Withdrawal of part of support to US Afghanistan due to corruption September 20th, 5:53
The US government announced that part of the support would be withdrawn or frozen due to corruption within the Afghan government, and urged the Afghan government to detect corruption.
The US State Department issued a statement on the 19th, withdrawing the $ 100 million support that was planned for infrastructure development due to serious corruption within the Afghan government, and Clarified that the offer will be frozen.
On top of that, he criticized the Afghan government for lack of transparency in budgets and procurement, and urged the government to clearly detect and prepare to fight corruption.
In Afghanistan where corruption is serious, the presidential election scheduled for 28th this month is concerned about fraudulent acts such as acquisitions, and Secretary of State Pompeio urged reporters to `` request a free and fair election '' It was.
In Afghanistan, anti-corruption measures have not been advanced, such as the suspicion that the funds contributed by Japan as a salary for local police officers were embezzled within the government two years ago, and support from the international community including Japan The way of being is questioned.