With the Brussels Summit on Afghanistan less than three months away, the Afghan government is apparently expediting efforts to define a more robust and coherent anti-graft policy aimed at restoring trust between the country and its strategic allies in order to secure their continued financial, military and moral support in the years ahead.

On Wednesday, President Ashraf Ghani's deputy spokesman Shahhussain Murtazawi assured the nation of government's commitment to fighting the trend by defining more inclusive anti-corruption measures ahead of the Brussels Summit in October.

He said that all government institutions are expected to outline their anti-corruption policies at a special meeting on Thursday.

Referring to government's counter-corruption strategy, corruption monitoring groups have cautiously welcomed the announcement.

The Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) has however cast doubt over the effectiveness of government's anti-graft policies in the past, urging the political leadership to make sure that the newly established anti-corruption justice center starts its work soon.

The center aims to probe corruption cases of government officials.

The MEC has called on government to finalize major corruption cases in the country in order to revive the trust of the international community.

The Brussels Summit in a way will revive the commitments made by the international community to Afghanistan during the Warsaw Summit earlier this month, however government needs to take firm steps to combat corruption ahead of the next summit.

While government is convinced of the future-effectiveness of the anti-corruption justice center, critics still cast doubt over government's anti-corruption policies.

"The Afghan government takes such initiatives before every summit, but when the summits are concluded, government also stops its efforts and this is not a good approach," said Yama Turabi, head of MEC.

But, government still defends its anti-corruption measures.

"High Council of Governance, Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption convenes its first meeting tomorrow; the ministries are expected to define their anti-corruption measures which are concrete and practical work will start," said presidential spokesman Haroon Chakhansuri.

But, monitoring groups have said that government needs to take solid action to combat corruption before the Brussels Summit.

"The government needs to prioritize corruption and address the issue firmly; the anti-corruption justice center must assume its work before the Brussels Summit and it should assess a number of major corruption cases," head of Integrity Watch Afghanistan, Sayed Ekram Afzali said.

The question being asked however is why have those appointed to the new center not started their work?

"The anti-corruption justice center will start its job in the near future and it will investigate major cases of corruption," said Basir Azizi, spokesman for the Attorney General of Afghanistan.

The Brussels Summit on Afghanistan is scheduled to take place on 4 and 5 October in Belgium. At least 70 countries and 30 international organizations are expected to attend the key summit.