Transparency process reveals high salaries paid to foreign advisors

Afghan transport minister Enayatullah Qasimi said on November 20 that two foreign advisors working with the Ariana airline, subordinate to his ministry, are paid 2,000 US dollars a day. Talking to reporters on the second day of the government’s “accountability week”, he noted that some other ministries pay as much as 2,500 dollars a day to foreign advisors. The government has asked all ministries and agencies to publicise their performance over the past year during the week November 19 to 25.