KABUL, 19 October 2021, (TON): Former Afghanistan Civil Aviation Authority (ACAA) has signed a contract at a $9 million higher rate with a foreign company to provide security for four airports.

The contract includes security arrangements for airports in Kabul, Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar provinces.

Pajhwok has also obtained the registration document of the General Aviation Airport Coalition (GAAC) company which was founded in the UAE on October 28, 2020 only six days before the contract was signed with it.

Documents received by Pajhwok show the contract was previously signed with a well-known British company against $12 million a year, but the newly founded GAAC company was paid around $15 million a year for the same service, which shows a 24 percent increase in the rate.

Pajhwok has access to documents which show that GAAC was registered in Afghanistan only six days after it was formed in Dubai in 2020. After it was registered, ACAA awarded a security contract of four airports to the company on a rate $9 million higher compared to the previous rate.

The contract is for three years for a total cost of $47.69 million and the fixed budget for each year is $15.6 million.