COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAFFDEL MCCARTHY

UNCLAS KABUL 003436 SIPDIS SIPDIS PLEASE PASS TO H AND RM/F/DFS/FO/AA/CAA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OREP OTRA AFIN ASEC PREL AF SUBJECT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAFFDEL MCCARTHY REF: STATE 122247 ¶1. Embassy Kabul welcomes Ryan McCarthy, Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee and Bart Forsyth, Deputy Chief Counsel, House International Relations Committee, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on August 7-8, 2006, to evaluate Counter Narcotics Training in Afghanistan and Counter Terrorist Training and discussions with Defense, Oil and Intelligence Ministries. Control Officer is Idris Rahimi, Political Officer, email address: RahimiIA@state.gov, telephone 011-937-010-8160 or cell number 011-937-020-1563. All travelers should bring USG ID for identification purposes and to obtain an Embassy ID. ¶2. Embassy Kabul will provide transportation, security, escorts and lodging. ¶3. Post requests to advise travelers security clearance as soon as possible ¶4. Post recommends all travelers to review information about traveling to Kabul on post's website: http://kabul.state.gov. NEUMANN