Afghan Public Justice News Media & Corruption Investigative Journalism

A warm hello to all our valuable members.
After a year of legal issues and challenges, we are pleased to announce that this page is back online and will continue publishing varified and damning information about serial corrupt individuals in the now defunct Afghan government and about the tainted legacy they have left behind.
It is of utmost importance to mention that we our page exists because of you- the people who want to hear the truth and want to know the faces and names of those "ghosts" who misappropriated, swindled and stole millions of public funds from the Afghan Treasury.
Billions of dollars were donated to Afghanistan from 2002-2021, and it is very unfortunate to say that only a meager amount was spent on what the entire funds were intended for. The rest was misappropriated by those in power. The public funds were invested for personal benefits and gains in countries such as UAE, Turkey, Pakistan, Europe, Australia, Canada and the US.

Ordinary Afghan people have an absolute right to ask, have answers and know who those individuals are. So, it is hammer time, again.

(Part 2 The “Swing”)
Zakhilwal became Afghanistan’s finance minister in 2009, for the following 6 years he diverted millions of dollars from Afghanistan’s busy custom offices such as Torkham with Pakistan and Hairatan with Uzbekistan to his own personal account.
After years of fraud and corruption, Zakhilwal’s cover was blown by a disgruntled partner in crime. Though Zakhilwal was summoned to the Afghan Parliament to answer questions with regards to the corruption allegations against him, but our investigation has determined that behind closed doors a deal was in the works with members of the parliament as Zakhilwal was answering questions.
The Deal:
A deal was struck between Zakhilwal’s “representative- his cousin and member of the parliament for $5,000 a piece for the MPs to let Zakhilwal get away with the millions he stole from the custom offices. Each MP was bribed $5,000 to let Zakhilwal walk away.
To make his case, Zakhilwal claimed he worked as a professor of economics in a Canadian university which paid him $1,500 per day. However, that was determined to be a lie. We contacted the university in question, they confirmed Zakhilwal was only a contract lecturer between 2000-20002, which paid a maximum of $4,000 per semester. (Carlton University).
The Money Journey:
We have confirmed with multiple financial institutions through our contacts that Zakhilwal had transferred $11, 000, 00, that is $1.1 million from late 2006 to mid 2011 to his accounts; one in Standard Chartered and one in a Pakistani bank, called Alfalah Banks. (his relationship with Pakistan and its Intel Service will be discussed in an upcoming part).
A transfer of $70, 000 was made to his sister M, another two transfer in summer 2007, totalling $150,000 were deposited in the Royal Bank of Canada. He had purchased a house in Canada, 2 in Kabul, one in Islamabad, and 3 cars, one worth $160, 000. The burning question here is that how did a minister in the world’s poorest country whose monthly salary was $2,000 could afford a lifestyle that is a far cry even for a business tycoon? Only Zakhilwal. his accomplices and close family members can answer this question more clearly.
Zakhilwal and his brothers continued plundering resources and money belonged to the Afghan public even after his ministerial term came to an end in 2015.
Dr. Ashraf Ghani made Zakhilwal ambassador to Pakistan in 2016, a blunder that ultimately proved deadly for Ghani’s government.To be continued in Part 3. Thank you for reading.

Part 1: The (Swing)

During our investigation we assigned the code name "Swing" to Afghanistan's former Finance Minister and ambassador to Pakistan, Dr. Hazrat Omar Zakhilwal. Zakhilwal's volatile political behavior warrants for such title because his loyalty is reserved only to himself. He changes political sides according to where his interests are served better, and also to protect his image that he often portrays to be one of a "clean" and patriotic Afghan.
Zakhilwal's merciless appetite for extreme corruption has landed him in hot waters before but due to his politicsl connections with rogue figures such as former President Hamid Karzai, he has managed to rescue himself.
Like any other serial corrupt, Zakhilwal too takes advantage from a middle man, his brother. (Subject of discussion in Part 2 of this thread).
In addition to Zakhilwal's numerous money transfers to foreign accounts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, he is sitting on a multi-million dollar empire built on the money embazzeled from Afghanistan's fragile economy.

Zakhilwal used Afghanistan's public funds to set up multiple businesses; Silk Road grocery chain, construction companies (Uplift Homes & Magnolia Inc), retail (KakaClorhing & Magnolia Gifts), a strip mall, multiple properties in Dubai, Turkey, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Canada. (Subject of Discussion in Part 2).
Currently Zakhilwal resides in a mansion (see photos below) in Ottawa, Canada which he purchased for $1.6 million in 2018. It would be fair to say that even Canada's very own Prime Minister, Justin Treadu is not so fortunate enough to live in such a stately home.
Among the many amenities, Zakhilwal's mansion also boosts a private tennis court for him to enjoy playing tennis sessions with his comrades. To be continued in Part 2:

Haji Zahir Qadeer (or Qadir) is the son of a prominent Mujahideen commander Haji Abdul Qadeer. A hot headed militia man, Qadeer secured nomination and his election to the Afghan Parliament by the barrel of AK47 and the money plundered from provincial budgets and resources as well as the wealth left from his father which was also acquired through corruption and his links with the CIA and the Sauds.
Zahir Qadeer, as a deputy speaker of the house, smuggled flour into Afghanistan from Pakistan with a total value of around $250 million in just two years. A notorious mafia figure, Qadeer charged $5000-$10000 per cabinet nominee to secure their nomination. This has also been corraborated by Afghan academic and poet, Abdul Bari Jahani.
Zahir Qadeer is a prominent figure in the underworld narcotic trade with firm ties to Pakistan's ISI. His drug trade is obscured by his transportation business which consists of well over 300 transport trucks which in itself is worth millions of dollars.
Our investigation confirms that Zahir Qadeer is a corrupt multimillionaire. Continues

A cable from the US embassy reported that, Dr. Sayed Fatimie, the minister of health, told U.S. diplomats that members of Parliament wanted cash to confirm his appointment. "Fatimie said MPs had offered their own votes and the votes of others they could purportedly deliver for $1,000 apiece," a cable said.

Another Afghan minister warned U.S. diplomats that Karzai was "under great pressure from political leaders to accept a number of ministerial candidates whose technical skills are lacking." The minister "argued that these political leaders are only thinking of dividing up the spoils rather than the quality of government needed to tackle Afghanistan's problems."

The cables also demonstrate an often difficult relationship between NATO allies and Karzai. At a meeting described in a cable in October 2008, a British official said the United Kingdom "continues to feel 'deep frustration' with Karzai. But he added: "I remind people that we -- the international community -- selected him.".

Americans saw Karzai as the problem whenever corruption was discussed. But he was the only man who could do the job at the time. In August 2009 a report from Kabul complained that President Hamid Karzai and his attorney general “allowed dangerous individuals to go free or re-enter the battlefield without ever facing an Afghan court.” The embassy was particularly concerned that Mr. Karzai pardoned five border police officers caught with 124 kilograms (about 273 pounds) of he**in and intervened in a drug case involving the son of a wealthy supporter.
Karzai was directly involved in normalizing the bribe culture across all institutions.
The collapse of the Afghan government and armed forces was not something that happened over a night or even a year for that matter. It was in the making from Karzai's first term.
امريکايانو کرځاۍ د فساد اصلي عامل ګڼه خو په هغه وخت کې يي بديل نه وو. کرځاۍ مستقيمآ په جنايي قضيو کې مداخله کوله او ځان ته نيزدې کسان به يي خوشې کول. په يو قضيه کې چې پينځه پوليسه د ۱۲۴ کيلو ګرامه هيروينو سره نيول شوي وو د کرځي په امر خوشې شول. په بله قضيه کې چې د کرځي د يو بډا ملګري ځوۍ د مخدراتو د قاچاق سره نيول شوې وو د کرځي په مداخله خوشې شو.
د افغانستان د حکومت ړنګيدلو پروسه څه د يوې شپې يا د يو کال مسله نه وه بلکې د کرځي د فاسد نظام څخه دا پروسه شروع شوې وه.

The Rabbani family have been funding their lavish life styles by plundering resources from Afghanistan. Mr Rabbani's son, Salahuddin Rabbani is a multi-millionaire, made possible by stealing from public funds.

He and his sister Fatima Rabbani own multiple luxury properties in Dubai, Turkey and Canada, and the UK. In addition, they are operating multiple business; a high end restaurant in Dubai, property development in Canada, and fashion houses.

Former Education Minister, Ghulam Farooq Wardak owns multiple peoperties at Dubai's Amwaj Development. Our investigation, while inconclusive, indicates the combined worth of these properties could be in hundreds of thousands of US dollars. However, we have confirmed that Mr Wardak's salary alone would have not been enough even to rent an apartment in the Amwaj Development.

د حامدرکرزي په ۱۱ کلنه دوره کې سي اې ای هره مياشت ميلونونه ډالر ارګ ته راوړل. دا پيسې به کرزي ته په بکسونو کې تسليميدلې. کرزي په دې پيسو طالبان اود پخواني تنظيمونو مشران چوپ ساتل اوڅه يې خپله برخه ګرځوله. همداسې ايران هم ارګ ته پيسې ورکولې چې کرځي پري د ايران طرفداره افغان سياسي مشران ساتل
The CIA "ghost money" as it is refered to by US officials was delivered in suitcases into the Palace on monthly basis where Karzai took care of it.

د ویکي لیکس کیبلونو څخه: د 2009 کال د اکتوبر په میاشت کې ، د کرزي د هغه وخت مرستیال ، احمد ضیا مسعود د دوبۍ په نړیوال هوایی ډګر کې د۵۲ ملیون ډالرو غلا شوي پیسو سره ودرول شو. د نامعلوم ځواکمنو شخصیتونو مداخلې وروسته هغه خوشې شو او پیسې یې ورسره واخیستې. د متحده ایالاتو سفیر ، کارل ایکن بیري وویل چې ملیونونه ډالر نغدي پیسې د پامیر هوایی شرکت له لارې بهر ته لیږدول کیږي چې د کابل بانک ، محمود کرزي او قسیم فهیم ملکیت دی. دا د یادونې وړ ده چې کیبل ویکی لیکس ته د سفیر ایکن بیري لخوا لیږل شوی وو

From Wikileaks Cables: In october 2009, the then Vice President of Karzai, Ahmad Zia Massoud was stopped at Dubai International Airport with $52 millions of stolen money from the Afghan treasury. After intervention from unknown powerful figures he was released and took the money with him. US Ambassador, Karl Eikenberry has stated that millions of dollars in cash is transferred abroad via Pamir Airlines owned by Kabul bank, Mahmood Karzai and Qasim Fahim. It's worth noting the cable was sent to Wikileaks by Ambassador Eikenberry.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/02/wikileaks-cables-hamid-karzai-erratic

WikiLeaks cables portray Hamid Karzai as corrupt and erratic Diplomats describe Afghan president as weak, indecisive, paranoid and beholden to criminals to maintain power

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/profits-poppy-afghanistans-illegal-drug-trade-boon-taliban-2021-08-16/

Profits and poppy: Afghanistan's illegal drug trade a boon for Taliban The United States spent more than $8 billion over 15 years on efforts to deprive the Taliban of their profits from Afghanistan's o***m and he**in trade, from poppy eradication to airstrikes and raids on suspected labs.

Afghan Public Justice News Media & Corruption Investigative Journalism updated their business hours.

https://www.economist.com/asia/2021/08/28/the-afghan-government-was-undone-by-its-own-corruption?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjwpreJBhDvARIsAF1_BU0W8-3KcQCMwIOiw1Muqh5udZhz6cNegWwWTqVOD64JrwF-DTx7YbMaAu7WEALw_wcB

The Afghan government was undone by its own corruption As with Vietnam, an American client state was crippled by graft | Asia

https://www.transparency.org/en/countries/afghanistan

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