How to Launch a Successful Anti-Corruption Drive in Afghanistan - huffingtonpost

- The international community must take concrete measures to address the genuine concerns of the Afghan people in regard to their faulty and corrupt contracting mechanisms and wasteful practices. As the main and largest donor to Afghanistan, the United States must show its commitment to preventing corruption in its aid to Afghanistan.

The Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) must be empowered with the means to enable it to fulfill its crucial mandate. As a strong message to the Afghan people, a good start can be a review of the military contracting mechanism at Bagram Airbase and Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and a review of local security contracts and the disclosure of its outcome to the public. A key question for the Afghan public is who benefits from these contracts and how?Read more at: How to Launch a Successful Anti-Corruption Drive in Afghanistan

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