Afghan Financial System Computerised

The financial system of the Afghan government is equipped with modern computer systems

The Afghan Treasure Department of the Ministry of Finance says after the department is equipped with the modern computerised system, all the salary payments and expenditures of government employees will be done through computers and the information will be carried to the ministry in Kabul in a very short time.

The department has cited the modernisation of the country's financial system a big achievement and says that it will encourage the international community to increase donations to the Afghan government.

The Treasure Department has already paid some government employees' salaries using the new financial system in the past two days.

"The control centre shows us the number of cheques, salary amount and expenditures," said head of the treasure department, Mohammad Aqa.

Some of the employees who receive cheques in provinces said with the new machines, they are able to do a one-day work in an hour.

Besides modernisation of the country's financial system, the new systems will help decrease administrative corruption in Afghanistan.