KABUL - Ahmad Zia Massoud, President Ashraf Ghani's Special Representative for Reform and Good Governance, has criticized the employment process in government organizations, saying that a number of officials in security agencies have been hired based on parties' relations and other issues, not merit-based.
"Unfortunately, those who are leading the security agencies, most of them lack the required skills or they have been appointed based on relations and Afghanistan witnesses their damages on a dailiy basis. The durability of the current situation is not tolerable for Afghans," Massoud said at a gathering commemorating the death anniversary of Ahmad Shah Massoud, former jihadi leader.
At the same event, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said: "[Ahmad Shah] Massoud stopped terror and terrorism for at least 10 years. NATO faced the similar enemy with all its facilities while Amer Sahib [commander Massoud] fought the enemy with very few facilities."
Meanwhile, Haifz Mansour, member of the Wolesi Jirga (the Lower House of Parliament) criticized what he called a lack of coordination among security agencies as well as the rift between the National Unity Government leaders.
"[Some] cabinet members get excited when they see a problem occurs. They say that the president [Ashraf Ghani] did not consult with us and now he is faced with this problem. This is not true," he said.
A number of cultural activists and foreign officials also attended at the event.(Tolonews)