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96STATE194868
1996-09-18 23:26:00
SECRET
Secretary of State
Cable title:
DEMARCHE TO THE TALIBAN ON TERRORISM
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S E C R E T STATE 194868
LONDON FOR TUELLER, PARIS FOR RAVELING
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/06
TAGS: PTER, PGOV, AF
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO THE TALIBAN ON TERRORISM
ROME FOR STORELLA
REFS: A) STATE 48243 B) STATE 184791
S E C R E T STATE 194868
LONDON FOR TUELLER, PARIS FOR RAVELING
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/06
TAGS: PTER, PGOV, AF
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO THE TALIBAN ON TERRORISM
ROME FOR STORELLA
REFS: A) STATE 48243 B) STATE 184791
1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY E. GIBSON LANPHER, JR., ACTING
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON: 1.5(D).
2. (S) RECENT TALIBAN ADVANCES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN MAY
MEAN THAT SEVERAL MILITANT TRAINING CAMPS BELONGING TO
HEKMATYAR AND SAYYAF HAVE OR WILL COME UNDER TALIBAN
CONTROL. ALSO, THERE ARE RECURRENT REPORTS THAT OSAMA BIN
LADEN IS STILL IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY MOVING
FROM CAMP TO CAMP IN SAROBI, NANGARHAR AND KONAR PROVINCE.
3. (S) DEPARTMENT WOULD APPRECIATE POSTS' ASSISTANCE IN
RAISING THESE ISSUES AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME WITH TALIBAN
REPRESENTATIVES. ON A SEPARATE MATTER, WE WOULD ALSO BE
INTERESTED IN GOP HANDLING OF ANY `ARABS' EXITING
AFGHANISTAN THROUGH PAKISTAN. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD
POINTS ON THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO TERRORISM AND THOSE
IN REFTELS, POSTS SHOULD ALSO DRAW UPON THE FOLLOWING:
-- YOUR RECENT SUCCESSES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN MEAN THAT A
NUMBER OF TERRORIST OR MILITANT TRAINING CAMPS RUN BY
HEKMATYAR, SAYYAF OR ARAB GROUPS HAVE OR WILL COME UNDER
YOUR CONTROL.
-- THERE WERE REPORTS THAT TALIBAN FORCES HAD CAPTURED
SAYYAF'S CAMP AT SHAMSHAD, NEAR TORKHAM AT THE BORDER.
ALSO, YOU NOW ALSO CONTROL THE DARUNTA AREA WHERE THERE IS
A MILITANT CAMP RUN BY FOREIGNERS (ARABS). HAVE YOU TAKEN
CONTROL OF THESE AND OTHER CAMPS IN PAKTIA AND ELSEWHERE?
-- WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACT TO CLOSE THESE CAMPS, REQUEST
THE DEPARTURE FROM AFGHANISTAN OF NON-AFGHAN MILITANTS AND
COOPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS AGAINST TERRQRISM.
-- RECURRENT REPORTS OF THE PRESENCE OF EX-SAUDI FINANCIER
AND RADICAL ISLAMIST OSAMA BIN LADEN ALSO CONCERN US. HE
IS SAID TO BE IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES, MOVING FROM CAMP TO
CAMP.
-- DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS? WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL EXPEL
HIM FROM TERRITORY UNDER YOUR CONTROL. THE PRESENCE OF
OSAMA BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN IS NOT A POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENT FOR AFGHANISTAN.
CHRISTOPHER
LONDON FOR TUELLER, PARIS FOR RAVELING
E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/17/06
TAGS: PTER, PGOV, AF
SUBJECT: DEMARCHE TO THE TALIBAN ON TERRORISM
ROME FOR STORELLA
REFS: A) STATE 48243 B) STATE 184791
1. (U) CLASSIFIED BY E. GIBSON LANPHER, JR., ACTING
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS,
DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON: 1.5(D).
2. (S) RECENT TALIBAN ADVANCES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN MAY
MEAN THAT SEVERAL MILITANT TRAINING CAMPS BELONGING TO
HEKMATYAR AND SAYYAF HAVE OR WILL COME UNDER TALIBAN
CONTROL. ALSO, THERE ARE RECURRENT REPORTS THAT OSAMA BIN
LADEN IS STILL IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES, POSSIBLY MOVING
FROM CAMP TO CAMP IN SAROBI, NANGARHAR AND KONAR PROVINCE.
3. (S) DEPARTMENT WOULD APPRECIATE POSTS' ASSISTANCE IN
RAISING THESE ISSUES AT AN OPPORTUNE TIME WITH TALIBAN
REPRESENTATIVES. ON A SEPARATE MATTER, WE WOULD ALSO BE
INTERESTED IN GOP HANDLING OF ANY `ARABS' EXITING
AFGHANISTAN THROUGH PAKISTAN. IN ADDITION TO THE STANDARD
POINTS ON THE IMPORTANCE WE ATTACH TO TERRORISM AND THOSE
IN REFTELS, POSTS SHOULD ALSO DRAW UPON THE FOLLOWING:
-- YOUR RECENT SUCCESSES IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN MEAN THAT A
NUMBER OF TERRORIST OR MILITANT TRAINING CAMPS RUN BY
HEKMATYAR, SAYYAF OR ARAB GROUPS HAVE OR WILL COME UNDER
YOUR CONTROL.
-- THERE WERE REPORTS THAT TALIBAN FORCES HAD CAPTURED
SAYYAF'S CAMP AT SHAMSHAD, NEAR TORKHAM AT THE BORDER.
ALSO, YOU NOW ALSO CONTROL THE DARUNTA AREA WHERE THERE IS
A MILITANT CAMP RUN BY FOREIGNERS (ARABS). HAVE YOU TAKEN
CONTROL OF THESE AND OTHER CAMPS IN PAKTIA AND ELSEWHERE?
-- WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL ACT TO CLOSE THESE CAMPS, REQUEST
THE DEPARTURE FROM AFGHANISTAN OF NON-AFGHAN MILITANTS AND
COOPERATE IN INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS AGAINST TERRQRISM.
-- RECURRENT REPORTS OF THE PRESENCE OF EX-SAUDI FINANCIER
AND RADICAL ISLAMIST OSAMA BIN LADEN ALSO CONCERN US. HE
IS SAID TO BE IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES, MOVING FROM CAMP TO
CAMP.
-- DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS? WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL EXPEL
HIM FROM TERRITORY UNDER YOUR CONTROL. THE PRESENCE OF
OSAMA BIN LADEN IN AFGHANISTAN IS NOT A POSITIVE
DEVELOPMENT FOR AFGHANISTAN.
CHRISTOPHER