Millions of Dollars Wasted in Equipping Afghanistan Customs

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Some scanners installed at borders to check goods and prevent drug imports have been deliberately de-activated.

Over $62 million USD of American aid for equipping Afghanistan customs with modern machines has been wasted, the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has said in a recent report.

According to the report, more than eight standard scanners were bought to be installed at Afghanistan border and customs posts to check the goods and prevent importation of drugs, but most of these scanners were de-activated after the installation.

Finance ministry has meanwhile said a further number of these scanners remain unused due to lack of maintenance plans.

“A number of these scanners are damaged, and recently we have been trying to contract a company to repair the scanners and to re-use them,” Ahmmad Reshad Popal, director of finance ministry’s customs said.

The Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) meanwhile said some of the standard scanners that have been installed in Afghanistan’s border, especially in Torkham gate, have been de-activated intentionally.

“At a number of the custom posts the equipment has been intentionally de-activated to prevent corruption being revealed. At the Torkham custom post, there was a scanner which was working properly and our problems were solved. But after a month it was de-activated and has still not been reactivated,” ACCI deputy head Khan Jan Alokozay said.

SIGAR findings show that when the foreign instructors left the borders following the installation of the equipment and handed them to the Afghan government, the equipment was de-activated.


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At the Torkham custom post, there was a scanner which was working properly and our problems were solved. But after a month it was de-activated and has still not been reactivated,”

was this ISI, GHQ and generally Pakistan's fault? Did Pakistan switch the scanners off?

 

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It just shows Afghans have to be treated with a heavy hand and boot!

 

[BHarwana]

At the Torkham custom post, there was a scanner which was working properly and our problems were solved. But after a month it was de-activated and has still not been reactivated,”

was this ISI, GHQ and generally Pakistan's fault? Did Pakistan switch the scanners off?

Afghan economy depends on opem trade they cannot survive with out it. India is daily sinking into this opem habit after the trade relations with Afghanistan.

 

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Afghan economy depends on opem trade they cannot survive with out it. India is daily sinking into this opem habit after the trade relations with Afghanistan.

That Indian was telling us that your economy bla bla. There is no economy there so why does it disobey indo-America?

 

[BHarwana]

That Indian was telling us that your economy bla bla. There is no economy there so why does it disobey indo-America?

Why does who disobey. You put 2 or 3 Tagik or Uzbek puppets as Leaders of Afghanistan and think you can run Afghanistan that can never happen. It is very simple Afghans and Pakistani are brothers and I mean the real Afghans not these northern puppets. The Afghanistan country is 65% pakhtoon show me one in Afghan Gov there are none. Russian were defeated by Pakhtoons not these Northerns they were on the side of Russians helping them. You have 65% country that is in total denial of the Gov and wants to over throw them. Americans are not letting Pahktoons due to Indian feeding to Americans that Pakhtoons are loyal to Pakistan and will cast America out of Afghanistan. So NATO should keep fighting them and lets see who wins in the end. Now drugs flow to India will continue a this is the biggest revenge of Pakhtoons from India it is more dangerous than terrorism.

 

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Why does who disobey. You put 2 or 3 Tagik or Uzbek puppets as Leaders of Afghanistan and think you can run Afghanistan that can never happen. It is very simple Afghans and Pakistani are brothers and I mean the real Afghans not these northern puppets. The Afghanistan country is 65% pakhtoon show me one in Afghan Gov there are none. Russian were defeated by Pakhtoons not these Northerns they were on the side of Russians helping them. You have 65% country that is in total denial of the Gov and wants to over throw them. Americans are not letting Pahktoons due to Indian feeding to Americans that Pakhtoons are loyal to Pakistan and will cast America out of Afghanistan. So NATO should keep fighting them and lets see who wins in the end. Now drugs flow to India will continue a this is the biggest revenge of Pakhtoons from India it is more dangerous than terrorism.

damn straight!

 

[BHarwana]

damn straight!

Mantis is coming to Pakistan for talks. What the hell can Pakistan do. Why is Afghanistan called the grave yards of empires not because of these newbees running the Gov but Because of Pakhtoons. Britisher were a very inteligent people when they involved in colonial business Because they studied every land before establishing a colony. An idot will fight a decedent of Ghangez Khan Alexander and Taimoor all in one human 3 lethal bloods they have they instincts of war you don't need to teach them. Our fathers witnessed the fall of Soviet Union in Afghanistan our generation will witness the fall of USA and the first casualty of war will be India. Those who forget history can never shape future. Every generation has witnessed a fall of a Superpower in Afghanistan it is now time our generation witnessed one. If you cannot tame a Pakhtoon don't ask us to tame one for you let Modi try it. lol we never tamed them just helped them they have their own agenda. They are free people who will not accept any leader at all. Drugs will keep flowing into India as part of Boosting Afghan economy and Afghanistan need these Scanner to stay offline. Let them do the trade I hope chahbahar port starts quick it will boost poppy production and increase poppy trade with India. Modi will soon be dum maro dum.

 

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Mantis is coming to Pakistan for talks. What the hell can Pakistan do. Why is Afghanistan called the grave yards of empires not because of these newbees running the Gov but Because of Pakhtoons. Britisher were a very inteligent people when they involved in colonial business Because they studied every land before establishing a colony. An idot will fight a decedent of Ghangez Khan Alexander and Taimoor all in one human 3 lethal bloods they have they instincts of war you don't need to teach them. Our fathers witnessed the fall of Soviet Union in Afghanistan our generation will witness the fall of USA and the first casualty of war will be India. Those who forget history can never shape future. Every generation has witnessed a fall of a Superpower in Afghanistan it is now time our generation witnessed one. If you cannot tame a Pakhtoon don't ask us to tame one for you let Modi try it. lol we never tamed them just helped them they have their own agenda. They are free people who will not accept any leader at all. Drugs will keep flowing into India as part of Boosting Afghan economy and Afghanistan need these Scanner to stay offline. Let them do the trade I hope chahbahar port starts quick it will boost poppy production and increase poppy trade with India. Modi will soon be dum maro dum.

Whenever you watch documentaries on afghanistan you will see all the military and police are farsi speaking with Majority Pashtun are sidelined. Thus you have Taliban strengthening. With people of Tajik, Uzbek ethnicity joining Taliban as well where do they stand?

They don't stand to question Pakistan that is where they stand.

 

[BHarwana]

They don't stand to question Pakistan that is where they stand.

I will ask you a question how will you unite Afghanistan?
The answer is ideology. Afghans will always untie to fight a common enemy and previously that enemy was Soviets and Now it is USA this is how the land works. They have developed ways to earn lively hood under operation and they have been doing this for thousand several of years.
Let me give you an example which I have observed. There were 4 afghan families that migrated from Afghanistan and came to Pakistan punjab. They looked for a piece of land and rented it then they built Mud houses on that land and started living there and start working in the nearby village and started saving money few days later they bought a tractor trolley and after few days there was a wood saw mill there and then they grew after few years the land owner kicked them out they went to a new place and started over again and in the same manner started building and got things running there. Pakistan is full of Afghan example and the way they operate like ants. this is how Pakhtoons fight back they are resilient they retreat reestablish and fight. In the end the oppressor will get tired of fighting but they will continue till the day there is Armageddon.

 

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I will ask you a question how will you unite Afghanistan?
The answer is ideology. Afghans will always untie to fight a common enemy and previously that enemy was Soviets and Now it is USA this is how the land works. They have developed ways to earn lively hood under operation and they have been doing this for thousand several of years.
Let me give you an example which I have observed. There were 4 afghan families that migrated from Afghanistan and came to Pakistan punjab. They looked for a piece of land and rented it then they built Mud houses on that land and started living there and start working in the nearby village and started saving money few days later they bought a tractor trolley and after few days there was a wood saw mill there and then they grew after few years the land owner kicked them out they went to a new place and started over again and in the same manner started building and got things running there. Pakistan is full of Afghan example and the way they operate like ants. this is how Pakhtoons fight back they are resilient they retreat reestablish and fight. In the end the oppressor will get tired of fighting but they will continue till the day there is Armageddon.

I can give you an example which I bear witness to. In Lahore I saw afghans who had built a huge business from picking up paper. This is 90's I am talking about One guy who came in the 80's gave work to only afghans but made a huge profit from just collecting scrap paper.

No doubt the dilemma that stands for the occupier is how do you break the Psyche which can not be changed!

 

[BHarwana]

I can give you an example which I bear witness to. In Lahore I saw afghans who had built a huge business from picking up paper. This is 90's I am talking about One guy who came in the 80's gave work to only afghans but made a huge profit from just collecting scrap paper.

No doubt the dilemma that stands for the occupier is how do you break the Psyche which can not be changed!

When British ruled the world from a small Island in England it was the colonial age and you needed commodities like food spices and silk. Then it was petroleum age so the West involved in Middle east and disrupting peoples lives there. Now it is technological age you need different things for this era like rare earth metals and there is requirement of occupying different area for that. This new acquisition from west require area of east Iran Baluchistan Afghanistan KPK west China and east Tajikistan. Afghanistan is the very heart for the next era of economics clean energy and electric cars and gadgets and space exploration. This is not going to be an easy fight and the problem is that you have to face the most war hardened civilization in the world that has been at war for past what some 30 centuries and the only flourishing business they have poppy now you are going to build those scanners from elements you extract from Afghan soil and you are trying to stop their business lol. Those scanners are loyal to mother land they will keep going off when ever the mother land will call them.