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Supreme Court to Sweep Corrupted Figures out of Gov’t
Officials in Afghanistan Supreme Court have launched serious fight against the corrupted figures within the Governmental departments, claiming that 119 corrupted Governmental figures whom were involved in corruption cases either were dismissed or jailed in less than 2 years.
The Supreme Court spokesman urged that 786 corruption cases were recorded in less than one year.
Supreme Court spokesman Abudullah Attayee said,” We have launched a serious fight against corruption within the Governmental departments, in the past 18 months 119 figures where 9 judges were among them due to involving in corruption cases either were dismissed from the duties or were put into the jail.”
Officials in Afghanistan Supreme Court insisted on bringing reformation in judicial system in the past 2 years 659 judges were exchanged from their posts.
Meanwhile Attorney General Office spokesman declared fighting corruption is our priority insisted the Afghanistan high ranking figures who are involved in big corruption cases are being reviewed by our office.
Attorney General Office spokesman Jamshid Rasouli said,” prosecutors who are accused of corruption either will be dismissed or send to the jail, serious efforts to combat corruption are underway.”
For further transparency we are launching judicial sessions publicly, and to speed up the administrative work 5 divisions were increased into 8 divisions.
Reported by Fawad Nassiri
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IEA urges World Bank to resume work on 7,000 incomplete projects
Officials at the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) say 7,000 incomplete projects of the World Bank are at risk of destruction in Afghanistan. They call on the World Bank to resume the work of these projects.
According to them, discussions have been held with the World Bank about these projects, but there has been no result yet.
“7,000 incomplete projects are being destroyed, and if the work is not started, these projects will be destroyed. We ask the World Bank to resume the work of these projects as soon as possible,” said Noorul Hadi Adel, the spokesperson of MRRD.
Meanwhile, members of the private sector also ask international institutions to resume their work in Afghanistan.
According to the officials of this sector, with the start of these projects, job opportunities will be provided for thousands of people in the country.
“These projects create employment for our people and the country will grow a lot,” said Mirwais Hajizadeh, a member of the private sector.
However, economic experts stated if the work of these projects does not start soon, they will be destroyed and the investments made in them will be wasted.
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Ten people killed by floods in Helmand
Ten people have been killed and six others injured by floods in Helmand province in the past week, local officials said on Friday.
According to officials, seven of those were members of the same family, and they were killed in Kajaki district last night.
“Most of the people moved from vulnerable areas to high lands and mountains, and thanks Allah the number of casualties is low,” Sher Mohammad Vahdat, the head of information of the Directorate of Information and Culture in Helmand, said adding rescue teams and security forces have been dispatched to help people.
It is said that the telecommunication system has also been disrupted due to the effect of floods in Kajaki district. Floods have also destroyed thousands of acres of agricultural land.
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UN envoy meets Indian foreign minister to discuss Afghanistan
Roza Otunbayeva, the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, met with the Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in New Delhi and discussed issues related to Afghanistan, it was announced on Thursday.
During the meeting, Otunbayeva thanked India for “its critical humanitarian support and longstanding friendship for the Afghan people” and discussed the importance of regional and international cooperation to address prevailing challenges in Afghanistan, UNAMA said on X.
Jaishankar also said on X that the sides exchanged views on the current situation in Afghanistan.
“Underlined that India has provided wheat, medicines, pesticides and school supplies. Appreciate the role of UN agencies as partners in these endeavors,” he said.
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