The Attorney General of Afghanistan Farid Hamidi at a press conference on Monday briefed the nation about his one-year activities where he said his office has managed to assess at least 42,000 cases last year.
 
Calling his achievements a breakthrough in Afghanistan’s judicial system, Hamidi said that the Anti-Corruption Criminal Justice Center – which has the responsibility of handling big corruption cases – issued penalties on at least 67 high-ranking officials, among them 16 army and police generals and seven deputy heads of various organizations over their involvement in corruption.
 
From almost 7,000 suspected fugitives, Hamidi said, 1,271 of them have joined insurgent groups while the body implemented its order on 3,000 others.
 
The Attorney General’s Office has issued verdicts on at least 212 suspects last year, Hamidi said, adding that investigations are ongoing on the allegations of sexual abuse of woman members of Afghanistan’s Football Federation.
 
In this episode of Mehwar, host Sadaf Amiri discusses the topic with Jamshid Rasuli, spokesman for AGO and Nasir Taimuri, a researcher for Integrity Watch Afghanistan.