Identifier
Created
Classification
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08KABUL2943
2008-11-06 11:25:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Kabul
Cable title:
FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 002943
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO, SCA/A
NSC FOR WOOD
OSD FOR MCGRAW
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-101 POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV AF
SUBJECT: FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN
DIPLOMAT
Classified By: Ambassador William B. Wood for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
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Summary
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C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 002943
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO, SCA/A
NSC FOR WOOD
OSD FOR MCGRAW
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-101 POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV AF
SUBJECT: FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN
DIPLOMAT
Classified By: Ambassador William B. Wood for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
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Summary
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1. (C) FM Spanta told the Ambassador at their 11/5 meeting
that: (1) Kai Eide told the Afghan UN Perm Rep that he was
considering resigning in frustration. The Ambassador and
Spanta are urging Eide not to do so. (2) Spanta sought U.S.
help in finding the Afghan diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan.
See action request in para 4.
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Kai Eide: Threat to resign in frustration
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2. (C) Eide was in New York earlier this week to make the
case for UNAMA,s 2009 budget request. While there, he
called on Afghan UN Perm Rep Ambassador Tanin. Tanin
reported Eide as angry and pessimistic: the Afghan government
was not serious about reform and the international community
was not supporting him. Eide told Tanin he was considering
resigning in frustration. Spanta was alarmed and urged the
US to encourage Eide to stay. The Ambassador reiterated U.S.
support for Eide and his performance, and would encourage him
to continue.
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US assistance on kidnapped Afghan diplomat
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3. (C) Spanta asked for U.S. assistance in determining the
whereabouts of Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Afghan Consul General
to Peshawar and Ambassador-designate to Islamabad. Farahi
was kidnapped on 9/22 in Peshawar. Spanta asked for help
from Pakistan authorities when he was in Islamabad recently,
but the authorities had no information on the case. Spanta
and the Foreign Ministry were upset about the circumstances
and the cold trail. The Ambassador assured him the US would
do what it could to assist.
4.(C) Action Request: Embassy Kabul requests the Department
and other relevant agencies provide appropriate assistance to
Afghan authorities, per FM Spanta,s request.
WOOD
SIPDIS
STATE FOR SCA/FO, SCA/A
NSC FOR WOOD
OSD FOR MCGRAW
CENTCOM FOR CG CJTF-101 POLAD
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/05/2018
TAGS: PREL PGOV AF
SUBJECT: FM SPANTA: EIDE THREAT TO RESIGN, KIDNAPPED AFGHAN
DIPLOMAT
Classified By: Ambassador William B. Wood for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d)
--------------
Summary
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1. (C) FM Spanta told the Ambassador at their 11/5 meeting
that: (1) Kai Eide told the Afghan UN Perm Rep that he was
considering resigning in frustration. The Ambassador and
Spanta are urging Eide not to do so. (2) Spanta sought U.S.
help in finding the Afghan diplomat kidnapped in Pakistan.
See action request in para 4.
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Kai Eide: Threat to resign in frustration
--------------
2. (C) Eide was in New York earlier this week to make the
case for UNAMA,s 2009 budget request. While there, he
called on Afghan UN Perm Rep Ambassador Tanin. Tanin
reported Eide as angry and pessimistic: the Afghan government
was not serious about reform and the international community
was not supporting him. Eide told Tanin he was considering
resigning in frustration. Spanta was alarmed and urged the
US to encourage Eide to stay. The Ambassador reiterated U.S.
support for Eide and his performance, and would encourage him
to continue.
--------------
US assistance on kidnapped Afghan diplomat
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3. (C) Spanta asked for U.S. assistance in determining the
whereabouts of Abdul Khaliq Farahi, the Afghan Consul General
to Peshawar and Ambassador-designate to Islamabad. Farahi
was kidnapped on 9/22 in Peshawar. Spanta asked for help
from Pakistan authorities when he was in Islamabad recently,
but the authorities had no information on the case. Spanta
and the Foreign Ministry were upset about the circumstances
and the cold trail. The Ambassador assured him the US would
do what it could to assist.
4.(C) Action Request: Embassy Kabul requests the Department
and other relevant agencies provide appropriate assistance to
Afghan authorities, per FM Spanta,s request.
WOOD