It is a special pleasure to introduce Dr. Kabir Ranjbar, a regular working partner of the NCPR, and his essay of recommendations. Dr. Ranjbar was born in 1943 in Kabul. In the recent Afghan Parliamentary elections of September 2005, he was elected to the Wolesi Jirga from theprovince of Kabul. Prior to being elected to the Lower House, Dr. Ranjbar served as the Headof the Lawyers Union and currently he is the Head of the Central Auditing and Monitoring ofthe Law Commission of the Wolesi Jirga.