By Mirabed Joyenda
The commander of the Combined Security Transition Command (CSTC-A) Robert Kaiser on Sunday said that corruption inflicts millions of dollars in financial loses to the Afghan government, and called on officials to take firm steps to stop the scourge.
Corruption also leads to the defection of soldiers from check posts, he said.
Kaiser had been speaking in Kabul on Sunday during the inauguration ceremony of the new Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Center’s (ACJC) building funded by the UK government.
The center was established a few months ago to tackle major corruption cases of government officials.
“Corruption is the enemy of Afghanistan and it kills from the inside out, corruption is why police walk away from their checkpoints ” said Robert Kaiser.
In addition to this, the British ambassador to Kabul Dominic Jermey said that the Afghan government should do more to end the trend and to fight corruption effectively.
Jermey said: “Today is a landmark moment – the inauguration of the UK-funded permanent facility for the ACJC; an institution that is really demonstrating that no longer will high-level corruption in Afghanistan be tolerated.
Read the full story at TOLOnews