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Ghani Calls for National Jihad to Eliminate Corruption

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(Last Updated On: October 25, 2022)

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Afghanistan needs an overall national Jihad to eliminate corruption and religious scholars should mobilize people for a faithful Jihad against corruption, President Ashraf Ghani said.

“This is not representing the rule of law, it reveals a moral blast and in order to combat against this phenomenon, we requires to announce a global and national jihad to eradicate corruption, I sincerely thank the respected Ulema that have cared about the issue of corruption and I ask them to mobilize our people for Jihad against corruption,” Ghani said on Tuesday while delivering his speech at the National Anti-Corruption Conference of Religious Scholars.

He vows that his government stands with the people with full force in Jihad against corruption and called it one of the main tasks of his government.

“Our people is not corrupt, religious scholars are not corrupt, there are a number of limited officials and traffickers who have put our people reputation at risk. People must not accept corruption, now the main problem is that people think corruption is something natural,” Ghani added.

President Ghani says we have undertaken some fundamental measures to eliminate corruption and we are fully committed.

“Corruption is in the governmental recruitments, it is in two main governmental sectors of judiciary and executive, we have undertaken some measure to eliminate corruption, but corruption history with the depth of forty years must be understood, our first action is to have clean high-ranking officials in the cabinet and other independent institutions in the judiciary,” Ghani stated.

The President called Kabul Bank corruption case as one of his best efforts in the fight against corruptions saying,” all cases of frauds have been reviewed, we are returning embezzled monies, and the world bankruptcy crisis has not experienced such speedy actions, Allah willing it has proven our solid commitment to eliminate corruption,” he emphasized.

Ghani states that the main cause of corruption is related to the contracts which don’t comply with the law and therefore he has created the National Procurement Committee which has saved about 9 billion Afs by reviewing the contracts.

Reported by: Hameed Sediqi

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IEA’s deputy PM invited to Russia to participate in an international meeting

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Russian ambassador in Kabul, Dmitry Zhirnov, on Sunday invited the political deputy prime minister Mawlawi Abdul Kabir to participate in an international meeting that is expected to be held in Kazan city, Tatarstan.

According to a statement issued by the deputy PM’s office, in his meeting with the Russian ambassador, Kabir thanked him for the invitation to this meeting and said that relations between Russia and Afghanistan are important and friendly and Russian businessmen should invest in Afghanistan.

He added that relations between Moscow and Kabul benefit both sides and can help development and stability in the region.

According to the statement, the Russian envoy said that his country is ready to cooperate with Afghanistan in various fields and wants to expand bilateral relations.

He added that cooperation and increased interaction between the Islamic Emirate and Russia can contribute to stability and economic development in the region.

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Hundreds of families displaced due to floods in Ghor

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The Directorate of Migration Affairs in Ghor says one person was killed, two were injured and more than 500 families displaced due to Saturday’s floods in two districts of the province.

The directorate added that floods occurred in Murghab and Chaharsada districts of Ghor, which affected more than ten villages in Marghab district and six villages in Chaharsada district.

According to the directorate, 55 shops, and 10 residential houses have been destroyed and the roads between the two districts are also blocked.

The directorate quoted Mir Ahmad Mosamem, the head of migrant affairs in Ghor, as saying that families from their original places are living in the open air in the mountains and are in urgent need of basic assistance.

According to him, the possibility of more losses is expected.

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Ban on opium cultivation in Afghanistan cost farmers $1.3 billion

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The ban on opium cultivation precipitated a staggering $1.3 billion loss in farmers’ incomes, equivalent to approximately 8 percent of the country’s GDP, the World Bank said in a new report.

The bank said that over the past two fiscal years, the real GDP of Afghanistan contracted by 26 percent, and the country’s economic outlook remains uncertain, with the threat of stagnation looming large until at least 2025.

According to the report, structural deficiencies in the private sector and waning international support for essential services are anticipated to impede any semblance of economic progress.

Half of Afghanistan’s population lives in poverty and 15 million people face food insecurity, it noted.

“Afghanistan’s long-term growth prospects depend on a significant shift from its previous reliance on consumption-driven growth and international aid to a more resilient, private sector-led economy that capitalizes on the country’s strengths,” said Melinda Good, World Bank Country Director for Afghanistan.

“For a sustainable future, Afghanistan needs to address harmful gender policies, invest in health and education, and focus on the comparative advantages it has in the agricultural and extractive sectors.”

The World Bank pointed out that the increase in Afghanistan’s trade deficit is another challenge for the country’s economy. According to the bank’s report, in 2023, Afghanistan’s imports increased by 23% and reached $7.8 billion.

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