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Karzai invites anti-corruption experts to set up squad
Afghanistan News.Net
Monday 16th November, 2009
The Afghan government has said it will form a major police unit to reduce corruption among senior officials.
Security officials from the US, Britain and the European Union will train prosecutors in the unit who will investigate graft
The head of Afghanistan's anti-corruption office, Mohammad Yasin Osmani, will be given the task of coordinating the squad, which he has said should be running in six months.
Afghan ministers will be required during the six month period to examine all of their employees to determine whether they were hired based on merit or cronyism.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has come under increasing US pressure to fight corruption in his government since he won the election in a disputed victory.
US officials have said a key issue for President Karzai as a partner in the war will be his ability to fight corruption.  Email this story to a friend
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