Karzai Corruption

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani vowed on Friday to take immediate action to tackle corruption if elected, acknowledging that donors had grown disgruntled over misuse of aid.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sacked five provincial governors, including a key Western ally in one of the most turbulent battlegrounds of the south, officials said on Thursday. Government insiders said the move was part of efforts to reform and fight corruption, but the dismissal of Mohammad Gulab Mangal in Helmand province could ruffle Britis...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that he is encouraged by pledges to provide Afghanistan with $16 billion in aid, but warned that corruption in his country cannot be rooted out unless donors themselves take more action.

The government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries here, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man.One of them is Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar, who last month took the politically risky course of trying to prosecute senior members of Mr. Karzai's government. Two we...

The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for the National Security Council, appears to have been on the payroll for many years, acco...

Talking tough, US President Barack Obama has vowed to deny a safe haven to Al-Qaida and reverse "Taliban's momentum" in Afghanistan, as he asked his counterpart Hamid Karzai to act decisively against corruption on his first visit to the country.

In a stern message to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, the United States has warned him to act fast against corruption and governance failing which it will find someone else for the job.

Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani vowed on Friday to take immediate action to tackle corruption if elected, acknowledging that donors had grown disgruntled over misuse of aid.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sacked five provincial governors, including a key Western ally in one of the most turbulent battlegrounds of the south, officials said on Thursday. Government insiders said the move was part of efforts to reform and fight corruption, but the dismissal of Mohammad Gulab Mangal in Helmand province could ruffle Britis...

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that he is encouraged by pledges to provide Afghanistan with $16 billion in aid, but warned that corruption in his country cannot be rooted out unless donors themselves take more action.

The government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries here, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man.One of them is Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar, who last month took the politically risky course of trying to prosecute senior members of Mr. Karzai's government. Two we...

The aide to President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan at the center of a politically sensitive corruption investigation is being paid by the Central Intelligence Agency, according to Afghan and American officials. Mohammed Zia Salehi, the chief of administration for the National Security Council, appears to have been on the payroll for many years, acco...

Talking tough, US President Barack Obama has vowed to deny a safe haven to Al-Qaida and reverse "Taliban's momentum" in Afghanistan, as he asked his counterpart Hamid Karzai to act decisively against corruption on his first visit to the country.

In a stern message to Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, the United States has warned him to act fast against corruption and governance failing which it will find someone else for the job.