Afghan President Hamid Karzai has issued an ambitious list of government reforms.
His 23-page decree orders ministries, prosecutors, and the judiciary to fight bribery, nepotism, and cronyism.
It instructs officials to clear the attorney general's office and the courts of languishing corruption-related cases and do more than talk about bringing crooked figures to justice.
In the decree, Karzai also repeats his request that high-ranking government officials or their relatives not be granted rebuilding contracts.
Donor nations have long expressed concern about corruption within the Afghan government. Some $16 billion in aid pledged this month at a Tokyo conference is tied to a new monitoring process to ensure that the money is not diverted by corrupt officials or mismanaged.
Karzai has blamed international contracting procedures for some of the problems.
His 23-page decree orders ministries, prosecutors, and the judiciary to fight bribery, nepotism, and cronyism.
It instructs officials to clear the attorney general's office and the courts of languishing corruption-related cases and do more than talk about bringing crooked figures to justice.
In the decree, Karzai also repeats his request that high-ranking government officials or their relatives not be granted rebuilding contracts.
Donor nations have long expressed concern about corruption within the Afghan government. Some $16 billion in aid pledged this month at a Tokyo conference is tied to a new monitoring process to ensure that the money is not diverted by corrupt officials or mismanaged.
Karzai has blamed international contracting procedures for some of the problems.
