Wolesi Jirga calls for probe into ‘Promote’
Members of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) on Wednesday called for probe into multi-million dollar U.S. funded aid program ‘Promote’ in Afghanistan.
Category: Corruption
Bamyan’s head of health directorate arrested over corruption charges
Officials in Bamyan have confirmed the arrest of head of health directorate Seyed Ali Agha Ayub Naseri on corruption charges.
‘Government has failed to root out corruption’
First vice president Mohammad Sarwar Danish on Wednesday said the government has failed to root out corruption.
Military veterans with disabilities feel neglected
A number of military veterans with disabilities complain of being neglected in the peace process.
MoF ‘sabotaging’ vehicle registration drive
The first Vice President Amrullah Saleh has charged the Ministry of Finance for deliberately and knowingly sabotaging the process of registration of undocumented vehicles.
Strings attached to the aid pledged in Geneva
Afghanistan received financial pledges worth an estimated $ 12 billion for the next four years at the Afghanistan International Conference – Geneva with many strings attached.
WJ rebukes Saleh’s remarks against lawmakers
Members of the Wolesi Jirga (lower house) on Tuesday rebuked remarks by the vice president Amrullah Saleh against the lawmakers.
SIGAR reveals $19 billion of funds are ‘lost’
Congress appropriated nearly $134 billion since FY 2002 for Afghanistan reconstruction, but some $19 billion of amount reviewed was lost to waste, fraud, and abuse, said SIGAR
Dozens of private universities operate without license
No decision has been made about the future of these private universities as many students complain about lack of a regular curriculum, suitable premises, and higher fees.
