FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE

S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 04 ISLAMABAD 009585

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/19/2015
TAGS: PL PREL PGOV
SUBJECT: FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE
PLANS

REF: A. ISLAMABAD 007164

B. ISLAMABAD 01885

C. ISLAMABAD 08541

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Classified By: Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, DSCG 05-01,
January 2005, Edition 1, Reason: 1.4 (B,D)



1. (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the
inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism
progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's
Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in
biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that
include officers from NAS, RAO, ODRP, FAS, USAID, REF, POL,
ECON, DAO, LEGAT, and Consulate Peshawar--has been working on
ways to further FATA reform since August 2005. The FATA
Working Group discusses the robust ongoing USG assistance
effort in the region, identifies future assistance
opportunities, and strategizes solutions the overall problems
in the FATA. In the past year, Post has reported on the basic
problems in the FATA (ref A),outlined current USG efforts
and opportunities for increased assistance (ref B),and
informed Washington readers about new challenges and
opportunities in FATA. Over the next three months, Post will
produce a series of analytic reports that assess
opportunities for increased USG assistance in FATA, examine
GOP's FATA reform efforts (their military/ stabilization,
political/administrative, and economic development
strategies),and evaluate the effectiveness of key GOP
players in FATA reform. End Summary.

SNAPSHOT OF EMBASSY REPORTING ON FATA
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2. (S) The following is a list of cables released by Embassy
Islamabad and Consulate Peshawar detailing different aspects
of the challenges and opportunities in the FATA:

Review of USG Present and Future Assistance in FATA
(Islamabad 08115, February 2005)

FATA Democracy
(Peshawar 00440, 25 August, 2005)

North Waziristan Operations Hailed as a Blow to Al Qaida
(Islamabad 13942, 19 September 2005)

Pakistan Earthquake: No Effect on Operations in FATA
(Islamabad 15599, 18 October 2005)

FATA Agency Councils

(Peshawar 00546, 27 October 2005)

FATA At the Crossroads: Accountability and Governance
(Peshawar 00597, 25 November 2005)

Violence Grows in North and South Waziristan
(Islamabad 00498, 14 January 2006)

Talibanization of Waziristan
(Peshawar 00095, 24 February 2006)

Military and Militants Clash in North Waziristan
(Islamabad 03985, 10 March 2006)

The North Waziristan Offensive
(Peshawar 00122, 13 March 2006)

NWFP PML Chief Proposes A Strategy for Waziristan
(Peshawar 0143, 27 March 2006)

A FATA Primer

(ISLAMABAD 007164, 26 April 2006)

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GOP Announces New Strategy for FATA
(Islamabad 008541, 10 May 2006)

Explaining the Security Forces in FATA
(ISLAMABAD 09473, 22 May 2006)

MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING PLAN: 3 Month Look-Ahead
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3. (SBU) To inform the inter-agency debate on problems and
opportunities in FATA, Embassy Islamabad and Consulate
Peshawar plan a series of cables assessing GOP's strategies
for the FATA and presenting opportunities (and constraints)
for increased USG assistance.

The GOP,s Political Goals in FATA
Tentative Release Date: May 25-30 2006

Options for New USG Assistance (UPDATE OF ISLAMABAD 08115)
Tentative Release Date: Late May-Early June 2006

Evaluation of Musharraf,s post-7/7/05 crackdown promises as
they pertain to FATA
Tentative Release Date: May 25-30, 2006

GOP Military Strategy in the FATA
Tentative Release Date: Early June 2006

GOP,s FATA Development Strategy:
Tentative Release Date: Mid-late June 2006

FATA GOVERNOR AND SECRETARIAT: Role, Effectiveness,
Performance
Status: Mid July 2006 (to give enough time for new governor
to get up to speed)

(Note: The FATA Working Group has acquired a significant
knowledge-base over the past year, but with the impending
summer transfer season, Posts' remaining expertise on FATA
will be limited until new officers are able to get upto
speed. End note.)

CURRENT USG ASSISTANCE
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9. (SBU) As outlined in Ref B, the USG has an ongoing robust
assistance program in FATA, managed by several different
Agencies. This includes:

(U) State/INL (Narcotics Affairs)

--Border Security Roads: Over $30 million to build over 300
km. of border security roads in Khyber, Khurram, North and
South Waziristan, and Orakzai Agencies, working with the
Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers. Construction started in
Spring 2004. Progress has been slow due to security and
weather conditions. Work has effectively stopped in North and
South Waziristan since late Summer 2005 because of ongoing CT
operations and the security situation. Road construction is
accompanied by small schemes (water and electrification) to
increase community buy-in.

-- Frontier Corps Outposts: NAS has funded construction of
26 border outposts in FATA for the FC; 19 have been
completed. Construction of the remaining even posts, all in
North Waziristan, has been stalled due to security conditions.

--Equipping Frontier Corps/NWFP: We are currently procuring
$7.75 million for vehicles, communication equipment, night
vision goggles, bullet proof jackets/helmets through FY 2005
supplemental Funds. We have provided such equipment to
Frontier Corps since 2002.

--Counter Narcotics: We have been involved in road building
for enforcement and market access, and alternative

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development projects in Mohmand and Bajaur Agencies since

1989. Similar projects began in Khyber Agency in 2001. We
also provide support for poppy monitoring and eradication in
FATA.

--Levies Training: When the final Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) is signed with the SAFRON ministry, NAS will begin the
$686K refurbishment of the Levies Central Training Facility
in Bajaur Agency. NAS will also provide technical assistance
with curriculum development and instructor development
training through ICITAP.

(S) Military Assistance (ODRP),including:

(Note: This section includes ODRP resources allocated
Pakistan-wide because a majority of this support and funding
is intended for the GWOT. End Note)

--Coalition Support Funds (on average $80 million per month)
provided to the Federal Government as a reimbursement for
operational expenses in support of OEF. Includes:
reimbursement for the costs for feeding and housing 35,000
Army, 41,000 Frontier Corps, 1,500 Pak AIR FORCE and 105
Pakistan Navy officials),ammunition, fuel, wear-and tear on
vehicles and equipment used in direct support against Al
Qaida and anti-Coalition militants.

(Note: ODRP indicates that while CSF has been worth the
investment to date, because it encourages the Pakistan
Military to deploy troops in areas it has been long been
reluctant to enter, it may be time for a USG policy review on
the issue. ODRP suggests that future CSF should not be
guaranteed for mere presence; instead, reimbursement should
be based on performance, and that CENTCOM/SECDEF should
determine the criteria for reimbursement based on desired
behavior. End note.)

--Foreign Military Financing: ODRP manages the $300 million
per year allocated for shaping Pakistan's Defense Structure.
To date, Pakistan has chosen to spend national funds and FMF
against conventional defense needs instead of targeting
procurement for training and equipment that would have higher
utility in its internal GWOT. (Note: ODRP suggests more
direct management of FMF to ensure GWOT-essential efforts are
adequately resourced. End note.)

--Counter Narcotics: Through ODRP, DOD provided $22 million
in FY06 to enhance Pakistan's ability to control the Makran
Coast against the flow of narcotics through southern
Pakistan. In the process, Pakistan has enhanced its control
of semi-governed territory and improved control of its
southern borders.

--International Military Education and Training (IMET): ODRP
manages $2.04 million per year in IMET funds to increase the
mil-mil bonds, and fill in a 11-year gap in relations due to
sanctions.

--Overseas Humanitarian Disaster Assistance and Civic Aid
(OHDACA): ODRP manages a DOD pilot program of $800,000 as
proof of a concept for providing assistance to FATA. This
money supplements USAID's school construction projects
throught the FATA.

--Counter Terrorism Fellowship Program: Through ODRP, DOD
provided $500,000 in CT fellowship funds to accentuate
education in subjects of value to the GWOT.

(U) Development Assistance (USAID) includes:

---School Construction and Furnishing: USAID provided $4.7
million to the Pakistani firm, Associates in Development, to
construct 65 primary, middle, and high schools in 6 agencies
in the FATA. One school is completed, 44 are underway in

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Khyber, Bajaur, Khurram, Mohmand, and Orakzai, and an
additional 12 sites are being assessed and identified.
Security considerations have delayed construction of 8
schools in North Waziristan. Sanitary and drinking water are
being provided by the $800,000 DOD OHDACA grant mentioned
above. The Embassy of Japan has agreed to construct an
additional 65 schools in FATA using USAID's design.

---Scholarships for Pre-Service Teacher Education: 20
scholarships have been awarded to females from FATA to attend
a one-year pre-service teacher education program in Khyber
Agency. The Academy for Educational Development was awarded
$200,000 to administer this program.

--Water/Sanitation: In September 2005, USAID awarded $400,000
to UNICEF to implement a program to improve water and
sanitation facilities in 190 girls' schools in Khyber and
Mohmand Agencies. Activities are also underway to provide
hygiene and sanitation education to community members and
parent-teacher associations.

USAID will also partner with the GOP to implement President
Musharraf's Clean Drinking Water initiative in Bajaur,
Mohmand, and Khurram. Under this program, GOP will construct
water treatment plants and USAID will provide capacity
building and training in plant and water-resource management
and the promotion of hygiene practices. USAID expects to
award a grant in June 2006 for this project, which we
anticipate will begin in early 2007.

--Microcredit: In September 2005, USAID provided $4 million
to Khushalibank to establish stand-alone and mobile bank
branches in all seven FATA Agencies. 50,000 loans and 1,000
small infrastructure schemes are to eventually be provided in
the five-year program.

--Child Health: USAID plans to implement a child-health
program in FATA to focus on increasing the access and
availability of child health services, improving the quality
of health services, and increasing awareness and knowledge at
the househlold level. USAID plans to award a grant in June
2006 for this project.

(S) Other USG Assistance for FATA

--Several other Agencies at Post also have projects related
to FATA stability and GWOT. Details of programming and
funding allocated may be reported via other channels.
CROCKER