# National Integrity System Assessment Afghanistan 2015 URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/afghanistan-2015-national-integrity-system-assessment Type: Publication or report Published: 2016-02-16 Updated: 2019-11-22 --- 16 February 2016 At the beginning of 2016, Afghanistan stands at a critical juncture that will determine its future as a country. The new democratically-elected government has taken power against a backdrop of withdrawing international forces and recent reports of a worsening security situation in the country. While the immediate prospects for peace remain unclear, what is certain is that long term stability cannot be secured unless a sustained effort is made to tackle corruption in the country. Experience from post-conflict countries around the world shows that widespread corruption undermines the authority of the state and its institutions and provides fertile ground for criminal networks to develop and insurgents to operate. Corruption also deprives the poor and vulnerable of essential services and limits their access to justice. By weakening the bonds of trust between citizens and the state, it heightens the risk of conflict re-emerging. ## Errata Please note that the following mistakes occurred in the report: P74: In the section "5. Law Enforcement Agencies", the fourth line in the second paragraph read "13 per cent have lost their lives in the course of their duties in the past two years", when it should read "13 prosecutors have lost their lives in the course of their duties in the past two years". P134: In the section "10. The Media", the third line in the sixth paragraph read "Afghanistan’s National Journalists Union (NIA)", when it should read "Afghanistan’s National Journalists Union (ANJU)". We have corrected the report accordingly and apologise for these mistakes ### Related publications ## [Between anti-corruption reform and decline: Examining key actors, strengths and weaknesses in the Western Balkans and Türkiye’s national integrity systems](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/anti-corruption-reform-decline-examining-key-actors-strengths-weaknesses-western-balkans-t%C3%BCrkiyes-national-integrity-systems) Publication • 19 June 2024 Assessments in the Western Balkans and Türkiye reveal a complex mixture of slow progress in strengthening integrity systems, along with democratic backsliding that strongly… ## [Etude sur le Système National D'Intégrité Tunisie 2015](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/national-integrity-system-tunisia) Publication • 27 January 2017 En dépit des évènements de janvier 2011 qui ont conduit à l’émergence de la lutte contre la corruption en tant qu’objectif de la révolution et de la promulgation en 2014 d’une… ## [The National Integrity System: Jordan](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/the-national-integrity-system-jordan) Publication • 27 January 2017 This study is designed to assess the Jordanian National Integrity System (NIS) through an analysis of thecapacities of the main institutions of the State, and an assessment of the… ## [Fighting Corruption in the Western Balkans and Turkey: Priorities for Reform](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/fighting-corruption-in-the-western-balkans-and-turkey-priorities-for-reform) Publication • 10 November 2016 Since the early 1990s, with the ever-increasing prospect of integration into the European Union, the countries of the Western Balkans and Turkey have taken important steps to… ![](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2015_NIS_Afghanistan_EN_116.jpg?auto=compress&fit=crop&fm=webp&w=1200) [Download](https://images.transparencycdn.org/images/2015_AfghanistanNIS_EN_V2.pdf)