KABUL, 30 January 2022, (TON): Citizens praised the proposal of the chargé d’affaires of the Afghanistan mission to the United Nations who called for the freezing of Afghan assets illegally transferred to the accounts of former government officials.

The citizens said that many former government officials were involved in corruption and that they are currently living a luxury life abroad while the country is struggling on the edge of catastrophe.

Talking to the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan, Naseer Ahmad Faiq, chargé d’affaires of Afghanistan’s mission at the United Nations, said that the former government officials involved in corruption must be held accountable.

He said “I would like to request freezing and confiscating of all Afghan assets illegally transferred to the accounts of former government officials who were involved in corruption and embezzlement of international aid to the Afghan people. “

He added “they must be held accountable and tried. It is not fair that 28 million people are starving and mothers sell their children to survive but these corrupt former government officials live in luxurious houses and villas in different countries in Europe and the US.”