Sticking to the very oath one takes prior to joining a public position that calls for unconditional sincerity to the assigned undertaking ever tests a person’s faithfulness. Every deed we undertake on account of greater interest is deemed a divine service that earns us virtue and fortifies our faith. If one tends to cut down or exploits the amount of time, authority and resources at his dispense for some heinous purposes is deemed an evil practice and unforgiveable deed. This is an act of corruption and equally condemnable deed. This evil practice give birth to thousands of harms, crucifies justice, equality, peace and order turning the society a breeding ground of viciousness and initialize the cycle of evil.

Afghanistan stands among the poorest countries of world with more than 60 percent of its population living below or slightly above the line of poverty; still some officials do not sympathize with Afghans. The most prior reason behind the failure to strengthen the backbone of Afghan economy is the severe security problems and deep-rooted corruption. No significant progress has been made albeit elongated international efforts to revive Afghanistan’s economy improve the living standard of people and create greater job opportunities provided that the menace of corruption constantly depleted the rate of progress is minimized. 

Earlier the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) reported the alleged involvement of the officials from the Afghan Ministry of Education (MoE) in providing fraudulent data to donors in order to personally profit off of donations for schools. The elevated concerns of corresponding donor agencies are equitable stance and must be tried for reversal. Reportedly, SIGAR, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) had spent 769 million USD to support education in Afghanistan since March 31, 2015. It was also reported that the school teachers were being recruited and appointed by the Taliban in the Shah Joy district.

Following the SIGAR report the Officials from Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission’s (AIHRC) office in Ghor province had reported findings that fraudulent school statistics have allowed commanders of illegal armed groups operating in the area to embezzle millions of Afghanis intended for teachers’ salaries. The investigation of AIHRC officials has revealed numerous “ghost schools” in Ghor province, meaning, schools that exist on paper and receive funding, but in reality do not exist or are not operating. The funding intended for these schools is said to line the pockets of local powerbrokers and militant leaders.

This irreversibly worsening state of affair is a going concern and yet the government hasn’t moved to curtail the wrongdoers. The list of positional manipulation does not stop here; instead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has come under serious criticism after America’s federal watchdog found out that the agency provided “inaccurate” data about the location of nearly two dozen health facilities in Afghanistan’s western zone. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction’s (SIGAR) inspection of the $259.6 million Partnership Contracts for Health (PCH) program has found “substantial inaccuracies” in the GPS coordinates USAID provided for 23 of the 63 healthcare facilities it was funding in Herat province. Undoubtedly the said organization is foreign even then the concerning public department has to keep a check over the proper functioning of the services and must have the details of standard operating procedure of the organization and its fund imbursement of procedure. The government can not delink from the said manipulation before interrogation. If the government comes up to be clear and its ratified plot is executed by the donor agency itself then government can reclaim the allocated fund.  Seemingly, the unity government is all-encompassing government that contains every section of Afghan society; nonetheless it’s frequently subjected to prolonged suspension over making critical decisions on significant issues, as witnessed at present relative to distribution of ministries. In spite of unexpected delays in cabinet formation, an end to prevalent corruption has rendered one of the foremost challenges for both president and chief executive –nonetheless the government has lagged behind taking the required initiatives to restrain the ongoing corruption.  The unity government seems to be hung on different issues –most probably the trial of any official may test the loyalty of another official and hence complicating the affairs of government.  Putting an end to this very issue requires committed leadership, owing to take serious and long lasting decisions against the elimination of the prevalent corruption. Many problems in the third world countries are associated with flawed or delayed fixation of responsibilities; the culprit either escape owning the unlawful activity or keep on shifting the responsibilities from one to another stakeholder. Finally, no one is brought to book and hence justice delayed is justice denied. Particularly, when justice is to be exercised against a high profile person, then the anticipation of recovery and evenhandedness die its natural death. The continuous tales of fund embezzlement unearthed by international organizations were small enough to earn the attention of the political rulers, in fact is sufficient to diminish their trust to be trusted.  Despite these measures the corrupt officials enjoys misappropriating their positions, provided the system of general amnesty to potential power abuser are chained fast to the ground, given number of influential personalities involved in money embezzlement from public offices, heinous crime against citizens and power misuse were given amnesty without being subjected to strict measures entailing answerability. This attitude would discouraged new investments with remnants intended to downsizing and withdrawing a dire omen for progress of country needs immediate reversal by practical measures.