KABUL - The upcoming Council of Ministers session will decide about the resignation of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency (AISA) officials and their claims of rife corruption in the agency, the presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi told TOLOnews on Sunday.
"The issue [of corruption] is still a claim by the seven staff of AISA who resigned, so it needs more investigation to see how much is correct. We still need to collect all the evidence and then discuss it in the next cabinet meeting," President Hamid Karzai's spokesman Faizi said.

AISA is considered to the major organization for the development of the private sector as it offers support to foreign investors and is responsible for distributing trade and business investment licenses, legalizing the activities of the Afghan and foreign private companies.

Deputy head of the Afghanistan Industries Association Abdul Jabar Safi believes that any delay or inconsistency in the activities of AISA will harm the business sector in the country

"AISA is a important economical center which gives license to investors. Its problems need to be solved completely. Everyone should come under the investigation to find out who is correct," he told TOLOnews.
Deputy Chief Executive of Afghan Chamber of Commerce Khanjan Alokozay said that the issues raised within AISA will not be solved unless President Karzai himself intervenes.

"Besides our security problems, administrative problems will not be beneficial for the country. It affects economics, the private sector and business investment, so the President should intervene," he said.

The seven AISA officials resigned Thursday in a letter to Karzai, citing corrupt practices including improper hiring and promotions under the direction of the new president Wafiullah Eftekhar who was appointed in May.
Eftekhar refuted the claims on Thursday, telling TOLOnews that they were baseless and called for proof. (Tolo News)