NAJIBULLAH MOJADDEDI ON REINTEGRATION AND

C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 003492


STATE FOR S/SRAP STAFF

E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/02/2019
TAGS: PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF

SUBJECT: NAJIBULLAH MOJADDEDI ON REINTEGRATION AND
RECONCILIATION


1. (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent meetings with Embassy
officials, Special Advisor to the President on Health and
Education Dr. Najibullah Mojaddedi:

-- singled out insurgents who felt wronged by GIRoA and the
international community as those most predisposed
to reintegrate;
-- assessed that former insurgents will require land and
initial funding to start a new licit life;
-- said he had no knowledge of any reintegration efforts
being undertaken by GIRoA Vice Chair of the
Demobilization and Reintegration Commission Masoom Stanekzai;
and
-- decried the lack of international support for the Program
Tahkim-e-Sulh (PTS) he administers on behalf of his
Father, Professor Sibghatullah Mojaddedi. END SUMMARY


INSURGENT GROUPS
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2.(SBU) In an October 20 meeting on reintegration with
Pol-Mil officers and visiting INR analyst, and an October 23
meeting with the Ambassador, Special Advisor to the President
on Health and Education Dr. Mojaddedi: (son of the Speaker of
the Upper House of Parliament and Chairman of the National
Independent Peace and Reconciliation Commission (PTS)
Professor Sibghatullah Mojaddedi),divided the insurgency
into three groups: those who are affiliated with al Qaeda;
those who report to Pakistan,s military intelligence; and
those who are upset because they feel they have been wronged
by international forces, GIRoA or other Afghan factions.
This last group, he claimed, is most predisposed to
reintegration efforts.


PROGRAM TAHKIM SULH (PTS)
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3. (C) Dr. Mojaddedi claimed that PTS had successfully
reintegrated 9,000 insurgents using only two million dollars
in resources, but complained that it no longer receives
international financial support (Dr. Mojaddedi did not say
what livelihoods these 9,000 former insurgents pursued
post-reintegration). When asked whether PTS verifies that
reintegrated insurgents continue to eschew the insurgency,
Dr. Mojaddedi insisted that PTS maintains excellent oversight
of those who have reintegrated and verifies that they remain
separated from the insurgency. (NOTE: GIRoA established PTS
in May 2005 and, according to its website (www.pts.af),has
12 regional offices, with a headquarters office in Kabul at
the Mojaddedi family residence. The U.S. stopped funding PTS
in 2008 when PTS failed to track reintegrees and verify their
continued commitment to reintegration. Further, the U.S. was
unable to verify the numbers of reintegrees; and the
preponderance of Mojaddedi family members on the PTS payroll
also caused concern. END NOTE.)


4. (SBU) Dr. Mojaddedi relayed that insurgents who
reintegrate require money to purchase or build a home and
start a new life. He said he advised President Karzai to
provide ten percent of GIRoA-held land to insurgents who have
reintegrated so that they can build homes and establish
economic livelihoods; remaining government land should be
given to Afghans who had never been part of the insurgency.
Dr. Mojaddedi argued that such a system would not create a
"perverse incentive" since only a small fraction of
Afghanistan,s land would be available to former insurgents.
He called upon the U.S. and the international community to
resume funding of PTS, describing it as a critical mechanism
for promoting stability.


ROLE OF OTHER AFGHAN AND GIROA ENTITIES
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5. (SBU) When asked what part other GIRoA entities can or
should play in reintegration, Dr. Mojaddedi said that human
rights organizations have a role; he himself had recently met
with a group of human rights activists. Further, he said,
reintegration efforts should be conducted with support from,
and in coordination with, governors and the Afghan National
Security Forces.


6. (C) On the margins of an October 23 meeting with
Ambassador Eikenberry and Dr. Mojaddedi,s father, Dr.


Mojaddedi again raised his concern that PTS is being
marginalized. He said he was not aware of any plans or
programs being developed by Vice Chair of the Demobilization
and Reintegration Commission Masoom Stanekzai. Mojaddedi
asserted that he is still President Karzai,s lead on the
issue, due in large part to what he characterized as the
influence and trust Mojaddedi,s father enjoys among Taliban
fighters. Dr. Mojaddedi asked for the U.S. to fund a PTS
program to provide expanded vocational training for
ex-insurgents and suggested that reintegrated fighters be
given six months-one year of financial support So that they
can prepare to pursue licit livelihoods.

PREDICTIONS ON THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION,S REINTEGRATION
AGENDA
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7. (SBU) Dr. Mojaddedi said that he knows the exact
reintegration agenda President Karzai plans to adopt since
he, Mojaddedi, is the President,s reconciliation and
reintegration advisor, and also attends weekly Cabinet
meetings. Dr. Mojaddedi said that President Karzai should
and will set a reintegration agenda that calls for GIRoA, the
international community and Afghans to: 1) pursue
reintegration efforts; 2) fund reintegration efforts; and 3)
ensure reintegration efforts have wide support from GIRoA
entities, particularly from governors and the Afghan National
Security Forces.


SAUDI TALKS
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8. (C) Dr. Mojaddedi said that Taliban who had reintegrated
through the PTS process had participated in Saudi-led and
initiated reconciliation talks that began in December 2007.
He said that Taliban affiliated with the Pakistani
military,s Inter-Services Intelligence agency had not
participated in the talks, and without their participation
the talks could not be successful.

COMMENT
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9. (C) Given his family,s influential place in Afghan
society and his father's close personal ties to President
Karzai, we expect Dr. Mojaddedi will continue to play some
role in the new GIRoA administration's reintegration efforts.
We are engaging beyond the traditional reintegration players
(Minister Stanekzai, Minister of Defense Wardak and Minister
of Interior Atmar) to human rights organizations,
parliamentarians and non-Pashtuns to elicit their ideas and
perspectives, and feed that information ) and contacts --
into GIRoA,s post-election reintegration deliberations. We
are in daily contact with ISAF's Force Reintegration Cell and
allied embassies to ensure unity of effort as we seek to
support GIRoA reintegration efforts. END COMMENT
EIKENBERRY