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David Miliband
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Afghanistan: A Step Forward in Fighting Corruption

Posted 29 March 2010 by David Miliband  |  1 comments
Last week President Karzai issued a decree boosting the Afghan High Office of Oversight (HOO) – a key anti-corruption body in Afghanistan. The issue is vital, as I mentioned in my recent speech at MIT in Boston.   In some regions the average Afghan is paying $100 in bribes to officials  every year. Action against corruption was- rightly - high on the agenda at the London Conference in January.

The decree empowers the HOO to investigate allegations of corruption and forward cases for prosecution. It also creates a Monitoring and Evaluation Committee which will report on the government's fight against corruption.

The move provides the basis for a strong anti-corruption framework in Afghanistan – leadership by President Karzai will be important

David Miliband
29 March 2010
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>> Sir, corruption is a universal social disease; it is continuously killing development process at...<<
Prabhat Misra, District Savings Officer, Etawah, U.P., India
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>> Sir, corruption is a universal social disease; it is continuously killing development process at grass root level. There must be the end of corruption. Afghanistan's decision of HOO is excellent and will be helpful to stop corruption so that the needy people could feel and get the benefit of development. <<

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