Shortly after General Musharraf installed a military government , Rana was appointed as the Defence Secretary of Pakistan , a post he headed as Lieutenant-General until 2001 . In the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11 , 2001 , General Musharraf immediately removed him from the post as he was one of the primary figures involved with the Taliban in Afghanistan
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Naseem Rana