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Kabul mayor Mir Abdul Ahad Sahebi back at work despite graft sentence
8 hours ago ago from The Statesmen | Media you can Believe in
Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi at his office in Kabul, Afghanistan KABUL: The return of Kabul’s mayor to work just days after he was sentenced to four years in prison for corruption cast a spotlight on renewed Afghan pledges to fight endemic graft on Wednesday. An Afghan court sentenced Mir Abdul Ahad Sahebi on Monday for wasting around 16,500 dollars of public money after hearing one of a string of corruption, embezzlement and ...
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22 hours ago ago from Good News Now
KABUL -President Hamid Karzai's promise to fight the rampant graft and bribery plaguing his government has hit a road bump right down the street from his palace. Despite a corruption conviction, the mayor of Kabul remains in charge of the Afghan capital. Karzai has called for an end to a "culture of impunity" and said his government was committed to bringing to justice corrupt officials and abuse of public property. Yet the government's ...
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