 On June 6 , 2010 , Saleh resigned from the NDS while Atmar resigned from his position as interior minister after a militant attack against the national peace jirga , although nobody had been killed or wounded and the attackers had been arrested . A few days after the jirga , Karzai had summoned Atmar and Saleh to discuss the attack against the jirga . After the meeting both men officially resigned because of the failure to stop the attack on the jirga . <unk> writes : " Saleh told reporters he had submitted his resignation as general director of National Security because he had lost Karzai 's trust as a result of the attack . He said he and Atmar had briefed the president on the security preparations for the jirga , and the subsequent " success in ... capturing the facilitators " , but Karzai had not been satisfied . He had therefore felt unable to continue in his post . He also said there were " tens " of reasons for leaving his position , but would not elaborate on others . " The two men 's resignation led to widespread concerns among Afghanistan experts . Concerns were voiced over the direction the country was moving in . 
