DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF ARB III

C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 001756 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT FOR S/WCI (AMB WILLIAMSON/CHARMS/SMUBANGU) AND SCA/A(SINGRAM) E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/27/2017 TAGS: PHUM PINR PREL PTER AF SUBJECT: DETAINEES: GOA NOTIFIED OF ARB III REF: A. STATE 70395 ¶B. STATE 40239 ¶C. KABUL 1074 ¶D. 02MAY07 DUSKA-INGRAM E-MAIL Classified By: Acting POLMIL Counselor Marie Richards; reasons 1.4(b) a nd (d). ¶1. (C/REL to Afghanistan) On May 27, deputy polmilcouns provided reftel A notification to Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director, Office of the National Security Council (ONSC). Deputy polmilcouns reiterated Administrative Review Board (ARB) procedures, per reftel, and requested that the GoA notify the relatives of the six individuals listed in reftel A and provide any information that the relatives or GoA might wish to share in written form to the Embassy within 30 days of this notification. Salehi acknowledged receipt and undertook to provide a response. ¶2. (C/REL to Afghanistan) Deputy polmilcouns reminded Salehi that the USG is still waiting for a GoA response to the last ARB notification (refs B-C). Salehi said that information on those individuals had been distributed to relevant GoA officials in the detainees' home localities, but that the ONSC was still awaiting feedback. He undertook to provide a response to the Embassy as soon as that feedback is available. WOOD