Afghanistan

Response to Ministry of Mines’ statement of December 2012 on “Copper Bottomed?” report

21st December 2012
Global Witness welcomes the public response of the Ministry of Mines to our Copper Bottomed? report on Afghanistan’s biggest private investment and the country’s first major extractives agreement – the 2008 Aynak copper deal. We set out below clarifications and further information on the points raised in the statement of the Ministry of Mines. We look forward to continuing an open and constructive dialogue on how our research can be used to strengthen the foundations for the emerging extractives sector so as to guard against risks of harm and to ensure that the Afghan people receive the real and lasting benefits they deserve.

Global Witness welcomes the public response of the Ministry of Mines to our Copper Bottomed?

Inside Job - How crooks set up the largest bank in Afghanistan & then robbed it for almost $1 billion

28th November 2012
The first official analysis of the “Kabul Bank Crisis” of 2010 reveals an urgent need for reform in the international banking system, said Global Witness today. The “Report of the Public Inquiry into the Kabul Bank Crisis”, published today by Afghanistan’s Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MEC) shows how the perpetrators behind the fraud were able to repeatedly bypass the checks and balances of regulators, donors, auditors and international banks, and steal enough money to incur a bailout costing approximately 6 percent of Afghanistan’s GDP. “This is a story of a nascent financial sector in a conflict zone in which crooks were able to loot a major bank over the course of multiple years because of the apparent failure of the regulators, donors, auditors and the international anti-money laundering framework,” said Gavin Hayman, Director of Campaigns for Global Witness.

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په افغانستان کې د تر ټولو لوی کان د استخراج د تړون پرانيسته

19th November 2012

په پښــــــــتو ژبه د راپور لنډیز د لوستلو لپاره دغه ځای کلیک کړی

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افتتاح بزرگترین قرارداد استخراج معادن در افغانستان

19th November 2012

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په پښــــــــتو ژبه د راپور لنډیز د لوستلو لپاره دغه ځای کلیک کړی

Lifting the lid on Afghanistan’s biggest mining deal

20th November 2012
In the first look of its kind at the Aynak copper contract, Global Witness' report highlights positive provisions that need to be fully implemented, and identifies significant weaknesses which threaten to undermine this vital deal.

To read the full report, click here.

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Copper Bottomed? Bolstering the Aynak contract: Afghanistan’s first major mining deal

20th November 2012

Click here to read the associated press release.

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Opening up Afghanistan's extractives sector - Afghan Government unveils first tranche of mining and oil contracts

14th October 2012
Civil society groups welcome the Afghan government's landmark advance in mineral sector transparency.

From rhetoric to reality: President Karzai's presidential decree for transparency in the country’s nascent extractives sector

17th August 2012
President Karzai has taken a major step forward to embed transparency in the country’s nascent extractives sector – now it is up to the Ministry of Mines to make it happen.

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Campaigners welcome Tokyo commitment on Afghanistan’s extractives

11th July 2012
Campaigners today welcomed a landmark agreement on good governance in Afghanistan’s mining sector, but warned that civil society engagement, deal disclosures and inclusion of environmental and social safeguards will be critical to its success.

اعلامیه مطبوعاتی - دري

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د توکیو کنفرانس، د افغانستان د تیلو او کانونو په سکتور کې، حساب ورکولو ته د ځای ورکولو لپاره، یوه ټاکونکې موکه ده

5th July 2012

 

د مدني ټولنې کارکوونکو نن وویل چې، د افغانستان دولت او مدني ټولنه، باید ژمنه وکړي چې، د تیلو، ګاز او د کانونوټولې معاملې، د هغو له ټولو جزئیاتو سره خپاره کړي او د سیمې له خلکو سره سلا مشورې وکړي. دا په داسې حال کې ده چې، په پام کې ده، د توکیو برخلیک ټاکونکی کنفرانس په نژدې ورځو کې جوړ شي او له افغانستان سره، د نړیوالو مرستو په ژمنو، د لېږد له بهیر وروسته، خبرې او جر اوبحث کیږي.

 

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