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Fazel Fazly is in the government of Afghanistan, at the same time that he is registered in Sweden, where he increases parental benefits.
The 43-year-old has now been the subject of both the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Tax Agency.
– A report on a conciliation case was received, says Ingela Larsson from the Swedish Tax Agency.
Fazel Fazly worked as a doctor for several years in Sweden but, according to his own Facebook page, on June 30, 2018 he got a new job in Afghanistan, as a senior advisor to President Ashraf Ghani.
As early as December 2017, press releases began to be posted on the president’s official website, mentioning Fazel Fazly.
On social media, Fazel Fazly has hundreds of thousands of followers and in the photos she posts of her work, she describes how she meets ambassadors, including the Swede, fights the corona virus and travels the world with the president.
At the same time, he is registered in Sweden and, according to the Swedish Social Insurance Agency, he participated in Swedish social insurance until November 2018, when the parental benefit increased.
Fazel Fazly is in the government of Afghanistan, at the same time that he is registered in Sweden. The 43-year-old has now been the subject of both the Swedish Foreign Ministry and the Swedish Tax Agency.
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.
On Tuesday, the Swedish embassy in Kabul sent a diplomatic email to the Foreign Ministry in Stockholm about Fazel Fazly.
Reported to the Swedish Tax Agency
Under the title “Swedish Citizen in Government”, Swedish Ambassador Caroline Vicini writes:
“Swedish citizen Dr.” Fazel Fazli has been the head of the Afghan presidential administration for some months. “
In other respects, the document is largely cloaked in secrecy so as not to disturb “Sweden’s relations with another state.”
According to the Foreign Ministry document, Fazel Fazly has lived in Sweden since 2009. According to the Swedish Revenue Agency, he lives in a village south of Stockholm together with five other adults.
In March, the Swedish Tax Agency received a report addressed to Fazel Fazly, which is wrongly recorded.
– There has been a settlement control report on March 6 this year regarding this person, says Ingela Larsson from the Swedish Tax Agency.
Fazel Fazly at an on-site meeting in Kabul this summer with ambassadors from the Nordic countries, including Sweden’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Caroline Vicini on the far right.
Fazelly in a meeting with Audun Halvorsen, Secretary of State of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Serious problem”
The report has not yet started processing, but will be investigated by the Swedish Revenue Agency’s department for settlement investigations, the department that investigates whether people actually live at the address they provided.
– It is a serious problem when people are registered even though they are no longer part of the official population in Sweden. Social security and benefits there, for example, largely depend on where you live. But it’s also about pensions and insurance, says Tobias Wijk, an operations expert at the Swedish Tax Agency.
Valued as an émigré
Tobias Wijk says, broadly speaking, that a person who has a full-time job abroad is likely to be assessed as an emigrant by investigators at the Swedish Tax Agency.
– It is likely that we will end up with that person emigrating.
Photo: Sara Burman
Tobias Wijk, Operations Expert at the Swedish Tax Agency.
It says the Swedish Revenue Agency can proceed with police reports for civil registration violations if a person has knowingly provided incorrect information, or benefits violations if incorrect payments are suspected from, for example, the Swedish Social Security Agency.
The press department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states in a comment that “there are no obstacles for a Swedish citizen to work in the state administration of Afghanistan.”
“The embassy keeps the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed about political conditions in the host country, including points of contact with Sweden. The information has been communicated to the interested parties within the Government Offices and is communicated to the pertinent authorities if necessary. ” write you.
Aftonbladet has searched for Fazel Fazly without success.
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