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Taliban Reject Transparency International Corruption Report as ‘Inaccurate’

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The Taliban have dismissed a newly released Transparency International report showing Afghanistan’s decline in the global corruption ranking, calling the findings “speculative and inaccurate.”

In its 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), released on Tuesday, the Berlin-based anti-corruption watchdog ranked Afghanistan 169th out of 182 countries and territories, a drop of four places from 165th in 2024. The report gave Afghanistan a score of 16 out of 100, placing it among the world’s most corrupt states.

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