A jihadist against corruption: Afghan Attorney General Abdul Jabar Sabet. Photo: Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, NPR
KABUL, Islamic Republic of Afghanistam (NPR News), July 11, 2007:
In August 2006, Afghanistan's attorney general Abdul Jabar Sabet, 62, a Pashtun lawyer from Montreal was given the task of cracking down on corrupt practices by Afghan President Hamid Karzai. At that time Abdul Jabar Sabet declared it his jihad, or holy war.
"We have corruption because of the war that we had and because of the poverty that we have here and because of too much money that came to us all of the sudden from the international community."
When asked to clarify, Sabet said, "Temptation, poverty and war. "For example, prosecutors make an average of $60 a month. That's nothing. You people spend $60 some days on your parking."
During one year that he has had the task, Afghans had high hopes Sabet would end government corruption. Critics however add that Sabet's confrontational style has overshadowed his role as a crusader against corruption.
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