US still worry about corruption in Afghanistan

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has vowed in after his re-election to prevent corruption his new cabinet.

But the United States and the United Nations fear that still corruption will continue, and the US announced they would organize anti- corruption workshops for Afghan officials.

The US embassy in Kabul expressed concern over the illegal smuggling of money from airports and borders saying annually three billion US dollars are illegally leaving the country through Kabul airport. Antoni Vineg American finance controller to Afghanistan is also concerned about corruption.

Antoni Vineg said “Daily ten million US dollars illegally transfers from Afghanistan to Dubai, an investigation shows in last 18 days more then $190m illegally transferred from Afghanistan to outside. Afghan government has to be aware where the money goes like many other countries”.

The Kabul International airport workers are agree and say that the finance ministry and private banks help the illegal transfer of money by powerful people. And nobody can stop them.

As part of the fight against corruption Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahabi was found guilty of giving a contract for a city project without competition. An Afghan court sentenced him to four years in jail and ordered him to repay more than sixteen thousand US dollars involved in the contract.
He was the first senior Afghan official to be prosecuted since President Hamid Karzai came under pressure from the United Nations to deal seriously with corruption after his re-election.

By Sadia Hasanzada