fuel accusations ethnic bias afghan government