Taliban Administration Rejects Transparency International’s Report on Rising Corruption in Afghanistan
The Taliban administration has dismissed the latest Transparency International report on increasing corruption in Afghanistan as “speculative and inaccurate.” According to the global corruption index, Afghanistan fell four places in 2025, ranking 169th worldwide.
Transparency International stated in its recent report that Afghanistan remains vulnerable to administrative corruption due to limited civil space, lack of a transparent financial system, absence of democratic balance, and the absence of an independent judiciary. The organization had previously warned about weak oversight structures within the country.
Hamdullah Fetrat, deputy spokesperson for the Taliban administration, claimed on Wednesday (February 10) in a statement that the administration has taken “concrete steps to eliminate administrative corruption and establish transparency,” and that levels of corruption have significantly decreased. He also emphasized that Transparency International does not have a presence in Afghanistan, and its assessments are not based on field research.
Fetrat urged the organization to visit Afghanistan and personally observe what he described as “effective efforts to reform administrative procedures.” However, since the Taliban regained control of the country, numerous citizen reports have indicated ongoing corruption in some departments under Taliban control.
Some residents of the country say that the lack of free media, restrictions on oversight institutions, and the complete concentration of power within the Taliban administration have weakened accountability and independent monitoring — factors experts identify as primary contributors to the persistence of administrative corruption.
