Two Afghan ministers investigated

KABUL – Two Afghan cabinet ministers are being investigated under suspicion of embezzlement, a deputy attorney general said yesterday.

Fazel Ahmad Faqiryar declined to name the two ministers who were targets of the investigation. He said other officials were also being investigated.

“If the ministers insist and don’t show up for the interrogation, we have other legal means with which to proceed,” he said, adding that they could be suspended from their posts or arrested.

President Hamid Karzai, sworn in last week for a second five-year term after an election marred by fraud, has been under pressure from his Western backers to tackle widespread corruption. He is due to name his cabinet in coming weeks. – (Reuters)

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