VOA News November 14, 2016 In Afghanistan, members of the country’s national security forces are facing several internal challenges, even as they are locked in intense fighting with the Taliban. In some cases, U.S.-trained forces are defecting to the Taliban. VOA’s Ayesha Tanzeem has more.
Reuters: Afghan Taliban militants have strengthened their grip on lucrative illegal mining operations in the north of the country, as security forces focus most of their efforts on battling the insurgency in the volatile south, officials said. Abuses by local commanders with private militias and beyond the purview of central government have also driven people into
The Guardian (UK): When I worked as an adviser to the Afghanistan government, even the smallest of infrastructure projects became politicised and overshadowed by corruption. When the ministry wanted to provide clean water to villagers, it was sometimes only possible if private companies belonging to local power brokers – usually MPs, district administrators or police chiefs
Ayaz Gul VOA News October 29, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A U.S. government monitoring agency says that more than two dozen programs that cost more than $2.3 billion “were unsuccessful overall as implemented in Afghanistan.” The findings were released on Saturday by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which is responsible for reviewing billions of
1TV: Afghanistan is the third most lawless country in the world as it ranked 111th in total of 113 countries in the list, while Denmark ranked as the most lawful, according to the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index 2016. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: A Pakistani senator has claimed the country fixed the 2009 Afghan Presidential Elections in the favour of the former Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Senator Mushahid Hussain made the revelation during an interview with a local newspaper. Pointing towards Pakistan’s role in shaping the polling results, Senator Hussain explicitly told The Express that “the election, we
Khaama Press: Speaking to a gathering in northern Jawzjan province following a military operation led by him, Gen. Dostum said President Ghani prefers those speaking Pashto and individuals belonging to his province are even more important to him. Gen. Dostum further added the Chief Executive Abdullah is an incapable leader and has lost his fame among
Daily Caller: Rebuilding Afghanistan collectively cost taxpayers $115 billion over the past 15 years, but much of that money has actually been wasted on corrupt officials and even funneled into terrorist organizations, according to authorities. Congress created a Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) to monitor the billions spent on reconstruction, which concludes that pumping money into
PRI: The United States leaders persistently ignored warnings that Afghan government’s highlevels of corruption would undo the rebuilding process, according to reports. American officials received persistent, stark warnings that Afghanistan’s entrenched culture of official corruption would undermine their efforts to rebuild the country after the West’s military invasion 15 years ago, according to recently declassified diplomatic cables
Slate: American officials received persistent, stark warnings that Afghanistan’s entrenched culture of official corruption would undermine their efforts to rebuild that country after the West’s military invasion 15 years ago, according to recently declassified diplomatic cables and internal government reports. Click here to read more (external link).