Khalid Payenda said that nearly 300,000 soldiers and police were invented by corrupt officials to fill government books so generals could pocket their wages. Facebook
* Ex-finance minister Khalid Payenda said officials added phantom personnel
* Some of these included 'desertions' and 'martyrs' who were not in the army
* They were added to official lists so generals could take their wages, he claimed
* He claimed some officials accepted their wages and payment from the Taliban Afghanistan's ex-finance minister has claimed the Taliban easily conquered the country because corrupt officials invented 'ghost soldiers' and took payment from the Islamist group.
Khalid Payenda said most of the 300,000-strong army and police officers did not exist and that generals added the phantom personnel to official lists so they could take their wages.
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Afghanistan's Former Finance Minister Says “Ghost Soldiers” And Corrupt Government Officials Were Responsible For The Taliban's Ability To Quickly Seize Control If The Country
Afghanistan's ghost soldiers undermined fight against Taliban - ex-official -- BBC
The Afghan military was made up of 'ghost' soldiers who didn't actually exist, and that's why it collapsed so rapidly: ex-finance minister -- Business Insider
Ex-Afghan finance minister Payenda blames ‘ghost soldiers’ for Taliban victory -- NYPost
‘Ghost soldiers’ to blame for Afghan government’s quick defeat – ex-minister -- RT
4 comments:
Tell me again why we should topple Syria just to prop up another ghost puppet state.
Why? Because the Kurds can actual fight. Even thei9r women fight, they have fought under incredible odds. So have the Afghans, but only a few select units.
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A soliton to ghost soldiering would be audit the unit personnel and threaten/promise to execute the commander ghost payrolling. You could threaten just to cut off their right hand.
Ghost Payrolling is theft. So cutting off a hand under Muslim law is justified. You might have the village elders or loya jirga pass judgement. Also by ghost payrolling they are putting the lives of the people in the district jeopardy. So the elders might give the honor of leading the local forces to someone who might steal less and be more competent and honest.
If the elders or Loya jirga do not give satisfaction cut off that district and let them see their part of the 20 billion in annual aid go away and see if the Taliban can make up the difference.
I think they would get the message. There would be less ghost payrolling. They would still cheat, but less so and degree makes a difference.
The US left a lot of biometric equipment and a biometric database behind. It begs the question. If they had all that data, how was ghost payrolling possible?
Personally, Sun Tzu would have chopped off at least 2 heads or two hands. That the US would not shows they were not serious.
"how was ghost payrolling possible?" Easy just the right people not looking.
I don't buy this. Wasn't it the Pashtuns that beat back the Brits and the Ivans? Obviously we supported the wrong bunch.
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