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| Karzai Forms Committee to Monitor Aid Spending |
| 2010-12-31 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan government and International Community will monitor every penny of aid money spent in Afghanistan. President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai has issued a decree about formation of a committee comprised of national and international members to supervise and control funds spent in the country. The High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption said the committee will be responsible to introduce any organisation accused of wasting money, to justice institutions. A lack of oversight over aid money spent and wasted in Afghanistan has caused widespread concerns in Afghanistan. The committee is consisted of six members including three foreigners and it will start to work, said Head of the High Office of Oversight and Anti-Corruption (HOOAC). "The Monitor and assessment committee was officially formed yesterday by President Karzai. The Committee is in charge of monitoring corruption-linked cases in government institutions and international organisations," Mohammad Yasin Osmani, head of HOOAC, told TOLOnews. While welcoming formation of such oversight committee, they said such committees would not work if the government and international community fail to make a strong political will. "Only the establishment of a monitoring committee is not enough. We have witnessed formation of such committees and commissions in the past, but in order to produce positive results there has to be a strong political will to fight against corruption," Hamidullah Farouqi, an Afghan economist, told TOLOnews. The Afghan government says it can only be accountable for the international funding spent in Afghanistan if the aid is channelled through the government. |
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