What rank due to contract killings or assassinations, kidnapping, drug trafficking, money laundering, black marketeering, and other ordinary crimes is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society did Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index give Afghanistan?
Corruption in Afghanistan Corruption in Afghanistan is a widespread and growing problem in Afghan society. Afghanistan ranks 169 of 176 in Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. "In opinion surveys of Afghans," noted the Asia Foundation in a 2012 report, "corruption is consistently singled out as a problem."
Afghan Star Afghan Star is a reality television show competition that searches for the most talented singers across Afghanistan. The program is broadcast on the Tolo TV channel. "Afghan Star" premiered in 2005, four years after the fall of the Taliban, which had outlawed singing in 1996; it is one of the most-watched shows in Afghanistan.