Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07KABUL3795
2007-11-09 02:54:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:  

GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR

Tags:  PREL PTER PGOV AF 
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FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RHMCSUU/FBI WASHINGTON DC IMMEDIATE
RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 1392
INFO RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 003795 

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FBI FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER
STATE FOR S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY
NSC FOR ZARATE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV AF
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR
BAGHLAN BOMBING, AFGHANISTAN


Classified By: DCM Christopher W. Dell for reasons 1.4(b)
and (d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 003795

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FBI FOR DIRECTOR MUELLER
STATE FOR S/CT COORDINATOR DAILEY
NSC FOR ZARATE

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2017
TAGS: PREL PTER PGOV AF
SUBJECT: GUIDANCE REQUEST: FBI INVESTIGATIVE ASSISTANCE FOR
BAGHLAN BOMBING, AFGHANISTAN


Classified By: DCM Christopher W. Dell for reasons 1.4(b)
and (d).


1. (U) This is an action request (see para. 2).


2. (C) Guidance is requested from the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the
provision of FBI assistance to the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan (IRoA) in investigating the November 6 bomb
attack that killed over 50 people, including six
parliamentarians, in Baghlan, Afghanistan.


3. (C) Background: A sugar factory in Baghlan, Afghanistan
was bombed during a visit by IRoA Members of Parliament
(MP) on November 6. At this point the type of bombing is
unknown, although a suicide bombing is widely suspected.
The resultant explosion killed six MPs and more than 40
others, including schoolchildren present to welcome the
MPs. A seventh MP was critically injured as were dozens
more at or near the factory. On November 7, Under
Secretary for Defense Policy Edelman,

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accompanied by Ambassador Wood, met with President Karzai
for a courtesy call. At that meeting, President Karzai
asked for U.S. assistance in the bombing investigation and
welcomed Ambassador Wood's offer to request FBI
assistance. The Ambassador suggested the FBI due to Legal
Attache success in its ongoing IED initiative in Kabul.
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