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Abdullah Urges Wider Public Support to Fight Corruption

Abdullah Urges Wider Public Support to Fight Corruption

WARSAW - Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah Saturday confirmed that corruption has taken root in various levels of government, but said that the corruption emanates from the previous government.
The CEO reiterated government's strong will to fight the trend in the country and said solid action is being taken against present and former government officials involved in corruption.
At the same time the chief executive called for wider public support to enable government to combat corruption in the country.
"Today the people face corruption; do they also realize that this has happened over the past few years; first let's resolve these issues ... unfortunately, corruption exists in various levels," he said.
Abdullah also highlighted government's policies towards regional and ultra-regional countries by saying that today every nation is ready to help Afghanistan and that the NUG has been successful while defining relations with other countries.
He said that no country is sensitive to other nations helping Afghanistan.
"Fortunately, when it comes to cooperation with Afghanistan, there is no visible sensitivity compared to other countries. The rivalries which exist between regional and ultra-regional powers, there is no such sensitivity with Afghanistan. For instance, a few days back China announced its military cooperation to Afghanistan; if this aid was dispatched to another country, it would create some reluctance, but regarding Afghanistan all countries have similar views," Abdullah said.
Meanwhile a number of analysts have said that government should concentrate on taking practical steps rather than chanting slogans against corruption in order to convince the world to continue their military and financial cooperation to Afghanistan.
"Unfortunately we failed to deliver on our promises we made to the world and this is quite tragic, we must be serious regarding our war against corruption and take solid steps in the way of promoting good governance," said political analyst Mohammad Akram Arifi.
"The international community, particularly NATO member nations, keep some sort of interest in Afghanistan and they have come here to achieve their objectives; we must boost the capacity building to take advantage of their presence in Afghanistan and protect our interests," military analyst Ajmal Sais said.
President Ashraf Ghani and his CEO last week formally announced the inauguration of the Anti-Corruption Justice Center in Kabul and said it was a sign of government's commitment to fighting corruption.
The move also aims to revive international trust, however analysts say that a strong government commitment and sovereignty of the center are key elements to benefiting from it.
During his inaugural speech last September, Ghani laid out his vision to fix the nation's economy and take steps against systematic corruption in the country, something many Afghans cast doubts on by saying that the government leadership so far has not been able to deliver on pledges they made in the way fighting corruption.(Tolonews)