Mobile Money Pilot Program Bringing Safe, Transparent Pay To Afghan Police
KABUL: (Middle East Press) Just a few weeks after its roll-out, the mobile money pilot program registration in Kapisa province for Afghan Local Police is complete; bringing a safer, transparent payment process to the province—and plans to expand throughout Afghanistan, The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Tuesday.
The initiative kicked off in Kapisa because the province had been relying 100 percent on trusted agents for payment. Trusted agents are Ministry of Interior appointed personnel that physically deliver salaries in cash to remote areas where banks are currently unavailable; a position that is highly corruptible and dangerous. EFT is a much safer method for payment than the current practice of using trusted agents, which 59 percent of all Afghan Local Police use.
“Mobile money is a transparent payment system that will ensure Afghan police are getting paid — safely,” said Maj. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan. “Expanding EFT is another step toward secure, sustainable funding for all of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces. It mitigates corruption and will increase the confidence of our donors.”
