Supreme Audit Office, Afghanistan

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The "اداره عالی تفتیش" (English: Supreme Audit Office) is the highest (fiscal) inspection body in the country. It reviews the observance of rules and regulations (compliance), performance, finance, information technology systems in budget departments, Government-owned enterprises and companies, their municipalities and related business units; in the capital and provinces, Afghanistan's political representations abroad; inspects the country and World Bank projects, as well as Ministries. It also has jurisdiction to oversee public sector Departments as well. It was established in 1923 as "دیـوان سـنجش" (English: Court of Assessment) with the purpose of auditing government revenues and expenditures to determine whether indeed, government revenues and expenditures have been implemented in accordance with the budget regulations and later changed its name to "تفتیــش عمومــی محاســبات" (English: General Audit of Accounts), then in 1980 "ریاســت عمومــی کنترول و تفتیــش" (English: General Directorate of Control and Audit), then in 1984 "کمیتــه دولتــی کنــرول" (English: Committee Government of Control ) and in 1988 "اداره کنترول و تفتیــش" (English: Office of Control and Audit), to later adopt its current denomination.
Sources: https://sao.gov.af/sites/ https://sao.gov.af/en/history and https://www.acbar.org/jobs/

The flag is a horizontal orange background with the logo and inscription below (all in blue) in the middle.
Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2021

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image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2021

Source: https://twitter.com/SAO_Afghanistan/photo

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image located by Esteban Rivera, 28 August 2021

Source: https://www.developmentaid.org/files/organizationLogos/supreme-audit-office-144900.jpg