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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09ISLAMABAD191 | LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Planning for the Friends of a Democratic Pakistan is moving forward, albeit slowly. On January 27, Jean Arnault negotiated with the MFA a draft framework for his future participation as a UN advisor to the Friends under UNDP auspices. Ambassador met separately with Arnault t [...] | 2009-01-29 10:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PK |
09ISLAMABAD1917 | RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONE PREP - GAINING SOME TRACTION? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-17 01:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD1969 | OPERATION TRITON/GFXZ-09-8004/PAKISTAN CONTAINERS DESTINED [...] (SBU) ON 08/17/09, DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) ACTING COUNTRY ATTACH (ACA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH A HIGH RANKING PAKISTAN CUSTOMS OFFICIAL CONCERNING TWO CONTAINERIZED FABRIC CONSIGNMENTS WHICH DEPARTED THE SEAPORT IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN, DURING THE END OF JULY AND THE BEGINNING OF A [...] | 2009-08-19 06:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD1992 | REMITTANCES LIKELY TO REMAIN HIGH, BUT MAY TRAVEL LESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early August, the Treasury Attach, Consulate EconOff, and EconOff, spoke to several Pakistani government and private sector officials to discuss Pakistan's steadily growing remittance levels. The State Bank of Pakistan reported [...] | 2009-08-21 05:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2008 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-24 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2014 | GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...] | 2009-08-25 01:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2022 | ENCOURAGING GULF INVESTMENT IN KARACHI'S POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC),Pakistan's only private utility, serves 18 million consumers in Karachi, the financial, industrial and commercial hub of Pakistan. Inadequate generation and out-dated transmission infrastructure have contributed to chronic load shedding [...] | 2009-08-25 05:53:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG AE PK |
09ISLAMABAD2052 | GFXZ-09-9180/JOINT DEA ISLAMABAD CO/ DEA NEW YORK FIELD [...] (SBU) REF. (A),(B): ON AUGUST 25, 2009, THE DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT STRIKE FORCE, GROUP Z-53 GROUP SUPERVISOR PATRICK J. HAMLETTE, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TARGETING THE TRAFFICKING ACTIVI [...] | 2009-08-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR DEAX TI |
09ISLAMABAD2135 | REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY SYMPOSIUM ON WHEAT STEM RUST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON PREL TBIO AF IN PK IR |
09ISLAMABAD2140 | PM AND FINANCE MINISTER ON PAKISTAN'S TROUBLED [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, NSC Senior Director for International Economics David Lipton said Pakistan needed to take a number of steps in the coming months to put its energy sector on firmer footing: resolve the remaining $3.7 billion " [...] | 2009-09-04 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2160 | XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED [...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...] | 2009-09-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2199 | RE-09-0010 / WGC1R / LOPEZ, JAMES. DEA ISLAMABAD CO [...] (SBU) REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SA JOHNSON, ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) AND SA BRENDA MCINOTOSH AND SA JACK WILSON OF THE SEATTLE DIVISION OFFICE (SDO). THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINED TO AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE SDO REGARDING THE AFOREMENT [...] | 2009-09-11 11:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2225 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 05:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2227 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRIORITIES FOR 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) Deputy PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the 12th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA UN Division Director Ahmed Farooq on September 14. Since Farooq normally covers security issues and is only temporarily responsible for the human rights portfol [...] | 2009-09-15 09:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UN PK |
09ISLAMABAD2250 | GFXZ-09-9180 / DEA ISLAMABAD CO RESPONSE TO DEA/SOD [...] (SBU) ON MAY 30, 2009, THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION (SOD) REGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED CASE FILE TITLE(S). THE ICO HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL OFFICIAL LETTERS TO THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE/ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (SIC) REQUE [...] | 2009-09-16 12:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD2268 | MFA SAYS PAKISTAN HAS NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO [...] (SBU) On September 17, Deputy PolCouns delivered to MFA UN Affairs Director Ahmed Farooq ref demarche requesting Pakistan defer introducing at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) a resolution proposing action in response to the Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict. During a follow-up conversat [...] | 2009-09-17 12:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UN IS PK |
09ISLAMABAD2279 | NON-INJURY ACCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE [...] (U) ON 9-18-2009, OGV T-06-0022A, DRIVEN BY ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (ARD) JOHN A. F. DUDLEY, WAS STATIONARY, FACING EAST ON AGHA KHAN ROAD, SECTOR F-6/4, IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MOTORCYCLE BEARING PAKISTAN LICENSE PLATE MM-234. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORC [...] | 2009-09-18 09:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DEAX SNAR TI |
09ISLAMABAD229 | PAKISTAN'S BANKS FACE DETERIORATING CONSUMER AND SMALL [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking sector in Pakistan has been largely shielded from the international financial crisis by a regulatory framework that has limited its foreign currency and securities exposure. Although there were no major losses in calendar year 2008, local bankers are expecting probl [...] | 2009-02-03 13:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2360 | PAKISTAN REQUESTS TOKYO PLEDGE FOLLOW UP, BUDGET [...] (SBU) In a September 16 letter to the Ambassador, Economic Affairs Division Secretary Farrakh Qayyum thanked the USG for committing $174 million in budget support in FY09 and requested an additional $500 million in budget support for FY10 (text in para 3). Qayyum's letter was a follow up to [...] | 2009-09-30 05:39:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PHUM PREF PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD238 | PAKISTAN STANDBY ARRANGEMENT: SO FAR SO GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF and Ministry of Finance contacts agree that, based on preliminary indications, Pakistan has performed well in fulfilling IMF performance criteria as required in Pakistan's November 24 Standby Arrangement (SBA). After retiring $1.24 billion in debt, borrowing from the State [...] | 2009-02-04 13:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2380 | POST APPROVAL FOR NIGHT VISION DEVICES FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Post supports the procurement of night vision devices (NVDs) for the Pakistan military at a cost of $300,000, using FY09 Pakistan Counter-Insurgency Funding (PCF). The purchase is for 25 Renegade 320 Thermal Imaging Devices for the Special Services Group (SSG). End Summary. [...] | 2009-10-02 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09ISLAMABAD2381 | PAKISTAN RAISES ENERGY TARIFFS IN STEP TO REDUCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP raised electricity tariffs 6 percent, in accordance with its commitments to international financial institutions. However, lower fuel costs and higher hydropower generation simultaneously pushed tariffs down, reducing the immediate impact on consumers, and hence public [...] | 2009-10-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2448 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS FORMAL DEBATE ON [...] (U) Summary. Pakistan's National Assembly commenced formal debate on the Kerry-Lugar legislation on October 7. The PML-N's Chaudhry Nisar -- the leader of the parliamentary opposition -- criticized the bill's conditions, while PM Gilani stressed that these conditions are not "binding" on Pak [...] | 2009-10-09 07:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09ISLAMABAD2459 | HEATED DEBATE IN PAKISTAN'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In three days of intense debate in the Pakistan National Assembly October 7-9, the Kerry-Lugar Bill (KLB) has come under fire (reftel). Post has been observing the debates daily. During debates on October 8 and 9, criticism of the bill by opposition members of parliament conti [...] | 2009-10-10 06:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD2477 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 23 SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2511 | SUSPENSION OF COURIER POUCH OPERATIONS TO PESHAWAR [...] (SBU) Islamabad is currently the hub for all Diplomatic Courier material that is destined for Peshawar. Over the last year, Post has encountered problems transporting pouches from Islamabad to Peshawar. Since the bombing of the Pearl Continental Hotel in Peshawar, Post has had difficulties g [...] | 2009-10-16 07:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ADCO ADPM AMGT |
09ISLAMABAD2539 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 7 OCTOBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-20 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2541 | STATUS OF PAKISTAN'S ENERGY SECTOR DEBT HOLDING [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOP has taken some concrete steps to return the Pakistani energy sector to financial solvency, several key elements remain unresolved. On October 1, the GOP raised tariff rates by 6 percent, the first of three tariff hikes agreed with international financial institutio [...] | 2009-10-20 14:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2628 | PAKISTAN-U.S. ENERGY DIALOGUE POINTS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS FOR THE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue of October 23-24 discussed plans for moving beyond the current difficulties and strategies for addressing longer-term planning. It was clear that Pakistan has made measurable progress in addressing the electricity sector's debt pr [...] | 2009-10-28 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG PREL PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2642 | PM GILANI CONFIDENT GOP WILL OVERCOME ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 24 meeting, David Goldwyn, Secretary's Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA) and head of the U.S. Delegation to the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue, commended Prime Minister Gilani on Pakistan's sound plan for addressing the country's energy crisis, i [...] | 2009-11-02 03:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ENRG PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2665 | PAKISTAN'S PETROLEUM MINISTRY ON POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to its chronic and worsening natural gas shortage, the GOP will "most likely" award contracts to two firms -- 4Gas and a Vitol-FOTCO consortium -- to build floating LNG re-gasification terminals, according to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources Special Secret [...] | 2009-11-03 14:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2675 | Visit to Waziristan IDP Relief Center [...] (U) Summary. Following reports of rioting at multiple relief distribution points in Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan, representatives of USAID, the U.N., a local relief organization, and the media traveled with Lt. General Nadeem Ahmed on October 28 to the newly established centralized relief distribut [...] | 2009-11-05 08:32:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PK PINR PREL PTER PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2741 | NEW CEO ON CHANGE IN KESC LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE OF [...] (U) This is a joint Consulate General Karachi-Embassy Islamabad message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) CEO Tabish Gahaur said that KESC had made significant strides in increasing collections and bringing new generation on line since Abraaj Capital took over its ma [...] | 2009-11-15 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD2744 | Mobile Banking in Pakistan - Challenges and Prospects [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings in Karachi and Islamabad in early October, the Treasury Attache and an advisor from Treasury's Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes discovered that some of Pakistan's commercial banks and microfinance banks have a growing interest in providi [...] | 2009-11-16 04:26:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2767 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES,04 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 13:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2798 | PAKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE IMPROVING, BUT STRUCTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:21:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2802 | PHARMACEUTICAL DATA PROTECTION AMENDMENT APPROVED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General for Health Dr. Rashid Jooma told EconCouns and Econoff that the Ministry of Health is at last moving forward with long-stalled data protection for pharmaceutical products. According to Jooma, representatives from both domestic and international pharmaceutical i [...] | 2009-11-20 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD2813 | PAKISTAN: GOODS PRODUCED BY FORCED AND CHILD LABOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 14:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD2829 | DIVVYING UP THE TAX REVENUE PIE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2839 | EMBASSY ISLAMABAD P1 REFERRAL: FAMILY OF JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad hereby refers for P1 U.S. resettlement consideration/in-country processing the family of Syed Hashim, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) staff member killed by a Baloch nationalist group on February 2, 2009 at the time of the kidnapping of U.S. cit [...] | 2009-11-24 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2847 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 18 NOVEMBER 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 06:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2880 | WORLD FOOD PROGRAM FEARS SHORTAGE OF FOOD FOR IDPs [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.N. World Food Program (WFP) is taking steps to prevent a food shortfall in its Emergency Operation in Pakistan (EMOP) in the coming months. Left unaddressed, this break in the WFP assistance pipeline could affect the 2.7 million individuals, including internally displaced [...] | 2009-12-01 05:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EAID PGOV PK PREL PREF IO |
09ISLAMABAD2895 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 02 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 02:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD2941 | PAKISTAN HUMAN TRAFFICKING INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable responds to ref A request for an interim assessment of Pakistan's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). In response to Pakistan's Tier 2 Watch List ranking in the 2009 TIP report, the government enhanced its efforts to address Pakistan's significant huma [...] | 2009-12-08 03:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ELAB KTIP PK |
09ISLAMABAD3002 | ASSISTANCE COORDINATOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Robin Raphel, Coordinator for Economic and Development Assistance in Pakistan briefed Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on U.S. plans to channel more assistance through the Pakistani government, target USG assistance in areas vulnerable to militants, and to focus on severa [...] | 2009-12-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3042 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 16 DECEMBER, 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 02:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD305 | STATE BANK GOVERNOR: LACK OF CREDIT STIFLING PAKISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 31, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its Monetary Policy Statement which maintained the discount rate at 15 percent for the next six months, causing disappointment to many in the private sector who were hoping for an easing of rates. SBP Governor Salim Raza [...] | 2009-02-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD3077 | FISCAL FEDERALISM OR FISCAL FOOLISHNESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: In a move heralded in the Pakistani press as a "historical shift to provincial autonomy" and a "victory for democracy," the National Finance Commission (NFC) reached a consensus on the formula for revenue division between the federal and provincial governments on December 11. Ag [...] | 2009-12-23 14:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PK |
09ISLAMABAD315 | PAKISTAN'S ENERGY CRISIS - IMPROVING, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP is making some headway fulfilling President Zardari's January directive to clear up the "circular" debt situation that is wreaking havoc among power producers, but confidence varies that it will be paid off in its entirety any time soon. Blackouts have been reduced from [...] | 2009-02-13 08:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON EFIN PK |
09ISLAMABAD335 | UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to recognize the importance of the elimination of the worst forms of child labor and is slowly taking steps to achieve this goal. There have been pockets of improvement over the past year but the main problem for Pakistan continues to be [...] | 2009-02-18 06:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD343 | MORE DONOR ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) This is an action cable. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: GOP officials have told us and high-level visitors that they have received little support from the international donor community in recent months. A World Bank senior economist confirmed that very little foreign assistance [...] | 2009-02-19 07:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON IBRD PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD344 | DONORS AND FRIENDS: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Given Pakistan's struggling economy and the urgent need for development and budgetary assistance, Mission recommends that we move forward as quickly as possible to facilitate a successful Donors' Conference, co-hosted by the World Bank, and now tentatively scheduled for April i [...] | 2009-02-19 07:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD353 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 13 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-19 09:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD404 | FOOD CRISIS WEATHERED, BUT BOTTLENECKS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Based on information provided by Pakistan's Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock (MinFAL),it now appears evident that the GOP has been able to avoid a potential food crisis by stepping up wheat imports. Since December, the GOP has purchased nearly one million tons of [...] | 2009-02-23 12:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD405 | GETTING THE MOST OUT OF OUR ENERGY DIALOGUE WITH PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Ministry of Water and Power Additional Secretary Zarar Aslam suggested rescheduling the U.S.-Pakistan Energy Dialogue during the week of March 15. He requested the USG propose dates via letter to which Aslam would then coordinate a GOP response. Although Asl [...] | 2009-02-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD412 | NEW PRIVATIZATION POLICY APPROVED; GAS FIELD PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 19, the Cabinet Committee on Privatization (CCOP) approved a new privatization policy whereby 26 percent and management control of a number of state owned enterprises would be sold. While total privatization is the eventual goal, the GOP intends to proceed in steps [...] | 2009-02-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD ENRG PK |
09ISLAMABAD422 | WORLD BANK GIVES HIGH MARKS TO GOP "SCORECARD" APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: World Bank point person for the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Iftikhar Malik told EconOff February 12 that President Zardari had signed off on revisions to the BISP "distributions via parliamentary political networks" on January 22. Pilot programs for [...] | 2009-02-26 11:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL SOCI PK |
09ISLAMABAD428 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) On February 12 CommCouns and Senior Commercial Specialist visited the Kamra Avionics and Radar Factory (KARF) at Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC),Kamra, and conducted the subject Pre-License End Use Check (PLC). Before conducting the PLC, the USG officials held a discussion with Air [...] | 2009-02-26 12:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BMGT KOMC PK |
09ISLAMABAD438 | PAKISTAN 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Pakistan remain on the Priority Watch List (PWL) at the conclusion of the 2009 Special 301 Review process. Pakistan has made no significant progress in IPR enforcement or data protection legislation in the past year. End Summary. Data Protection ------ [...] | 2009-02-27 14:47:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD440 | PAKISTAN MEETS FUND TARGETS; MORE LEEWAY AS GROWTH SLOWS [...] (SBU) Summary. The IMF finished its first "generally positive" review of Pakistan's Standby Arrangement on February 25. While the program remains on track, the Fund has relaxed its fiscal deficit and tax revenue targets slightly, based on a deteriorating global economic environment. Finance [...] | 2009-02-28 04:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD442 | PAK TELECOM SECTOR SLUMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on conversations with several telecom executives and the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority (PTA) Director of Economic Affairs Muhammad Sargana, the telecommunications sector in Pakistan is suffering from market saturation and the general economic downturn. Telecom co [...] | 2009-03-02 02:27:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD443 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES FROM 25 FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 02:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD EFIN EINT EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD468 | LACK OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO UN APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8-9. 2. (SBU) Summary. On February 26, representatives from the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Program (WFP) called on Charge d'Affaires to discuss their operations within Pakistan. Both organizations committe [...] | 2009-03-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD492 | TEST TELEGRAM GENERATED FROM WEB MACRO ON OPENNET [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AADP ACOA |
09ISLAMABAD529 | FATA STUDENTS "EXPERIENCE AMERICA" [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, Principal Officer, US Consulate in Peshawar, USAID Deputy Director for the FATA Development Program and USAID OTI representative met with 15 recent returnees from the Experience America Program (EAP). This USAID multi-year student exchange program is designed to im [...] | 2009-03-13 05:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD537 | EAD LAYS OUT STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN DONORS' MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Farrakh Qayyum, Secretary in the Economic Affairs Division (EAD),which is in charge of preparations for the April 17 donors' conference, told DCM March 12 that the GOP is working closely with the World Bank office in Islamabad to prepare their request. He noted that the reques [...] | 2009-03-13 10:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD543 | UPDATE ON IDP ASSISTANCE IN BAJAUR AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent military operations in Bajaur that may have "secured" roads in parts of the agency (reftel),the majority of internally displaced persons (IDPs) have not yet begun to return because they see military operations continuing. USAID is currently providing USD 1.8 mill [...] | 2009-03-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PREF KPAO PK |
09ISLAMABAD561 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 11 MARCH 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-17 08:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD575 | IMF Update - "Nascent Stability" [...] (SBU) Summary. In a briefing of G-7 countries, the IMF Resident Representative characterized Pakistan's economic situation as "nascent stability." Revealing little new information, he commended the GOP's efforts to meet its numeric goals, but cautioned that tax revenue targets would be diffic [...] | 2009-03-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD618 | POST RECOMMENDS AGAINST DOWNGRADE OF ICRAS RISK RATING FOR [...] (SBU) Post urges the Interagency Credit Risk Assessment System committee not to downgrade Pakistan's sovereign and non-sovereign risk rating on March 23. The draft report, dated January 1, does not reflect the progress and the commitment the GOP has made to bring its economic house in order, [...] | 2009-03-23 06:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD78 | URGENT NEED TO IMPROVE IDP SERVICES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (U) Summary. President Asif Zardari and Chief of Army Staff General Kayani raised with Ambassador the urgent need to provide the internally displaced people (IDPs) in the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered [...] | 2009-01-13 15:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREF PREL PTER |
09ISLAMABAD781 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON THE ECONOMIC ISSUES, 09 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-13 12:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD787 | GOP SEEKS TIFA DELIVERABLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOP hopes to bring progress on IPR issues and on the long-standing Siemens-Westinghouse investment dispute to the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks on April 27. They are willing to discuss regional trade issues on the sidelines, but do not wish them to be [...] | 2009-04-14 10:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD844 | RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MAY 6-7 TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Based on Washington's draft agenda, Post recommends the following format and Pakistani participants for the U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan tri-lateral meetings scheduled for May 6-7 in Washington. We will follow up, as requested, with suggestions on deliverables. Foreign Policy Session - [...] | 2009-04-22 09:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ETRD EAID MOPS PK |
09ISLAMABAD885 | BI-WEEKLY REPORT ON ECONOMIC ISSUES, 22 APRIL 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-27 11:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD902 | DONORS PLEDGE OVER $5 BILLION IN NEW MONEY AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International pledges totaled more than $5 billion at the Pakistan Donors' Conference in Tokyo on April 17. The Donors' Conference was intended to support the implementation of Pakistan's International Monetary Fund (IMF) Stand-By Arrangement agreed to in November 2008. Specia [...] | 2009-04-28 13:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID |
09ISLAMABAD913 | ADB CONCERNED OVER ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 21, USAID and ECON officials met with Rune Stroem, Country Director for the Asian Development Bank (ADB),who conveyed the ADB's concerns over the slow pace of energy sector reforms in Pakistan. Stroem identified three problems with the sector: the new Lahore High Cour [...] | 2009-04-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK |
09ISLAMABAD923 | STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN STRENGTHENS REGULATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In March, the State Bank of Pakistan amended its rules to detect money laundering and terrorism finance, requiring all banks in Pakistan to establish compliance units, conduct due diligence on customers, and identify suspicious customers and transactions. The rules are a respons [...] | 2009-04-30 11:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER PK |
09ISLAMABAD930 | ACTION ON PAK-AFGHAN TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistani Cabinet approved the opening of formal negotiations on a new Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement (ATT) April 8, a significant step toward replacing the outdated 1965 agreement currently in place. While this is a welcome step forward, challenges ranging from vested [...] | 2009-05-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PK |
09ISLAMABAD938 | POST MEETING ON H1N1 READINESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Post held a meeting of the H5N1 Avian Influenza Committee to assess Embassy readiness should the H1N1 Swine-Origin Influenza Virus(S-OIV) spread to Pakistan. The committee reviewed supplies and tripwires as well as discussed various scenarios and plans for locally engaged staff [...] | 2009-05-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT CASC PK |
09ISLAMABAD964 | PAKISTAN: DATA PROTECTION LEGISLATION SLOWLY MOVING [...] (SBU) EconOffs delivered reftel demarche informing the GOP that Pakistan will remain on the Priority Watch List to Imran Ali Director (U.S.),Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Syed Bukhari, Director General, Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan on April 29. 2. (SBU) Ali and Bukhari [...] | 2009-05-05 13:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL PK |
09ISLAMABAD967 | UPDATE ON IDP SITUATION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN and partner agencies have now set up three IDP camps, two in Mardan and another in Swabi to accommodate a total of 1150 refugee families. All camps are being developed by UNHCR site planners, and WHO and UNICEF are developing water/sanitation and health facilities. As o [...] | 2009-05-06 01:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISLAMABAD993 | UN BRIEFS ON IMPENDING PAKISTAN IDP CRISIS: URGENT NEEDS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 9 and 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: Pakistan faces an imminent humanitarian crisis. UN agencies now anticipate a total Pakistan IDP population of 1.3 million. This number includes an anticipated outflow of 800,000 from Dir, Buner and Swat Districts. Reli [...] | 2009-05-09 02:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF PK AF EAID PREL PINR PTER ECON |
09ISTANBUL115 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, we met with EMPA Electronics Managing Director Mehmet Horsanali and one of his consultants, Yurdakul Alpay on March 13, 2009, to conduct a post-shipment end use check on License 050111816 and, specifically, to confirm the bona fides of EMPA and to r [...] | 2009-03-20 13:15:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
09ISTANBUL12 | NGO LEADERS: WOMEN'S RIGHTS THREATENED BY GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: Women NGO leaders gathered for lunch hosted by the Consul General on December 17, 2008, commented on the growing conservatism on the part of the Turkish government (GOT) over the past year which ultimately impaired women's rights. According to the leaders present, a tendency t [...] | 2009-01-07 14:58:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF OSCE TU PHUM |
09ISTANBUL128 | WORLD WATER FORUM PROVIDES A DRY-RUN FOR THE [...] (U) Summary and Comment: During March 16-22, 2009, over 25,000 people from more than 60 countries attended the Fifth Triennial World Water Forum (WWF) in Istanbul. The 71-member U.S. delegation was headed by Alonzo Fulghum, Acting Director of USAID, who gave the opening and closing Ministeria [...] | 2009-03-30 08:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV ETRD IMF PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL132 | TREASURY OFFICIALS VISIT ISTANBUL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) US Treasury Department officials Joanna Veltri and Jason Weiss had a series of meetings in Istanbul on March 19th & March 20th with financial analysts and private sector representatives. They discussed Turkey's worrisome financing needs, prospects for an IMF agreement and the [...] | 2009-03-31 14:06:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM TU |
09ISTANBUL169 | MIXED MESSAGES: RESPONDING TO HOMOSEXUALITY IN [...] (U) Summary. Turkey is confronting conflicting cultural and moral ideals as it continues down the road of modernity. On May 14, daily "Milliyet" reported that a moderate columnist from "Zaman" linked homosexuality with massacres in Iraq and Afghanistan in a televised statement during which he [...] | 2009-05-16 07:46:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL TU OSCE |
09ISTANBUL182 | DEPARTURE OF CONSUL GENERAL SHARON A. WIENER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-27 11:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT OTRA ASEC TU |
09ISTANBUL203 | LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE H1N1 OUTBREAK IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An Amcit transit passenger was Turkey's first confirmed H1N1 case. His mother, a green card holder (LPR),also tested positive for the virus. Subsequently six more confirmed H1N1 cases have been announced by the Government of Turkey (GOT) including an additional U.S. citizen [...] | 2009-06-09 05:39:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CASC KFLU PREL AMGT TU |
09ISTANBUL269 | KOC EXECUTIVES ASSESS TURKEY'S ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Koc executives expressed concern over the Turkish economy to Ambassador Jeffrey and CG Wiener in a July 9 meeting. While the situation has improved since earlier this year and Turkey is relatively better-positioned than its peers, consumer confidence remains low and must reboun [...] | 2009-07-15 08:09:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV TU |
09ISTANBUL27 | TURKISH AIRLINES CEO ON LANDING SLOTS, UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 12, Turkish Airlines (THY) CEO Temel Kotil called on the Consul General to seek assistance in resolving concerns posed by the FAA related to a THY wet lease of three Boeing 777 aircraft from JET Aviation of India. CG and Kotil discussed THY's planned purchase of u [...] | 2009-01-16 12:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD TU |
09ISTANBUL270 | KEY TURKISH BUSINESS GROUPS DISCUSS POST-CAIRO [...] (SBU) Action request - see para 11. 2. (SBU) (Summary) Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Anne-Marie Slaughter met with representatives of MUSIAD (Independent Industrialist and Businessmen's Association) and TAIK (Turkish-U.S. Business Council) in Istanbul to discuss prospects for U.S [...] | 2009-07-15 08:10:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL273 | IMF REP ATKINSON BRIEFS AUDIENCE IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) (Summary): Fresh from the G-8 Conference in Italy, IMF External Relations Director Caroline Atkinson met with local business leaders and analysts in Istanbul at a conference sponsored by DEIK (Foreign Economic Relations Board) to discuss the Fund's view of the global financial cris [...] | 2009-07-16 12:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN TU |
09ISTANBUL28 | TURKISH INTELLECTUALS WANT FREEDOM TO DISCUSS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL314 | BACKGROUND TO ATTACK ON CHRISTIAN IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 3, a Christian Turk was attacked in Kadikoy, Istanbul, by an acquaintance who recently completed military service. The twenty-minute standoff ended when police officers threatened to open fire. The attacker eventually released the victim after calling him a "missionar [...] | 2009-08-14 05:26:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU |
09ISTANBUL319 | BMENA FACES CHALLENGES IN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 31, NEA Acting DAS Madelyn Spirnak met with the director and officers of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Foreign Policy Program to discuss the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) initiatives and methods of achieving greater GOT buy-in t [...] | 2009-08-14 15:19:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL MC XI ZR XF |
09ISTANBUL32 | TIFA DELEGATION HOLDS PRIVATE SECTOR DIALOGUE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The American Business Forum in Turkey (ABFT) organized a private sector forum for the U.S. delegation ahead of the Turkey-U.S. Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Ankara. Representatives of U.S. companies in Istanbul provided formal briefings on the pharma [...] | 2009-01-20 08:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR TU |
09ISTANBUL344 | FLASH FLOOD AFTERMATH [...] (U) During the evening of September 8 and the morning of September 9, flash floods in Istanbul and surrounding areas left 31 confirmed dead, nine missing, and damages that may exceed USD 100 million. Affected areas were Tekirdag, a province west of Istanbul, and the western Istanbul neighborh [...] | 2009-09-11 05:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL390 | ISTANBUL,S UNPLANNED GROWTH ENHANCES VULNERABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The uncontrolled sprawling growth of the city of Istanbul puts its citizens at great risk in the event of a natural disaster. Construction standards have improved since the 1999 Marmara earthquake that killed over 30,000 people, yet illegal housing that lacks these standards co [...] | 2009-10-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC ECON PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL393 | UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS, MEETING WITH REPUBLIC OF KOREA [...] (SBU) Summary: In his October 5 meeting with Under Secretary Hormats, Minister Shin said the ROK would welcome U.S. assistance and advice as Korea prepares to host the G-20 meeting in the fall of 2010. In addition, Shin noted that Korea would like to be an "honest broker" between China and the [...] | 2009-10-14 13:55:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH ECON EFIN KS |
09ISTANBUL398 | USAID AND TIKA PUSH FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 6 meeting on the sidelines of the IMF/WB summit with the leadership of Turkey's aid and development organization, TIKA, the members of the USAID delegation discussed food security in Central Asia and Africa. They also discussed opportunities for trilateral coopera [...] | 2009-10-16 13:34:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU UZ |
09ISTANBUL41 | ACTING ARMENIAN PATRIARCH HOPEFUL FOR RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 22 courtesy call by Ambassador Jeffrey, acting Armenian patriarch Archbishop Atesyan emphasized that the Armenian Turkish community is encouraged by the warming of relations between the Government of Armenia and the Government of Turkey (GOT). Atesyan noted th [...] | 2009-01-26 13:33:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL OSCE PGOV TU AM |
09ISTANBUL453 | BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel, Consulate economic officers visited the offices of PROFEN Muhendislik (Engineering) Sanayi Ticaret on December 2, 2009 and met with Managing Director Onder Havuzlu, Sales Director Sadettin Avcilar and Sales Director Ilgar Alibeyli. The purpose of this [...] | 2009-12-10 13:12:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC TU |
09ISTANBUL461 | IRAN/CULTURE: SO YOU WANT TO BE A ROCK AND ROLL [...] (SBU) Summary: An Iranian rock band described to us on December 8-9 Tehran's "small but crazy" underground club scene, where drugs are cheap and easy to find, creative expression is at its most free, and participants are among Iran's most tech-savvy citizens. They said the regime's fierce po [...] | 2009-12-16 14:53:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS SOCI TU IR |
09ISTANBUL468 | LEADING ENTREPRENEURS PARTICIPATE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Summary. A Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit Roundtable was hosted in Istanbul by Consul General Wiener on December 21, bringing together a group of successful Turkish entrepreneurs to discuss shared experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the potential for new partnerships a [...] | 2009-12-29 05:51:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINT ETRD PHUM PREL TU |
09ISTANBUL49 | ISTANBUL BUSINESS LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS RE IMF [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 23, Ambassador Jeffrey accompanied by Consul General met with members of the board of directors of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD). The discussion focused on concerns related to the global economic slowdown and its effects on the Tu [...] | 2009-01-30 04:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV TU |
09ISTANBUL70 | CHP,S CORRUPTION FIGHTER TARGETS ISTANBUL MAYORAL [...] (SBU) Summary: CHP,s mayoral candidate for Istanbul, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, told us he will continue to focus on corruption within the AKP, since this is the primary problem facing Turkey today -- which exacerbates the growing economic crisis. When he tours poor neighborhoods throughout the cit [...] | 2009-02-20 06:11:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV TU |
09ISTANBUL86 | AMCHAM SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS INVESTOR CONCERNS [...] (U) Summary. The third annual American Business Forum Turkey investment survey highlights U.S. investor disillusionment with the pace of reform and concerns regarding macroeconomic stability. A large majority of surveyed investors nonetheless remain confident in Turkey's market potential and [...] | 2009-03-03 14:17:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD TU |
09ISTANBUL91 | MINISTERS WOO ISTANBUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent remarks to the Istanbul business community Foreign Minister Babacan, Energy Minster Guler and State Minister for EU Affairs Bagis underscored the government's adherence to Western political ideals including democracy, human rights and free market principles. The mini [...] | 2009-03-06 05:30:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM TU |
09ISTANBUL98 | TURKS DISTRUST BOTH FOREIGNERS AND SHARIA LAW [...] (U) Summary: A poll released in February found that most Turks are distrustful of foreigners and fearful that the country will be divided by outside forces. The poll commissioned by the mainstream Hurriyet newspaper and conducted by well regarded polling firm Konda Research also found many T [...] | 2009-03-09 10:13:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL TU |
09JAKARTA1001 | NAMRU-2: THE PATH FORWARD [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Health Minister Supari has postponed her Washington visit, the time is still right to explore deepening our health cooperation with Indonesia. To do this we must first overcome an imme [...] | 2009-06-12 05:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
09JAKARTA1004 | NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JULY 16 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
09JAKARTA1006 | NAMRU 2 PATH FORWARD: PROPOSED JUNE 16 [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 5. This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Despite the postponement of her planned Washington trip, Indonesian Health Minister Supari is still keen to explore deepening our health cooperation. Mi [...] | 2009-06-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU EAGR AMGT MASS PGOV |
09JAKARTA1024 | INDONESIA: MESSAGE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post conveyed to Indonesian Presidential Advisor and Spokesman Dino Djalal the importance of the final preparatory meeting of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) next week. The Charge d'Affaires (CDA) highlighted that the June 22-23 meeting in Mexico will begin preparing a L [...] | 2009-06-17 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1026 | INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIDENT, BUT NOT COMPLACENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian economic policymakers appear confident, relishing the wave of positive attention the country has received in recent weeks. The recent upward revision by the IMF of its 2009 growth forecast for Indonesia and an improvement in the outlook for its sovereign rating by Mo [...] | 2009-06-17 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1030 | Indonesian President's in-law sentenced in corruption case [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced Aulia Pohan -- President Yudhoyono's son's father-in-law -- to 4 1/2 years on corruption charges on June 17. The court also sentenced three additional central bank deputy governors, bringing the total to nine public officials convicted in this central [...] | 2009-06-18 08:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
09JAKARTA106 | INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT PROPOSES INCREASING BUDGET DEFICIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. With the global economic outlook remaining uncertain, the Indonesian government has announced plans to revise its 2009 budget to increase the budget deficit to 2.5% of GDP, up from 1%. If Parliament approves the revised budget, the government plans to carry out additional fisca [...] | 2009-01-20 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1075 | Health Cooperation Q Moving Toward a New [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This message outlines a vision of greater health cooperation with Indonesia and provides building blocks for the June 25 Sub-IPC. The United States now has an opportunity to transform our health [...] | 2009-06-24 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1126 | DVC DIALOGUE PLACES SPOTLIGHT ON INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP Director Ambassador Luis CdeBaca held a June 29 DVC dialogue with key GOI officials and NGO leaders regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Indonesia. Ambassador Hume ope [...] | 2009-07-02 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG ID |
09JAKARTA1130 | IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS [...] (SBU) Indonesian officials assured that they will take steps to ensure immediate implementation of the financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 designed to limit North Korea's ability to fund WMD and ballistic missile-related activities, arms procurement and sales. Embassy delivered points contain [...] | 2009-07-02 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1157 | INDONESIA VOTES PEACEFULLY; PRESIDENT SEEMS TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; it was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's presidential election went smoothly and peacefully on July 8. Preliminary exit polls indicate that President Yudhoyono is likely to win by a landslide, wi [...] | 2009-07-08 10:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1160 | PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO BASKS IN GLOW OF BIG VICTORY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Voters gave President Yudhoyono a landslide victory, according to preliminary results from quick counts, in Indonesia's presidential election on July 8. Although official results are not exp [...] | 2009-07-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1163 | SCENESETTER FOR EXIM FARRELL VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Indonesia offers an opportunity to improve the competitive position of U.S. companies in this economy, at a time of improving U.S.-Indonesia bilateral relations. The effects of the global financial crisis have been milder in Indonesia than elsewhere, with Indonesi [...] | 2009-07-10 02:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EPET ID |
09JAKARTA1167 | Indonesia Proposes Health Cooperation [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ministry of Health wants to expand health cooperation with the United States. Towards this end, they have presented us with a draft MOU that outlines a broad framework for our he [...] | 2009-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED KFLU MASS PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1177 | LETTER FROM MINISTER PANGESTU TO USTR: TOBACCO CONTROL ACT [...] (SBU) On July 10, 2009, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk. The letter details GOI concerns regarding the ban on clove cigarettes contained in th [...] | 2009-07-13 10:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1193 | INDONESIA: PROMOTING MUSLIM EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes the President's proposals for broadening science and technology engagement with Muslim-majority countries. The key to success in Indonesia will be promoting personal scientist-to-scientist interactions. Post requests Washington's assistance in: 1) mainta [...] | 2009-07-15 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL ID |
09JAKARTA1194 | REVISED DRAFT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT: [...] (U) This is an Action Request--please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta shared the revised draft Science and Technology Agreement with the Ministry of Research and Technology. The Ministry was very optimistic about concluding negotiations on the agreement. GOI interloc [...] | 2009-07-15 12:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR TPHY ID |
09JAKARTA1204 | AMBASSADOR, DIRECTOR GENERAL RETNO ASSESS PROGRESS [...] (U) Action request in Para 5. 2. (SBU) On July 16, Ambassador and DCM met with Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for America and Europe, Amb. Retno Marsudi, to provide updates on elements of the developing comprehensive partnership between the United States and Indonesia. They [...] | 2009-07-17 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KN PGOV |
09JAKARTA1211 | NEAR SIMULTANEOUS BOMB BLASTS AT JAKARTA HOTELS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There were two nearly simultaneous bomb blasts at luxury hotels in Jakarta early on July 17. Nine people were reportedly killed and at least 50 people were injured, including eight confirmed Americans. President Yudhoyono and other senior officials promised a thorough invest [...] | 2009-07-17 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC ID |
09JAKARTA1215 | RULE OF LAW: PROSECUTORS GET A CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. JUDICIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-but-Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of eleven Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force, accompanied by DOJ Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) and poloff, participated in a June study visit to the U.S. The State-funded, DOJ-orga [...] | 2009-07-21 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA1221 | ARF -- INDONESIA INTERESTED IN DISASTER RELIEF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia is keen to host the second ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration of Response in Disaster Relief (VDR) in 2010 or 2011. However, the GOI is seeking support and assistance [...] | 2009-07-22 08:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS |
09JAKARTA1224 | INDONESIA REQUESTS CONSULTATION ON TOBACCO ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, 2009, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk. The letter details GOI concerns over recently signed tobacco legislation and requests a [...] | 2009-07-22 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ECON ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA1227 | GE ON TRACK IN LOCOMOTIVE MARKET [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-But-Unclassified (SBU) and includes business sensitive information. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: General Electric Transportation (GE) has two locomotive agreements and a third in the works, which could total sales of several hundred million doll [...] | 2009-07-23 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON EFIN PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1254 | GOI SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN OPIC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) On Friday July 25, OPIC Acting General Counsel Robert O'Sullivan completed a successful round of exploratory discussions with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials on updating OPIC's Investment Support Agreement with Indonesia. GOI officials requested OPIC to propose a revised versio [...] | 2009-07-28 08:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA1267 | U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY SURPRISED BY BOMBINGS, [...] (SBU) Senior representatives of the U.S. business community were surprised by the recent bombings. They view the bombings as an isolated event, not a signal of a long-term deterioration of the security situation in Indonesia. They stressed the vital nature of continued U.S. training and coop [...] | 2009-07-29 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON EINV AMGT CASC ID |
09JAKARTA1269 | INDONESIA--REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expanded and more robust engagement with Indonesia is critical to the President's vision of a new relationship with the Muslim world as outlined in his Cairo speech. Now is the time to advance key elements of our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia--the Muslim world's larg [...] | 2009-07-29 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SCUL SOCI KISL EAID ECON ID XF |
09JAKARTA1295 | YUDHOYONO'S 2010 BUDGET PROPOSAL: MAINTAINING A [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono ("SBY") presented a 2010 budget bill aimed at maintaining a steady course. SBY highlighted Indonesia's success in weathering the current global downturn, building a stronger, more self-reliant domestic economy and taking a place at the G-20 table [...] | 2009-08-05 02:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PTER ID |
09JAKARTA1312 | DELIVERY OF LETTER REGARDING NEXT STEPS UNDER THE [...] (SBU) We delivered the letter from AUSTR Barbara Weisel contained reftel to Gusmardi Bustami, Director General International Cooperation, at the Indonesian Ministry of Trade on August 7. Bustami advised that he and his colleagues are continuing to study the proposals made by the U.S. He plan [...] | 2009-08-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD OTRA ID |
09JAKARTA1313 | BILL COULD WEAKEN INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is debating a new bill that would strip Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of its prosecutorial powers, rendering the KPK an investigative and preventative organization. Although this legislati [...] | 2009-08-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1339 | SUMATRA: FOREST FIRES IN RIAU DISRUPT LIFE AND IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary. Increasingly serious levels of haze and smoke resulting from forest fires mainly concentrated in Riau Province, Sumatra, have had a severe impact on daily life in the province during the first half of August. The smoke and haze caused by the fires have created flight diversions a [...] | 2009-08-13 05:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR SENV ID |
09JAKARTA1343 | YUDHOYONO OFFICIAL VICTOR AS COURT THROWS OUT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) The Constitutional Court on August 12 rejected lawsuits filed by losing presidential candidates Megawati Sukarnoputri and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (JK) alleging widespread electoral fraud in the July 8 p [...] | 2009-08-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1344 | INDONESIA RIDING OUT GLOBAL DOWNTURN WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is riding out the global downturn well. Second quarter GDP growth of 4.0 percent year-on-year came in above expectations and first half 2009 growth of 4.2 percent was among the highest in Asia. Improved global sentiment and higher commodity prices have benefited Indo [...] | 2009-08-13 12:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1348 | DOC CLEAN ENERGY ROUNDTABLE SEEKS RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES, HIGHLIGHTS OBSTACLES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-14 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ENRG EAID EFIN KGHG ID |
09JAKARTA135 | Yudhoyono Advisor -- the Time is Now for a Strategic [...] (SBU) The time is now to build a U.S.-Indonesian strategic partnership according to President Yudhoyono's key economic advisor. Chatib Basri, who served as SBY's sherpa to the November 2008 G20 Summit in Washington, said there is new-found enthusiasm throughout the Indonesian government to wor [...] | 2009-01-27 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA136 | Indonesia to Invite President Obama to World Islamic [...] (SBU) Indonesian President Yudhoyono will invite President Obama to participate in the Fifth World Islamic Economic Forum to be held in Jakarta on March 2-3. The conference will focus on the implications of the global financial crisis as well as alternative energy and food security for the Mus [...] | 2009-01-27 11:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1379 | DUE DILIGENCE ON ACE NOMINEE PT CARGILL INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Mission has reviewed the performance of PT Cargill Indonesia and reaffirms that its conduct in Indonesia has been exemplary. 2. (SBU) Are there possible negatives or risks of U.S. embarrassment that could result from the potential selection of post's nominee? None foreseeable. PT C [...] | 2009-08-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT BEXP ECON ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID |
09JAKARTA1408 | Health Cooperation - GOI Proposes [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. Please see action request in paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has proposed a health cooperation memorandum of understanding to be released during the President's proposed trip to Indonesi [...] | 2009-08-25 09:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PGOV AMED KFLU MASS ID |
09JAKARTA1414 | ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE -- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Indonesia is on board with our reftel demarche and invitation package for the 9th ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Disaster Relief Sept. 16-18. In response to our presentation, Kristanyo Hardojo of th [...] | 2009-08-26 10:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ARF EAID MARR ID |
09JAKARTA1420 | Views on Environment for POTUS Visit from Indonesia [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-27 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1421 | Views on Environment for POTUS Visit from Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia Presidential Advisor on Environment Emil Salim and Secretary to the Coordinating Minister of Social Welfare Indroyono Soesilo strongly advocate an ambitious agenda for the upcoming POTUS visit, including: -- Fisheries-based food security initiative through establishin [...] | 2009-08-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG ENRG TSPL PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1466 | ELITE POLICE MOBILE BRIGADE -- A WAY FORWARD ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG's current training policy toward Mobile Brigade is counterproductive. Prohibiting this key law enforcement element from receiving ICITAP training prevents members from learning about INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP-develope [...] | 2009-09-02 10:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA1490 | GOVERNMENT SEEKS FLEXIBILITY IN MINING [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Indonesian Mining Director General Bambang Setiawan, representatives from Canada, Australia, the EU and the United States expressed concerns regarding draft regulations for the new mining law. Setiawan acknowledged concerns, but he stressed the need to satisfy [...] | 2009-09-04 11:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EMIN EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1532 | FORCED OR CHILD LABOR -- INDONESIA'S RESPONSE TO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed USG points re the U.S. Department of Labor's list of goods produced by forced labor or child labor with Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs and other contacts. Deputy [...] | 2009-09-15 06:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB ID |
09JAKARTA1533 | ACEH: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW SHARIA LAW ALLOWING STONING [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. Provincial leaders and civil society groups in Aceh have voiced strong concern and the Indonesian central government is considering the constituti [...] | 2009-09-15 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1542 | INDONESIAN RESPONSE ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT IAEA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Deputy Pol/C delivered reftel message urging support for a consensus outcome on Middle East issues at the September 2009 IAEA General Conference to Roy Soemirat of the Department of Foreign Affairs Direc [...] | 2009-09-15 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM AORC KNNP IAEA ID |
09JAKARTA157 | NEW G-20 SHERPA URGES ACTION AND COMMITMENT TO FIGHT [...] (SBU) The credibility of the G-20 is at risk unless its members implement their commitments, according to Indonesia's new sherpa. Deputy Minister at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Mahendra Siregar lamented that G-20 countries were unable to revive the WTO Doha round in December. [...] | 2009-01-30 06:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1570 | INDONESIA RESPONSE TO CTBT ARTICLE XIV CONFERENCE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Deputy Pol/C discussed reftel points with Roy Soemirat, Director of the Nuclear Weapons Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International Security and Disarmament. Soemira [...] | 2009-09-17 09:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KTBT ID |
09JAKARTA1612 | VISA CLEARANCE NEEDED FOR NOTED INDONESIAN SCHOLAR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission requests the Department's urgent assistance in resolving visa clearance for a distinguished Indonesian scholar who hopes to travel to Northern Illinois University to receive an [...] | 2009-09-25 10:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KISL KPAO ID |
09JAKARTA1619 | INDONESIA: AVIATION - THE NEXT STEP [...] (U) This message contains an Action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is a major civil aviation market, and will grow faster if U.S. technical assistance can help bring its aviation sector up to international standards. A string of fatal air disasters has height [...] | 2009-09-29 00:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1640 | ADVANCING OUR AGENDA IF PRESIDENT OBAMA POSTPONES [...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama has informed President Yudhoyono that he must postpone his visit to Indonesia to next year, according to a credible Embassy contact. The reason: the President would like to bring his family and spend a few days. If true, we should find a way to make this news p [...] | 2009-10-01 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OVIP ID |
09JAKARTA1641 | WORKING WITH INDONESIA IN THE G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States can partner with Indonesia in the G-20 to advance our interests. Of the eleven countries in the G-20 who are not in the G-8, Indonesia is arguably the one with whom we have the least developed ties and the one least prepared institutionally to actively partici [...] | 2009-10-01 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EFIN ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1671 | MGEAP1: WEST SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE - SITREP 5 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-06 03:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC PGOV CASC MARR ECON PREL PINR AMGT EAID |
09JAKARTA1693 | PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESPERSON ON COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP AT [...] (SBU) Summary. Presidential advisor and Spokesperson for International Affairs Dino Patti Djalal described U.S.-Indonesian relations as "at an interesting place" in public remarks delivered at a lunch hosted by USINDO on the Comprehensive Partnership on October 6th. He described the recent in [...] | 2009-10-08 01:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON ETRD PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1697 | Engaging Indonesia on Afghan Police [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; please handle accordingly. Please see Action Request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian officials have responded positively to our proposal that Indonesia help train the Afghan National Police (ANP). In addition to helpi [...] | 2009-10-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS MASS ID AF |
09JAKARTA17 | MINISTRY OF LAW SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSSES NEED FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) On December 31, 2008, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Abdul Bari Azed, Secretary General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Azed described the various justice sector bills that his Ministry was responsible for drafting, including the corruption and judicial commission bills. [...] | 2009-01-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA1723 | INDONESIA RESPONSE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Per reftel, Poloff provided a briefing on the upcoming Sous-Sherpa and Sherpa meetings in advance of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorat [...] | 2009-10-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER MNUC AORC IAEA ID |
09JAKARTA1728 | SRI LANKAN IRREGULAR MIGRANTS STOPPED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irregular migrants from Sri Lanka are swelling the number of potential refugees seeking to transit Indonesia on their way to Australia. On October 12 an Indonesian warship intercepted a cargo ship that was carrying 253 Sri Lankan refugees in the Sunda Strait between West Java an [...] | 2009-10-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID BM CE AF |
09JAKARTA1732 | DECISION AND GUIDANCE REQUEST ON VISA CASE OF [...] (U) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, Post sought Department's urgent assistance in adjudicating the visa case of Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin so that he might travel with President Yudhoyono to t [...] | 2009-10-15 06:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
09JAKARTA1748 | NOMINEES FOR FDIC COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE TRAINING [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta proposes the following six individuals from Bank Indonesia (BI) and PPATK (Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre - the FIU) for the FDIC Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training course scheduled November 16-20 offered reftel: a) Betty Julia [...] | 2009-10-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1765 | INDONESIAN PRESIDENT STARTS SECOND TERM ON A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A packed house of enthusiastic well-wishers watched as President Yudhoyono and Vice President-elect Boediono were sworn into office on October 20. The inauguration was attended by five heads of state and special delegations from eight countries, including THE U.S. Presidential [...] | 2009-10-20 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SENV ID |
09JAKARTA1772 | EPA ADMINISTRATOR JACKSON'S OCT. 19-22 JAKARTA VIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson led the Presidential Delegation to President Yudhoyono's October 20 inauguration. On October 21 the Administrator held separate meetings and discussions with key players on the environment. Several officials stated that a U.S.-China deal was the k [...] | 2009-10-22 12:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGHG SENV ECON KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1773 | PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 00:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID PREL |
09JAKARTA1774 | PROMISING ALLIES FOR COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-23 00:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID PREL |
09JAKARTA1785 | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VISA CASE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel message, Mission provided information regarding allegations of gross human rights violations against presidential advisor and Defense Secretary General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Mission is p [...] | 2009-10-26 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CVIS KISL ID |
09JAKARTA18 | REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE -- MALACCA/SULAWESI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, S/CT requested proposals under the FY-09 Regional Strategic Initiative. Mission requests USD 300,000 in NADR funds to support the training of Indonesian personnel involved in the op [...] | 2009-01-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER ASEC MARR ID |
09JAKARTA1801 | DAS YOSHIDA VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Energy DAS Phyllis Yoshida met recently with Indonesian officials to discuss the timing of the next round of the Energy Policy Dialogue, and seek further engagement with the Indonesian government. Former Energy Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro supported a near time fr [...] | 2009-10-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EPET EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1802 | MISSION JAKARTA ENDORSEMENT OF FY10 1206 [...] (SBU) This cable provides Embassy Jakarta's concurrence with the regional Section 1206 counterterrorism support proposals and prioritization summarized in reftel. The Indonesia-specific proposals described below were developed with host government officials in the context of regional coordina [...] | 2009-10-29 09:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KTIA MARR MASS MOPS MCAP ID |
09JAKARTA1810 | ACEH'S NEW SHARIA LAW DISTURBING BUT NOT ENFORCEABLE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. This message was coordinated with Embassy Jakarta. 2. (SBU) Summary. The September 14, 2009 local Sharia law passed by Aceh Provincial Parliament (DPRA) imposing stoning for adultery is highly unlikely to ever be im [...] | 2009-10-30 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1811 | MCC FY10 INDONESIA SCORECARD A "SHOCKER" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. AN EMBASSY OFFICIAL DELIVERED THE MCC FY10 SCORECARD FOR INDONESIA TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDONESIA (GOI) ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 27, 2009. A SENIOR INDONESIAN OFFICIAL EXPRESSED SHOCK AT THE RATINGS AND DEEP CONCERN OVER PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS IT MIGHT TRIGGER. THE OFFICIAL WORRIED THA [...] | 2009-10-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID |
09JAKARTA1812 | MCC FY10 INDONESIA SCORECARD A QSHOCKER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID |
09JAKARTA1820 | SCENSCETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ADVISOR EINHORN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special Advisor Einhorn, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Indonesia and the United States are key partners in promoting democracy and security in Southeast Asia and have growing cooperation on nonproliferation. The GOI is favorably disposed toward what it views as [...] | 2009-11-02 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV MNUC ECON AORC IAEA ID |
09JAKARTA1824 | COUNTERNARCOTICS -- U.S.-INDONESIA COOPERATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Engagement with the GOI on counternarcotics remains a high Mission priority. On October 23, the DCM met with Indonesian National Narcotics Board (BNN) officials to discuss the new GOI narcotics l [...] | 2009-11-04 04:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA183 | LETTER FROM TRADE MINISTER PANGESTU TO ACTING U.S. TRADE [...] SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Jakarta received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Peter Allgeier. The letter, dated January 29th, 2009, details GOI objections to draft tobacco control legisl [...] | 2009-02-05 00:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ETRD ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1832 | Ambassador Hume Expresses Concerns on Status of Peace Corps [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request, please see para. 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Hume met with Bunyan Saptomo, Director of North and Central American Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 4 to discuss the remaining issues on completing Peace Corps' Memoran [...] | 2009-11-04 12:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1837 | ESTABLISHING A DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA'S NEW [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 30 meetings with the Ambassador, newly-elected Indonesian legislative leaders expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. to achieve Comprehensive Partnership goals. They di [...] | 2009-11-05 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1840 | INDONESIA -- REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains Action Requests in paras 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We have an opportunity to enhance relations with Indonesia and carry out the President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world. President Yudhoyono's [...] | 2009-11-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI KISL EAID ID XF |
09JAKARTA1843 | GERMAN RED CROSS REP SHOT IN DRIVEBY ATTACK [...] (SBU) Summary. German national Dr. Erhard Bauer, head of the German Red Cross in Indonesia, was shot in a drive-by shooting on the early evening of November 5. Dr. Bauer was riding in the front passenger seat of a clearly marked German Red Cross vehicle. The assailant fired from the back of [...] | 2009-11-06 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA185 | MINISTER NUMBERI SEEKS ALTERNATE WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On February 4, Ambassador Hume delivered a letter from Mary Glackin, NOAA's Acting Administrator to Freddy Numberi, Minister of Marine Affairs that affirmed NOAA's interest in marine partnership but declined the invitation to send the Okea [...] | 2009-02-05 03:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1861 | An Opportunity to Finalize Peace Corps Agreement with [...] (SBU) We have an opportunity to advance U.S.-Indonesian relations by completing a Peace Corps agreement in time for a joint announcement by President Obama and President Yudhoyono at the APEC Summit in Singapore this week. There is only one remaining issue left preventing an agreement. It ca [...] | 2009-11-09 13:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1866 | ENGAGING INDONESIA'S NEW LEGISLATORS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament Deputy Speaker and five prominent legislators discussed with the DCM how best to further strengthen U.S.-Indonesia relations, focusing on defense, trade, and climate c [...] | 2009-11-10 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1869 | REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...] | 2009-11-12 00:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID |
09JAKARTA1870 | REWARD PERFORMANCE: RESELECT INDONESIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy strongly supports MCC reselecting Indonesia as eligible for compact. Indonesia deserves reselection based on its performance both on and outside the indicators. Failing to reselect Indonesia would dash Indonesian expectations created by the U.S. government and would we [...] | 2009-11-12 00:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC ID |
09JAKARTA1878 | Peace Corps Agreement Reached With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and the Government of Indonesia (GOI) reached an agreement on November 12 that will allow Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a forty-year absence. With this agreement, Peace Corps' return to Indonesia can potentially be announced at Preside [...] | 2009-11-12 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
09JAKARTA1882 | ENHANCING US-INDONESIA PARTNERSHIP THROUGH SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Post proposes a long-term science engagement strategy based upon three pillars: 1) upgrading Indonesia's science capacity through joint research that will provide ongoing mentoring relationships and connections to the U.S. science community; 2) assisting the recognition and dev [...] | 2009-11-13 09:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA1895 | UPTICK IN NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ON WAY TO AUSTRALIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. It was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI is intercepting a rising number of migrants on their way to Australia. Over 100 Afghan migrants were detained in two tranches on No [...] | 2009-11-16 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF |
09JAKARTA1899 | NEW INDONESIAN NCB ASSET FORFEITURE BILL DRAFTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5 and 6, 2009, a multi-agency Indonesian drafting team, working with DOJ's OPDAT, put the finishing touches on a non-conviction based (NCB) asset forfeiture law. The draft bill addresses a series of issues ranging from the appropriate burden of proof, to the need t [...] | 2009-11-17 04:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN SNAR PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA19 | CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS OFF TO A STRONG START IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption prosecutions are off to a strong start in 2009 with the January 5 conviction of a sitting member of Parliament on graft charges. Meanwhile, anti-corruption results in 2008 were posi [...] | 2009-01-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1901 | INDONESIA'S 100-DAY PLAN: 15 PRIORITY PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has identified 15 priority programs for his second administration in the government's 100-day plan. The heated dispute between Indonesia's police, Attorney General's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prompted the pre [...] | 2009-11-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG KCOR PREL PTER SENV |
09JAKARTA1903 | FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WORKER POSSIBLY TARGETED IN ACEH [...] (U) This is a Consulate Medan message. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian police are investigating an incident involving the representative of the European Commission in Banda Aceh. A bullet or some other type of projectile was apparently fired at the represen [...] | 2009-11-17 11:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ID |
09JAKARTA1907 | CASE INVOLVING SRI LANKAN MIGRANTS SUCCESSFULLY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A month-long asylum-related stand-off came to end on November 16 when 56 Sri Lankan migrants agreed to leave a ship moored near an island off of Sumatra. The migrants will now be processed by [...] | 2009-11-18 07:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID AS CE AF |
09JAKARTA1908 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ACTIVISTS TAKE TO THE COURTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Human Rights activists are pressing the Indonesian Constitutional Court to overturn a controversial religious blasphemy law. Lawyers argue that the law limits religious expression and contradicts the freedoms guaranteed in the Indonesian Constitution. In the past, the GOI--unde [...] | 2009-11-18 08:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KIRF SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1910 | FACT FINDING TEAM PRESENTS REPORT, PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A presidentially-appointed fact finding team called for total reform of Indonesia,s law enforcement institutions it its final report released on November 17. The ball is now in President Yudhoyono,s court. The fact-finding team, commissioned to investigate allegations of a con [...] | 2009-11-19 02:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1928 | NEW TAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-23 07:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID PINR |
09JAKARTA1929 | NEW STAFF AT PRESIDENTIAL PALACE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's Office has appointed six new staff members. Julian Adrian Pasha will be in a particularly prominent position as Spokesperson for Domestic Affairs. Two key staff positions wh [...] | 2009-11-23 08:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID PINR |
09JAKARTA1941 | EXIM OFFICIALS SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Indonesia, Member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank Diane Farrell and Vice President Ray Ellis met with bank executives to explore the possibility of establishing a credit facility. ExIm also met U.S. and Indonesian business executives Indo [...] | 2009-11-25 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EPET EINV ID |
09JAKARTA1944 | SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL REPLACED AMID CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On November 24 the Indonesian National Police (INP) replaced General Susno Duadji, head of the INP's Criminal Investigation Division (CID). An INP spokesman stated the move was part of routine personnel [...] | 2009-11-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1946 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH FAILS TO QUELL GROWING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono failed to regain control over two major scandals in his public response to a fact-finding team,s recommendations on how to proceed. The team, appointed by Yudhoyono, had recommended that the President take clear action regarding police and pr [...] | 2009-11-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA1947 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY BURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast Asia and the Muslim world. Indonesia has held successful, f [...] | 2009-11-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON MARR ID |
09JAKARTA1951 | SOCIAL MEDIA DRIVES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: As its urban middle class goes online in greater numbers, and with the rapid spread of mobile computing, social networking is a potent means of political expression in Indonesia. This month's outpouring of support for two former anti-corruption officials who saw 1.6 million Indon [...] | 2009-11-25 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1956 | Mission Indonesia Nominees for Presidential Summit on [...] (SBU) Post, in response to reftel, offers the following ten nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Shinta Widjaja Kamdani, Director, PT Widjajatunggal Sejahtera; Ranked 50th most powerful woman in Indonesia; runs a multi-million dollar conglomerate; [...] | 2009-11-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA196 | ACEH PRE-ELECTION VIOLENCE ESCALATES [...] (SBU) Summary. Two shootings in as many days have killed two members of the Aceh Transition Committee (KPA - the successor organization to the GAM separatist movement) and injured a third on the night of February 3 and the afternoon of February 4. The shootings follow in the wake of an attempt [...] | 2009-02-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1964 | SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE VICTIMS CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Consulate Medan hosted Thanksgiving Day dinner in Padang, West Sumatra, the province struck by a catastrophic earthquake on September 30. ConGen Medan hosted 85 guests including senior government officials, U.S. alumni, high school students, Americans and ordinary citizens w [...] | 2009-12-01 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAO PREL PGOV SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA1968 | Copenhagen - Advancing U.S.-Indonesia Environmental [...] (SBU) Summary: Cooperation in climate change, energy and environment is a key component of the U.S.-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership, which President Obama is likely to launch formally when he visits Indonesia in 2010. Bilateral cabinet-level meetings during climate negotiations in Copenha [...] | 2009-12-01 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID EFIS PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1970 | Climate Change Funds for Southeast Asia Best Spent in [...] (SBU) The Department should invest limited U.S. funds for climate change where potential gains are the greatest. In Southeast Asia, that place is Indonesia. I urge that the proposed Asia Regional Center for Excellence on Climate Change (ARC) be put in Indonesia. Political Rationale ------- [...] | 2009-12-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1971 | Visit of U/S Burns and Three Aspects of a [...] (SBU) Your visit will be only the second opportunity this year for high-level, in-depth discussion of the bilateral relationship. Since the Secretary's visit in February significant progress has been made in such fields as education, counter- terrorism, science and technology, and people-to- [...] | 2009-12-02 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1980 | C-175 Authority Needed to Advance NAMRU [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Retno has asked for a one-on-one meeting with you during your visit to discuss the future of NAMRU. Your discussion will be most successful if you can inform her that the State Department has issued Circular 175 authorization to negotiate the [...] | 2009-12-03 07:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1991 | INDONESIA: AVIATION - MOVING FORWARD [...] (SBU) On December 1, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) convened a planning seminar on Air Traffic Management (ATM). Representatives from airlines and government agencies discussed modern ATM strategies, including Performance-Based Navigation and Automatic Dependent Surveillance B [...] | 2009-12-04 05:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1994 | Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Supports NAMRU [...] (SBU) Summary: New Coordinating Minister for Social Welfare Agung Laksono told Ambassador Hume December 3 that he supports the finalization of details to form a joint biomedical research center to replace the Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU2) before the end of March. Laksono also confirme [...] | 2009-12-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA1995 | PROGRESS TOWARD A TERRORISM FINANCING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, 2009, an Indonesian inter-agency drafting team and experts from the National Security Division of the US Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ),the FBI, U.S. Treasury, the UNODC and DOJ OPDAT met in Jakarta to continue work on a terrorism financing law. The current dr [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA1996 | Indonesian Environment Minister Highlights Peat Emissions, [...] (U) During a December 4 meeting, Indonesia's new Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta highlighted monitoring and mitigation of peat land emissions as a key area for partnership and U.S. assistance. Government of Indonesia (GOI) ministries are busy preparing plans to achieve President Yud [...] | 2009-12-04 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID PREL ID |
09JAKARTA2008 | INDONESIA WANTS MORE TIME TO WORK OUT HEALTH [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On December 7, Ambassador met Director General Ambassador Retno Marsudi to discuss the upcoming visit of Under Secretary William Burns. Marsudi asked for a one-on-one meeting with Burns to discuss health cooperation and Papua. Regarding NAMRU-2, M [...] | 2009-12-07 10:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SOCI ID AF |
09JAKARTA2012 | Organizational Hubris Damages the Indonesian National [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY The row between Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has damaged the reputation of Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri and that of the entire INP. Danu [...] | 2009-12-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA2015 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICALS REINSTATED AS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI has issued an order reinstating two key officials to their leadership positions on Indonesia's national anti-corruption commission. The move comes after the Attorney General's off [...] | 2009-12-08 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA2026 | INDONESIANS RALLY TO SUPPORT ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Largely peaceful rallies were held throughout Indonesia to commemorate International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9. The turnout was far lower than originally predicted. Civil society remain [...] | 2009-12-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA2027 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast [...] | 2009-12-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL ID |
09JAKARTA2032 | PARLIAMENTARY REFORM -- STRENGTHENING THE REGIONAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Regional Representatives Assembly (DPD),the country's legislative upper chamber or "Senate," is taking steps to bolster its credibility and power. The DPD, which was established in [...] | 2009-12-11 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA2034 | Peace Corps Agreement Signed With Indonesia [...] (SBU) Undersecretary for Political Affairs William Burns signed a Peace Corps agreement with Deputy Minister Bambang Sutedjo of Indonesia's National Development Planning Agency (BAPENAS) on December 11th. The agreement opens the way for Peace Corps to establish a program in Indonesia after a [...] | 2009-12-14 00:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID USAID PREL PGOV CPAS ID |
09JAKARTA205 | ROHINGYA IN EAST ACEH RECOVERING FROM ORDEAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Consulate Medan staff brought sports equipment in a February 5 visit to the East Aceh site camp of the 198 Rohingya that were rescued off of the coast of Aceh on February 3. The Rohingya seemed to be recovering from their ordeal well thanks to efforts by local officials, the Ind [...] | 2009-02-06 08:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA2069 | U/S BURNS'S DECEMBER 11, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) December 11, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; Vice Presidential Palace; Jakarta, Indonesia 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary William Burns Ambassador Cameron R. Hume, Embassy Jakarta Scot Marciel, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ted Osius, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy [...] | 2009-12-17 09:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAID OVIP BURNS WILLIAM ID |
09JAKARTA2080 | U/S BURNS ADDRESSES SECOND BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his statement as chair of the U.S. delegation to the second Bali Democracy Forum (BDF),U/S Burns conveyed strong U.S. support for Indonesia's leadership in promoting regional democratization. The December 10-11 Forum, which was opened by President Yudhoyono and co-chair Jap [...] | 2009-12-21 08:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL KDEM XB XD XF |
09JAKARTA2092 | ROHINGYA MOVED FROM ACEH TO MEDAN, AWAIT NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesian authorities transferred 190 Rohingya to Medan from Aceh on December 17, where many had spent nearly a year in one of two camps located in East Aceh and on Wei Island. The arrival of the Rohingya was rejected by communities at two original sites intended for their relo [...] | 2009-12-22 09:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA2104 | Mission Indonesia Promotes Entrepreneurship [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Jakarta actively engages in promoting entrepreneurship as a means to strengthen ties with high-impact economic actors in Indonesia. This key group of stakeholders has the potential to positively shape and influence economic and political governance. Efforts to date hav [...] | 2009-12-28 07:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA2105 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -- DISCUSSING RELIGIOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, IO/HRS Director Keshap held a constructive meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multi-lateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Ishar Jenie to explore ways to s [...] | 2009-12-28 08:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KISL EDRC ID |
09JAKARTA2113 | S/R PANDITH'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (U) The following messages is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her December 15-16 visit to Indonesia, Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith spoke about President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's vision of U.S. grassroot [...] | 2009-12-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PGOV PREL KISL ID |
09JAKARTA2122 | DEATH OF FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT ABDURRAHMAN [...] (U) The following message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's fourth president and a champion of democracy, diversity and human rights, Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid died in Jakarta on December 30 at the age of 69. Gus Dur--who had suf [...] | 2009-12-31 05:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA216 | ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING/COMBATTING TERRORIST FINANCING [...] (U) Summary: Mission support to the GOI's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) continues to show positive results. More remains to be done, but PPATK's effectiveness and credibility have improved, as reflected in recent data on the filing of suspicious transaction reports (STRs) and cash transacti [...] | 2009-02-09 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN KCRM KTFN ID |
09JAKARTA227 | PRESSURE ON BANKS WEIGHS ON INVESTMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. Emerging pressures on the Indonesian banking sector will suppress credit growth in 2009. While the risk of a liquidity crisis has abated, deteriorating credit quality and high funding costs will squeeze bank earnings and erode capital at weaker institutions. With bank lendin [...] | 2009-02-10 02:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA240 | Washington Issues for Upcoming SecState Visit to Indonesia [...] There are three outstanding issues in Washington, which, if positively addressed, will make the Secretary's trip to Indonesia more successful: the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Peace Corps; and, a Science and Technology agreement. Positive news that Washington is moving forward on these to [...] | 2009-02-10 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL TPHY PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA255 | ILLEGAL LOGGING: 5 INDONESIAN OFFICIALS, 19 OTHERS [...] (U) Summary: The recent convictions of 24 suspects including three police officers reflect the Government of Indonesia's sincere effort to combat illegal logging. Enforcement has had a clear dampening effect on illegal logging activity, although forest conservation remains a major challenge. [...] | 2009-02-13 03:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAGR KGHG ECON PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA260 | FAMILY PLANNING/REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH (FP/RH) [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CASC EAID ID |
09JAKARTA264 | BANK INDONESIA CUTS RATES AND GOI PRESSES FOR STIMULUS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the global economic slowdown deepens, Indonesian authorities are pushing both expansionary monetary and fiscal policies to support domestic demand and maintain positive economic growth. With inflationary pressures subsiding, Bank Indonesia's (BI) February 4 decision to lower [...] | 2009-02-13 11:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA3 | INDONESIA -- 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is a revised draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Indonesia. The amended text contains additional information on DS/ATA's success in working with the Indonesian National P [...] | 2009-01-02 04:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA30 | CORRUPTION UPDATE - KEY CONVICTIONS IN BI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced two former legislators to prison for their roles in the 2003 Bank Indonesia corruption scandal. So far several high-level GOI officials have been convicted fo [...] | 2009-01-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA300 | DRAFT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On February 20, we delivered the draft S&T agreement during a meeting with Ministry of Research and Technology (MENRISTEK) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials. A MENRISTEK official noted that Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman is anxious to conclude the S & T agreement prior to Presidenti [...] | 2009-02-20 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PREL TPHY ID |
09JAKARTA31 | BANK INDONESIA CUTS RATES 50 BASIS POINTS TO BOLSTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) reduced the overnight policy interest rate by 50 basis points, to 8.75%, on January 7, surprising markets which had expected a quarter-point cut. The move is aimed at supporting economic growth, which BI forecasts will slow to 4-5% in 2009. The rate cut fol [...] | 2009-01-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA310 | Opportunity for President Obama to Address World Islamic [...] (SBU) Conference organizers for the 5th World Islamic Economic Forum held in Jakarta on March 2-3 have requested that President Obama deliver taped video remarks during the Forum's opening ceremony. The Forum's key themes are the global financial crisis, alternative energy, and food security. [...] | 2009-02-23 10:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA311 | JAPAN ANNOUNCES LARGE ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Japan agreed to guarantee Indonesian yen-denominated government bonds and doubled its bilateral currency swap agreement with Indonesia on February 21 on the margins of the ASEAN Plus Three Finance Ministers meeting in Phuket, Thailand. The state-backed Japan Bank for International Cooper [...] | 2009-02-23 10:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID EINV ID |
09JAKARTA313 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL -- SEEKING INDONESIAN SUPPORT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff urged Indonesia to support U.S. candidate Judge Mark P. Painter when the UN General Assembly voted on candidates for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Our contacts promised to consider Painter' [...] | 2009-02-23 11:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA ID |
09JAKARTA318 | WE CAN COOPERATE, INDONESIANS TELL U.S. CLIMATE ENVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy on Climate Change Todd Stern reassured senior Indonesian officials that the United States will be "ready" for Copenhagen. They welcomed U.S. leadership on climate change under President Obama and offered to help the USG in any way possible, including as an intermed [...] | 2009-02-25 01:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
09JAKARTA333 | SUPPORTING INDONESIA'S WORLD BANK CONTINGENT FINANCING [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) The United States should support the proposed $2 billion Public Expenditure Support Facility Development Policy Loan (DPL-DDO) for Indonesia. The World Bank Executive Board will consider this loan on March 3. The proposal has been clos [...] | 2009-02-26 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ID |
09JAKARTA336 | Preview of Revisions to Investment Law and Negative List [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed changes to Indonesia's Investment Law and Negative list include long-awaited clarifications but offer little in the way of new reforms or liberalization. The Embassy has seen an informal, advance copy of the proposed legislation. The draft proposal provides legal clar [...] | 2009-02-26 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA37 | LEAHY VETTING RESULTS FOR INDONESIAN MARINE POLICE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission responded positively to ref C/ref A request for Leahy vetting of the Indonesian Marine Police. There are no reports or allegations of gross human rights violations committed by the Indonesian Marine Poli [...] | 2009-01-09 07:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA372 | INDONESIA SHOULD DOWNGRADE TO PRIORITY WATCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Indonesia be downgraded on the Special 301 intellectual property rights (IPR) Watch List to Priority Watch List status for 2009. Indonesia has made only limited improvements overall in the enforcement and protection of IPR since its upgrade to the Watch Li [...] | 2009-03-03 11:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON ID |
09JAKARTA378 | INDONESIA -- ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: The past year did not witness significant change in overall trafficking patterns in Indonesia. There is a continuous trend of Indonesians seeking work abroad as high unemployment and [...] | 2009-03-04 08:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF ELAM EAID ID |
09JAKARTA381 | INDONESIAN SHERPA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's key objectives for the upcoming G-20 meetings are: -- Agreement on the rapid recapitalization of the multilateral development banks, even if governance reforms are delayed. -- Broader focus of G-20 deliberations beyond financial market instability to include the [...] | 2009-03-04 09:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ID |
09JAKARTA393 | INDONESIA -- INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF G-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian government remains focused on protecting its economy from the effects of the global economic slowdown. The government's economic team has moved nimbly to secure alternative financing to fund an expansionary budget, secure passage of a fiscal stimulus package and [...] | 2009-03-05 23:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA415 | INDONESIA'S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, BALANCE OF PAYMENT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economic growth is slowing as the global economic downturn has become more entrenched. Market consensus expects a growth slowdown (current IMF forecast is 3.5 percent),rather than recession, for 2009. The macroeconomic situation remains broadly stable, though pres [...] | 2009-03-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV EAID ID |
09JAKARTA416 | Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-supported one-week study visit to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (R [...] | 2009-03-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA427 | SUGGESTED THEMES FOR GEITHNER-SRI MULYANI PULL ASIDE ON [...] (SBU) Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati will use her pull aside with Treasury Secretary Geithner to repeat Indonesia's requests made by Indonesian President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Wirajuda during Secretary Clinton's February 18-19 visit. Embassy recommends that Secretar [...] | 2009-03-12 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID ID |
09JAKARTA432 | REQUEST FOR UPDATE ON PT PRIMA TRANSSHIPMENT INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Post requests that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advise us of the status of the transshipment investigation involving shrimp exported by the company PT Prima. Post asks that CBP provide the results of the sample testing from CBP's January 2009 visit in advance of any public announc [...] | 2009-03-12 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA458 | Ambassador Hume Visits Rohingya Refugees in Aceh [...] (SBU) On March 7, Ambassador Hume visited the 193 Rohingya boat people on Wei island off Aceh's northern tip. The Rohingya refugees are housed on the Sabang Naval base, a large compound with good access control and adequate space. Although the camp is technically off limits to unauthorized pe [...] | 2009-03-16 08:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF ID |
09JAKARTA515 | HEALTH MINISTER WANTS TO EXPAND COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA53 | 2009 WORLD OCEAN CONFERENCE UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-12 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
09JAKARTA539 | Climate Change, Smart Power, and the World Ocean [...] (SBU) Summary. The May 11-15 World Ocean Conference (WOC) and Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) Summit in Manado, Indonesia is an unparalleled "smart power" diplomacy opportunity. We can showcase our environmental and climate change leadership on the road to Copenhagen and beyond. We can streng [...] | 2009-03-25 09:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID |
09JAKARTA555 | BPOM Cash Cow is Sweeping Away Profits for U.S. Exporters [...] The Indonesian Food and Drug Authority (BPOM) confiscated over $500,000 of U.S.-produced packaged foods for retail sale. New import registration requirements resulted in the value of U.S. exports of breakfast cereals and snack foods dropping by $1.2 million, an 87 percent decrease in just two m [...] | 2009-03-27 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA556 | INDONESIA'S STIMULUS PACKAGE - LITTLE FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Indonesia's fiscal stimulus has little focus on green investment. The package, equal to IDR 73.3 trillion (about USD 6.3 billion at current exchange rate of IDR 11,500/USD) or about 1.4 percent of GDP, relies primarily on tax measures with approximately IDR 17.1 trillion in new spending [...] | 2009-03-27 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ENRG SENV ID |
09JAKARTA558 | PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN ID |
09JAKARTA607 | Corruption continues to resonate as key campaign issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Combating corruption continues to be a popular election campaign message for many Indonesian political parties. Anti-corruption reform and a clean image are critical elements of President Yudhoyono and his Democrat Party's (PD) popularity. The Yudhoyono administration's progress [...] | 2009-04-03 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL ID |
09JAKARTA62 | INDONESIA WEATHERING GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS SO FAR, BUT [...] (U) This message includes an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary. Effective policy responses have enabled Indonesia to weather the current financial crisis. IMF and World Bank officials here are cautiously optimistic about Indonesia's ability to absorb the global do [...] | 2009-01-13 09:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ECON EAGR ID |
09JAKARTA632 | U.S.-Indonesia: Moving Ahead with Health Collaboration [...] (SBU) During an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Hume, Dr. Emil Salim, Environmental Advisor to President Yudhoyono, urged that the United States and Indonesia expand health collaboration under a new bilateral science and technology agreement. Salim acknowledged that a stable bilateral relation [...] | 2009-04-07 09:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO TSPL SENV KGHG PREL ID |
09JAKARTA645 | ACEH ELECTIONS BODE PEACEFUL DESPITE INTIMIDATION AND [...] (U) This message was drafted by Consul General Medan. It is Sensitive But Unclassified, please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aceh Party (PA) is poised to win a plurality and possible outright majority in the provincial parliament as well as majoi(ties in several local councils [...] | 2009-04-08 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA654 | ACEH ELECTIONS SMOOTH AND PEACEFUL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Polling in Aceh was smooth and calm on election day, despite tensions and intimidation in the run-up to the legislative elections. Security was tight, wi [...] | 2009-04-09 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA657 | ACEH PEACE BOLSTERED BY ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aceh Province confounded those worried about violence on election day by carrying out legislative elections notable only for lack of incident. Early info [...] | 2009-04-10 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA658 | PRESIDENT'S PARTY SET TO WIN LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As quick counts crystallize the day after the April 9 national legislative elections, it appears that President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) will emerge victorious. PD easily tops the list [...] | 2009-04-10 05:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA679 | MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER SUPARI [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari told Ambassador Hume she welcomes a meeting with Avian Influenza Special Representative Robert Loftis and hopes that remaining sample sharing concerns will be resolved at the World Health Assembly in May. Ambassador briefed her on USG health [...] | 2009-04-15 09:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO AMED EAGR AMGT PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA690 | INDONESIA TRANSMITS ITS FIRST MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, Indonesia transmitted its first competent mutual legal assistance request to the U.S. for computer evidence relating to a corruption investigation. This request was a breakthrough because until now the formal Indonesian mutual legal assistance request regime h [...] | 2009-04-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA692 | INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT RULES DECISIVELY IN FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court ruled in favor of TIME magazine in the $110 million TIME-Suharto libel case on April 16. The Supreme Court said there was no violation of the press code of ethics, applying press law as opposed to its August 2007 civil law decision. This Supreme Cou [...] | 2009-04-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KJUS PGOV |
09JAKARTA701 | SBY TAKES STOCK: ACEH RECONSTRUCTION AGENCY (BRR) ENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Aceh and Nias Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency (BRR),created in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, formally ended its 4-year mandate in a ceremony held in Banda Aceh on April 15. Over the course of its existence BRR built or rebuilt nearly 140,000 homes, 3,7 [...] | 2009-04-20 09:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI ID |
09JAKARTA739 | Major Economies Forum and Indonesia [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesians welcome U.S. reengagement and leadership on the climate change negotiations. They are interested in exploring pragmatic and tangible measures the U.S. and Indonesia canjointly undertake to advance an ambitious outcome o the negotiations. The more technically s [...] | 2009-04-28 08:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KGHG EAID PREL ID |
09JAKARTA759 | INDONESIA/TIP -- MORE PROGRESS AS PROSECUTIONS AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: This message updates the 2009 Indonesia Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report, providing updated law enforcement data for 2008. This data documents sharp increases in arrest, prosecution and convic [...] | 2009-04-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB KWMN PREL ID |
09JAKARTA763 | INDONESIA SUPPORTS ADB GENERAL CAPITAL INCREASE, [...] (U) Indonesian officials expressed strong agreement with the proposed 200 percent General Capital Increase (GCI) for the Asian Development Bank and welcomed U.S. support for the GCI. Increased resources for the ADB remain a government of Indonesia priority and has assumed greater importance a [...] | 2009-04-30 08:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA766 | INDONESIA NOT SURPRISED BY 301 DOWNGRADE [...] (SBU) On April 29th, Post informed Halida Miljani, Special Assistant to the Minister of International Trade, that Indonesia was downgraded on the Special 301 intellectual property rights (IPR) Watch List to Priority Watch List status for 2009. Miljani was not surprised and responded that she [...] | 2009-04-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR EINV ETRD ECON ID |
09JAKARTA768 | INDONESIA CASTS ABSTENTION IN VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 11:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL ID |
09JAKARTA797 | EXXON MOBIL, HESS AND MARATHON AMONG WINNERS OF 11 OIL AND [...] (U) Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources announced on April 29 that it had awarded eleven of fifteen new oil and gas blocks offered for exploration in the Second Phase of its 2008 Direct Offer Tender. Winners for the exploration contracts included Hess, Marathon and Esso Explor [...] | 2009-05-06 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA806 | INDONESIAN MARKETS STRENGTHEN, DESPITE ELECTION SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: While Indonesia remains vulnerable to changes in global sentiment, markets here rallied strongly in recent weeks. Improved global sentiment lifted equity markets throughout the region; Indonesian markets benefited from positive current account news, increased capital inflows, fa [...] | 2009-05-07 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA811 | Indonesian Trade Minister Visit to Washington [...] (SBU) Summary: Trade Minister Mari Pangestu's visit to Washington offers an opportunity to identify specific goals for the trade and investment pillar of the proposed U.S.-Indonesian Comprehensive Partnership. Although they stress the importance of this pillar, Indonesian officials have not y [...] | 2009-05-08 07:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD ID |
09JAKARTA819 | PRESS REPORT OF ASIA PULP AND PAPER SETTLEMENT WITH [...] (U) On May 10, local English-language daily Jakarta Globe published an article (Bloomberg) reporting that PT Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) had agreed to a debt settlement with creditor Gramercy Advisors. The article reported that Asia Pulp and Paper said Gramercy had sold its debt to a "third part [...] | 2009-05-11 09:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ID |
09JAKARTA842 | Decentralization: challenges and opportunities in East [...] (SBU) Summary: Decentralization is nearly universally regarded as a positive policy. However, there is a wide range of performance with decentralization's increased local government authorities and budgetary allocations. East Java is one of the most productive, well-performing provinces in In [...] | 2009-05-15 04:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL ID |
09JAKARTA882 | INDONESIA - GROWTH SLOWS, BUT STILL FASTEST IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's economy grew by 4.4 percent year-over-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2009, the fastest in Southeast Asia. Growth came in slightly above market expectations, supported by strong domestic demand. While slower than the 5.2 percent y-o-y recorded during the previ [...] | 2009-05-22 06:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA889 | INDONESIAN AGO IMPLEMENTS NEW TRAINING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) has successfully implemented a new training approach involving two-month internships and distance learning modules for all incoming prosecutors. These changes are part of a wider effort to move the AGO from a traditional bureaucracy [...] | 2009-05-25 23:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA91 | INDONESIA - ASSESSING IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: As the global financial crisis unfolds, Indonesia's experienced economic team is acting quickly to implement a broad policy response aimed at stabilizing local financial markets and to secure standby financing from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and bilateral donors. Al [...] | 2009-01-16 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON ETRD EINV ID |
09JAKARTA912 | INDONESIA CASTS ABSTENTION IN VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-29 01:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PREL ID |
09JAKARTA953 | PAKISTAN'S DISPLACED PERSONS CRISIS -- ENGAGING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche re Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Pakistan to Cicilia Rusdiharini, Deputy Director for American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on June 2. W [...] | 2009-06-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF ID PK |
09JAKARTA961 | U.S. Visas for ASEAN Officials: Time for Change [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Secretary Clinton's historic February visit to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat (ASEC) in Jakarta reflected a deepening U.S. relationship with ASEAN. The United States is a Dialogue Partner of A [...] | 2009-06-05 01:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEAN PREL PGOV ID |
09JAKARTA981 | Special autonomy in Aceh: governance challenges mounting [...] (SBU) Summary: The April legislative elections marked a major transition point for Aceh. A bigger challenge for Aceh: governance. Provincial, district and national government have struggled to implement their respective governance roles under special autonomy. The two biggest economic governa [...] | 2009-06-09 08:44:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PREL ID |
09JEDDAH131 | MAKING A FIRST UMRAH IN MECCA: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 5, 2009, ConGen Jeddah political officer made a first visit to the Masjid Al-Haram(Grand Mosque) in Mecca in the company of three American Muslims of Sudanese origin, two men and one woman, in order to perform together the Umrah (visit to the holy places). Following is a [...] | 2009-04-08 14:38:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF KISL PHUM SA |
09JEDDAH152 | OIC REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-28 13:54:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KISL OPDC OIC SA |
09JEDDAH156 | INFORMAL SURVEY OF JEDDAH PHARMACIES SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's highly informal discussions with three local pharmacies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an April 30 weekend walk around the city suggest that anti-viral medications Tamiflu and Relenza, both shown to be potentially effective in limiting the severity of the 2009 H1N1 vir [...] | 2009-05-02 04:42:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC ECON KFLO KPAO KSAF MG |
09JEDDAH284 | OIC-USG COOPERATION ON POLIO: NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: OIC officials are ready and willing to cooperate on the joint initiative to eradicate polio proposed by President Obama in his Cairo speech -- although they need to obtain a final endorsement from OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu. The OIC's institutional limi [...] | 2009-07-29 16:04:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL OFDP OPDC PREL SA |
09JEDDAH290 | HAQL, SAUDI ARABIA: NOW, WHERE THE HECK IS THAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A 3-member American delegation of ConGen Jeddah officers recently visited Haql, Saudi Arabia, a city that lies almost within swimming distance from major tourist resorts in Jordan, Israel, and Egypt. Haql reaps none of the rewards for its location in such a prime tourism region. [...] | 2009-08-03 15:53:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EG IS JO KPAO PHUM PREL SA SOCI PSOC |
09JEDDAH300 | SAUDI SUMMER CAPITAL OF TAIF EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Charge on August 8, the Governor and Mayor of Taif and the President of Taif University (the site of recent protests by rejected female applicants) invited U.S. participation and investment in their ambitious plans to develop tourism, technology, manufacturing, [...] | 2009-08-14 15:30:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS ECON ENIV KPAO OEXC PGOV SA SOCI |
09JEDDAH341 | 10TH JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM DATES CONFIRMED: [...] (U) Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) confirmed at a September 6 Ramadan gathering that the 10th Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) will indeed take place February 13-16, 2010. The topic will be the "Global Economy 2020." It was announced that the Saudi Arabian Government, the Governor [...] | 2009-09-09 14:21:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SA SOCI |
09JEDDAH392 | REQUEST FOR PARTICIPATION OF SECRETARY GEITHNER [...] (U) On October 13, Post received an expected (ref A) letter from Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) and Gulf Research Center (GRC) requesting Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's participation as panelists at the Jeddah Economic Forum (JEF) [...] | 2009-10-15 15:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA |
09JEDDAH456 | JEDDAH REGION FLOODING ON FIRST DAY OF HAJJ: 77 [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reported that flash flooding yesterday (November 25) in Jeddah killed 77 and stranded up to 1,000, especially in the poorer districts to the east and south of the city. Total casualty estimates may rise. Rain, a rare occurrence in this region and reported to be "the wor [...] | 2009-11-26 14:10:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC CASC PGOV SA SENV |
09JEDDAH476 | SAUDI ARABIA HOPING TO TURN MINING INTO THE THIRD [...] (U) Summary: Behind oil and petrochemicals, Saudi Arabia is trying to make mining the third pillar of its economy. Although its mining operations are small compared to many other countries, and dwarfed by the Kingdom's oil and petrochemical sector, KSA plans to expand its mining industry b [...] | 2009-12-16 16:20:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ECON EFIN EIND EINV SA |
09JEDDAH60 | JEDDAH ECONOMIC FORUM GETS A GREEN LIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-09 15:02:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWBG PGOV PREL SOCI SA |
09JEDDAH62 | CONGEN HEARS PITCH FOR GREATER US INVESTMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary. During a January 28 all-day visit to the Red Sea coastal city of Yanbu, ConGen Jeddah delegation (CG, ECON, FCS, PD) were warmly welcomed by local business and government leaders who encouraged us to carry the message to American industry that Yanbu is open for business where U. [...] | 2009-02-11 07:22:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ENRG EPET EINV EWWT SA |
09JEDDAH65 | IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 10 lunch roundtable, hosted by CG on behalf of the American Businessmen in Jeddah (ABJ),leading members painted a gloomy economic picture across nearly all sectors of the local economy. The candid admission by one participant that Saudis have been in denial for [...] | 2009-02-12 12:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA |
09JEDDAH66 | IS THE JEDDAH ECONOMY FALTERING? [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-12 12:23:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EPET EINV PREL SA |
09JEDDAH78 | SAG REPORTEDLY ELIMINATING BARRIERS FOR SAUDI [...] (SBU) Summary. The SAG has reportedly decided to eliminate restrictions on Saudi women which prevent them from entering into a number of commercial fields or from running businesses under their own names. The move, which was communicated in writing to the Businesswomen's Center at the Jeddah C [...] | 2009-02-25 20:12:00 | Consulate Jeddah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KWMN PGOV PHUM SA |
09JERUSALEM100 | UNRWA AND ICRC SUSPEND MOVEMENT IN GAZA FOLLOWING LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 8, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) decided to suspend movements inside Gaza following several security incidents involving IDF strikes on UN and ICRC staff, vehicles, and facilities. U [...] | 2009-01-09 18:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG KPAL ASEC IS |
09JERUSALEM1004 | TWO H1N1 CASES CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials have confirmed two cases of H1N1 in the West Bank (Bethlehem). A four-year-old girl was diagnosed on June 10, and her mother on June 13. Both cases were characterized as "mild," and the patients are expected to recover ful [...] | 2009-06-15 14:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU SENV ECON EAGR EAID KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM101 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 10, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. President Abbas, in a press conference with President Mubarak January 10, called on HAMAS and Israel to accept the UNSC resolution immediately and said the Egyptian proposal is the means to implement the resolution. He said Palestinian reconciliation is necessary, but that pea [...] | 2009-01-10 12:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM102 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary. All Gaza crossings were closed on January 10. UNRWA restarted coordination with the IDF following a meeting with GOI officials on January 9, and requested permission for trucks to enter Gaza on January 11. UNRWA shelters now hold more than 21,000 displaced people. Health, wate [...] | 2009-01-10 16:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS PREF |
09JERUSALEM103 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 11, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 10-11, primarily in northern Gaza. IDF troops moved closer to the urban centers of Gaza City and Khan Yunis. Airstrikes caused a number of casualties, including civilians, mostly in northern Gaza. Gaza-based medical sources reporte [...] | 2009-01-11 11:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM1031 | PM FAYYAD RESPONDS TO NETANYAHU'S SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: At a June 17 meeting of donors, Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad responded to Israeli PM Netanyahu's June 14 speech. He acknowledged the mention of a Palestinian state, but commented that the speech as a whole describes a policy that will not lead to a success [...] | 2009-06-18 14:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KWBG KPAO IS |
09JERUSALEM104 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 11 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open on January 11. UNRWA coordinated several convoys through Kerem Shalom. Karni crossing remains closed. The GOI announced another three-hour "humanitarian pause" on January 11, but there was confusion among UN [...] | 2009-01-11 17:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PREF |
09JERUSALEM1065 | WORK PERMITS FOR CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM EFMS [...] (U) Ref A described the situation at post since late 2008, when the GOI informed Embassy Tel Aviv that EFMs of official Americans assigned to ConGen Jerusalem are not eligible for Israeli work permits. This GOI decision has had a serious, negative impact on post's morale and recruiting effort [...] | 2009-06-23 14:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT APER PREL IS |
09JERUSALEM1089 | UNRWA'S June 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting [...] (SBU) At the June 9-10 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Amman, Jordan, Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd noted that the total deficit of $107 million, including $39 million of essential operatin [...] | 2009-06-26 14:04:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE |
09JERUSALEM111 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 12, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 11-12, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 888 Palestin [...] | 2009-01-12 11:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM1117 | GOI MOVES TO BLOCK PALESTINIAN MEAT AND DAIRY [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian meat and dairy companies in the West Bank have received notification from the Israeli Ministry of Health that they will no longer be permitted to "export" their products to East Jerusalem as of August 15. Palestinian Authority officials and private businessmen stre [...] | 2009-07-01 07:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD BEXP EAGR PREL KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1155 | GAZA CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO DETERIORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN and NGO contacts report that socio-economic conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate as legitimate imports remain limited and the private sector dormant. ConGen Gaza contacts and recent visitors to Gaza report adequate supplies of basic commodities, including a glut of som [...] | 2009-07-07 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID PGOV PTER ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM117 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom was open for shipments on January 12. All trucks moved through Kerem Shalom on January 11. UNRWA contacts reported that they are operating 36 shelters for 28,116 displaced people. Contacts reported thousands more displaced outside shelters. End Summary. Cros [...] | 2009-01-12 17:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM119 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 13, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 12-13, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City as troops moved closer to urban areas. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 921 Palestin [...] | 2009-01-13 11:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM1205 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL ANALYSIS TRAINING [...] (U) Summary: On July 6-8, 2009, at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to twenty-five PA employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering Law. Pa [...] | 2009-07-14 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PINS PTER KWBG EAID |
09JERUSALEM1246 | PA LIFTS SUSPENSION OF AL JAZEERA'S WEST BANK OPERATIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) allowed Qatar-based satellite news channel Al Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank on July 18. This followed the PA's suspension of Al Jazeera's license and closure of its Ramallah bureau on July 15 (reftel) on grounds of incitement and un [...] | 2009-07-20 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP PHUM KPAL KWBG KPAO |
09JERUSALEM127 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 13 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open for approximately 90-100 truckloads on January 13. Karni's conveyor belt and Nahal Oz were closed. A humanitarian pause occurred from 0900 to 1200. Many Gaza City residents lost power following IDF attacks on January 13. According to UNRWA, the [...] | 2009-01-13 16:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC |
09JERUSALEM1282 | WEST BANK HOUSING PROJECTS: FINANCING ON TRACK, [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and private sector representatives told Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) representatives that obstacles largely related to infrastructure needs still face a number of West Bank housing developments. OPIC updated contacts on th [...] | 2009-07-27 14:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID KWBG PGOV IS EFIN |
09JERUSALEM1284 | MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MOSQUES, HAMAS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al Habbash outlined progress in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government's campaign against mosque incitement in a July 16 meeting. Compliance with mandatory PA sermons in the West Bank's 1,800 mosques is now over ninety percent, he claimed [...] | 2009-07-28 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PROP PTER KWBG KPAL KISL IS |
09JERUSALEM130 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 14, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli military operations continued January 13-14, with heavy fighting occurring in and around Gaza City. Airstrikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip and the Rafah border area. Gaza-based medical sources reported as many as 976 Palestinians dead and 4,418 wounded since hosti [...] | 2009-01-14 12:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF IS |
09JERUSALEM1322 | PA ON RED SEA DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The PA reaffirmed its commitment to the Red Sea - Dead Sea project (RDS),expressed hesitation about taking a position on the Jordanian Red Sea Development Project (JRSP) until technical studies were completed, and requested a meeting with USG officials at the upcoming World W [...] | 2009-07-31 12:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL IS JO KWBG |
09JERUSALEM1344 | PALESTINIANS, INTERNATIONALS PROTEST EVICTIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The GoI evicted two Palestinian families from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on August 2, after Israeli courts awarded ownership of the properties to two Israeli organizations, Nakhalat Shimon International (NSI) and the Sephardic Community Committe [...] | 2009-08-04 14:22:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IS KPAL KWBG |
09JERUSALEM1376 | EXTENDED HOURS FOR PASSENGERS, INCOMING CARGO AT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOI implemented extended hours for passengers crossing the Allenby (King Hussein) Bridge for a two-month trial period, starting August 4. According to ConGen's Palestinian contacts, the passenger crossing remains crowded, but operations are running smoothly on both sides. [...] | 2009-08-07 14:43:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON KWBG KPAL PGOV ETRD EAID IS |
09JERUSALEM138 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 15, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops moved central Gaza City the morning of January 15. Contacts there told ConGenOffs by phone that the city is "burning" and residents are fleeing as the IDF advanced into the city center from three directions. They said the threat to their lives increased and humanit [...] | 2009-01-15 12:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS |
09JERUSALEM1384 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 23 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Law at the request of Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Participants [...] | 2009-08-10 14:16:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN PINS KWBG EAID PTER PREL IS KCRM |
09JERUSALEM1392 | FIRST FATALITY FROM H1N1 CONFIRMED IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Health officials confirmed that the first death in the West Bank from H1N1 occurred on August 7. A 34-year-old man contracted flu-like symptoms during a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia. Upon his return, he was diagnosed with H1N1 at a Ramallah [...] | 2009-08-11 13:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV TBIO KFLU |
09JERUSALEM1397 | LETTER FOR THE SECRETARY FROM EVICTED EAST [...] (U) Members of the Hanun and Ghawi families, who were evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood August 2 (ref),arrived at the Consulate General's Post 2 facility August 10 carrying a letter addressed to the Secretary. The letter describes the families' eviction [...] | 2009-08-12 14:21:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
09JERUSALEM1450 | FATAH CONGRESS ELECTS FRESH FACES TO FRC [...] (SBU) On August 16, the Fatah Sixth Party Congress released official election results for the (now) 81-member Fatah Revolutionary Council (FRC). Voting resulted in a substantially newer FRC, with only 11 incumbents retaining their seats. Many newly-elected members are former First Intifada [...] | 2009-08-17 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWBG KDEM PINR |
09JERUSALEM1463 | TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY EXPLORES POTENTIAL FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited the West Bank in August to follow-up on WiMax and Internet data center studies, and to discuss new projects that would promote economic development and generate U.S. exports. Private sector representatives and [...] | 2009-08-18 15:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM147 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 16, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF drew back from some parts of Gaza City on the morning of January 16 after heavy fighting and airstrikes killed a number of militants and civilians, primarily in the Tel al-Hawa and Zaytun neighborhoods. An IAF airstrike in northern Gaza City killed Hamas leader Said Si [...] | 2009-01-16 11:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS PHUM PREF AFSN CASC IS |
09JERUSALEM1485 | UNGA ATTENDANCE FROM THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, information regarding tentative Palestinian Authority (PA) attendance at the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting follows. A. (U) Attendance of the Head of State: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) will attend the UNGA meetings. Po [...] | 2009-08-20 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KPAL |
09JERUSALEM1515 | HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS [...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...] | 2009-08-25 14:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL |
09JERUSALEM154 | GAZA UPDATE - JANUARY 16, 1700 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamas Political Bureau Chief Mish'al told a summit of Arab leaders (and the Iranian President) in Qatar January 16 that Hamas would not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire. Military operations in Gaza continued. Nine rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel as of 1600 l [...] | 2009-01-16 17:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PTER KWBG ETRD MOPS IS |
09JERUSALEM1560 | IDF RAIDS BETHLEHEM RADIO STATION, CONFISCATES [...] (U) This message includes an action request in para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. On August 25, the IDF raided the popular Palestinian radio station "Bethlehem 2000," confiscating two transmitters. The PA Ministry of Telecommunications protested the lack of warning and coordination, and requested [...] | 2009-08-28 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KPAO PREL KWBG KPAL IS PHUM |
09JERUSALEM157 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 20, 1500 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Gaza ceasefire largely continues to hold. A single mortar landing near Nahal Oz and some IDF bulldozers were reported in the central part of the Gaza Strip. Kerem Shalom and the Karni conveyor belt are open for humanitarian and commercial supplies. End summary. Crossi [...] | 2009-01-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC |
09JERUSALEM16 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA estimates that a maximum of 70 truckloads of supplies would enter Gaza via Kerem Shalom on January 2. Karni and Nahal Oz crossings remained closed, and the GOI did not permit entry of diesel through Kerem Shalom. Gaza City has been entirely without running water for three [...] | 2009-01-02 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM1607 | PA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR WTO OBSERVERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The PA will seek full WTO Observer status prior to the WTO's October Ministerial, according to officials at the Ministry of National Economy (MoNE). The PA's decision to pursue observer status has been taken at the mini [...] | 2009-09-04 14:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAID KWBG PREL IS OVIP |
09JERUSALEM168 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 22 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on January 22. Nine AmCits and 24 of their immediate family members departed Gaza through Erez crossing. Water and sewage services remain limited, while UN food distributions continue [...] | 2009-01-22 15:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER |
09JERUSALEM174 | FAYYAD TO DONORS: AFTER GAZA, PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad called for national reconciliation in conjunction with a comprehensive plan to rebuild Gaza. He said that the GOI needs to allow in "more than food and medicine" and lamented restrictions on cash transfers that continue to [...] | 2009-01-23 15:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KWBG IS PGOV |
09JERUSALEM176 | GAZE HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom and Karni conveyor belt are open on January 23. The arrival date of a UN assessment team remains to be determined. End Summary. Crossings --------- 2. (SBU) January 23: Kerem Shalom and Karni conveyor belt are open. Nahal Oz fuel transfer station and Rafa [...] | 2009-01-23 15:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS CASC PTER |
09JERUSALEM18 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 2, 1800 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1300 through 1800 on January 2, at least ten rockets struck Israel. Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least five more Palestinians (including three children),while three others died of wounds previously sustained. The house of Imad Aql, a senior Izz al [...] | 2009-01-02 16:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC MOPS KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1800 | OPIC'S AFFORDABLE MORTGAGE, RISK INSURANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation visited Jerusalem and Ramallah October 5-7 to further a number of projects, including the affordable mortgage and political risk insurance programs, as well as to expand the loan guarantee fund (LGF). OPIC estimates th [...] | 2009-10-09 14:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1830 | ABSENCE OF ISRAELI VISAS HINDERS WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli immigration practices are limiting West Bank enterprises' ability to conduct business, according to contacts working on the planned Rawabi housing/commercial estate. Because only companies and NGOs registered in Israel can apply for Israeli work permits, West Bank compa [...] | 2009-10-14 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV CASC CVIS PREL PREF KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1896 | REQUEST FOR WAIVER AND EXCEPTIONS, AMAWI BUILDING, [...] (SBU) Post requests that a waiver of setback and collocation be granted, as mandated by P.L 106-113, and exceptions to certain Overseas Security Policy Board (OSPB) physical security standards be made to permit the establishment of office space for the Post,s Public Diplomacy (PD),United Stat [...] | 2009-10-19 08:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ABLD KPAL EAID |
09JERUSALEM1933 | CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM IN JENIN AS JALAMEH CROSSING [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, following the completion of USAID-funded structural improvements, Jalameh Crossing (on the West Bank-Israel border north of Jenin) opened on October 4 for Arab Israelis in personal vehicles to cross into the West Bank and back for the first time since October 2001. [...] | 2009-10-22 18:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID KPAL KWBG IS PBTS |
09JERUSALEM1964 | USUN AMBASSADOR RICE VISITS WEST BANK REFUGEE [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 22, USUN Ambassador Susan Rice visited UNRWA facilities in Jalazone refugee camp and visited a Palestinian information technology company and a USAID emergency job program site. UNRWA staff and Palestinians interlocutors alike commented that while some improvements [...] | 2009-10-30 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID ECON KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM1966 | ISRAELI PROCEDURES AT USG-REFURBISHED JALAMEH [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Tel Aviv. An action request for the Department is in para 16. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) While new GOI personnel at the Jalameh crossing, north of Jenin in the West Bank, claim to be applying long-established standard procedures, their action [...] | 2009-10-30 15:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ODIP KREC KTIA ASEC EAID KWBG PREL IS US |
09JERUSALEM1990 | WEST BANK BUSINESSES CAPITALIZING ON IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bank businesses are expanding, based on improved security conditions, greater internal freedom of movement, and an uptick in consumer spending. Business owners claim continued growth is dependent on easier movement of goods and people within the West Bank, as well as betwe [...] | 2009-11-04 13:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM1993 | PA FORMALLY REQUESTS OBSERVER STATUS AT WTO [...] (SBU) Senior Palestinian Authority officials tell us that the PA formally requested observer status at the November 30 Ministerial Conference in a November 4 letter from PA Ambassador Khraishi to WTO CG Chairman Ambassador Matus in Geneva. The letter was delivered before the November 5 deadli [...] | 2009-11-04 16:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD PREL KWBG WTRO KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM200 | Gaza's Aftermath: A Civil Society Activist's View [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 26 meeting with PD Offs, a leading Palestinian civil society activist, Hania Al-Bitar, expressed concern that the war in Gaza has radicalized Palestinian youth, causing them to turn away from peaceful activism in favor of violent opposition. She said Hamas has "won [...] | 2009-01-28 14:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO |
09JERUSALEM2019 | U.S. TREASURY PROVIDES FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of November 1, U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) provided training to 34 Palestinian Authority (PA) employees with various responsibilities under the PA's 2007 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) decree. This was the third training course on AML offe [...] | 2009-11-06 14:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KTFN KWBG EAID KCRM |
09JERUSALEM2025 | "EXPOTECH" WEEK PROMOTES PALESTINIAN INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual "ExpoTech Technology Week" in Ramallah brought together representatives from international and local information and communication technology firms. The week-long exhibition, funded in part by a $139,000 grant from USAID, promoted international investment in the Pale [...] | 2009-11-09 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD EAID KPAO KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM2072 | TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOCUSES ON INFORMATION [...] (U) Summary. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director Carl Kress visited Jerusalem and the West Bank November 10-12 to follow up on pending grants for the MENA Geothermal and Rawabi (reftel) projects, generate interest in the TDA-sponsored May 2010 MENA Energy Conference in Cairo, and [...] | 2009-11-18 11:36:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EINV ETRD KPAL KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM21 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 4 [...] (SBU) Summary. No crossings were open in Gaza on January 4. On January 3, five truckloads of medical supplies entered through Rafah crossing, and seven medical cases exited there. OCHA contacts estimate that less than 10 percent of Gazans have electricity or running water, and the WFP report [...] | 2009-01-04 15:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM2129 | UNRWA'S November 2009 Advisory Commission Meeting [...] (SBU) At the November 17-19 Advisory Commission (AdCom) meeting of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA),Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd highlighted chronic funding shortfalls and looked to host and donor governments to consider innovative ways to finance UNRWA operations. UNR [...] | 2009-11-25 09:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV EAID KPAL KWBG JO SY LE |
09JERUSALEM216 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN REPORT JANUARY 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA reported on January 29 that an average of 80 truckloads per day entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom since the ceasefire. The Gaza water utility cannot make needed repairs on the water and wastewater networks until the GOI allows the entry of essential spare parts. End summary. [...] | 2009-01-30 15:50:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER |
09JERUSALEM221 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerem Shalom crossing, the Karni conveyor belt, and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station are open on February 2. Water and sewage services in Gaza remain limited. The power station reduced its power output on January 31 due to a lack of sufficient fuel. The internal distribution [...] | 2009-02-02 15:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER |
09JERUSALEM2238 | H1N1 ARRIVES IN GAZA DESPITE CLOSURE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 6, the de facto Hamas authorities in Gaza announced the first confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus. As of the evening of December 8, health workers confirmed 21 cases of H1N1 in Gaza, including five fatalities. End summary. 2. (SBU) On December 6, the Hamas "Minis [...] | 2009-12-10 14:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID ECON KWBG SENV |
09JERUSALEM2244 | NABLUS AREA BUSINESSES: CONTRAST BETWEEN CONSUMER [...] (SBU) Summary. Private sector contacts report consumer-fueled economic improvement in Nablus resulting from movement and access easings, new business from visiting Arab Israelis, and the continued payment of PA salaries. However, stone and marble companies operating in the area continue to s [...] | 2009-12-10 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV KPAL KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM2257 | MUNICIPAL PLANNING FAILURE ENDANGERS VILLAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of the village of al-Walaja, which straddles the line between the Municipality of Jerusalem and the West Bank, are in legal limbo. This is a result of the Jerusalem District Planning Board's February 2009 rejection of a town planning scheme for the village, the Aug [...] | 2009-12-11 15:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM255 | Al Quds University Freezes Official Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the IDF operations in Gaza, the University Council of Al Quds University voted to put a moratorium on official cooperation with Israeli academic institutions. The decision was endorsed by the university President, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, generally a strong advocate of [...] | 2009-02-06 11:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO |
09JERUSALEM258 | GUNMEN STEAL UNRWA TRUCKS; UNRWA SUSPENDS ALL [...] (SBU) Transport contacts reported to EconOff late February 5 that gunmen connected to Hamas seized eleven truckloads of Arab donations containing rice and flour intended for UNRWA. The trucks had entered Israel from the Nizzana/al-Aouja border crossing with Egypt and then passed through Kerem [...] | 2009-02-06 15:27:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PTER PREL PGOV KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM259 | THE PA 2009 BUDGET, GAZA RECONSTRUCTION, AND CASH [...] (U) Summary: In a speech on February 4, Prime Minister Fayyad presented the 2009 budget and outlined the PA's plan for recovery and reconstruction in Gaza. The PM also announced a two-week delay of salary payments, in order to get assistance projects in Gaza underway immediately. The transp [...] | 2009-02-06 15:47:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON KWBG PGOV IS |
09JERUSALEM266 | REQUEST FOR AUTHORIZATION OF SIX USAID ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that the Department authorize six USAID assistance projects in Gaza, including water and sanitation projects and the provision of plastic sheeting to elementary schools. The projects will meet urgent humanitarian needs for the population of Gaza. Authorization [...] | 2009-02-09 13:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PTER PGOV PHUM PREF KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM269 | WEST BANK AND GAZA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (SBU) The Palestinian Authority's (PA) counterterrorism (CT) efforts improved in the 2008 reporting period. PM Salam Fayyad's government engaged in efforts to control terrorist groups, particularly Hamas. Nevertheless, additional efforts will be required to dismantle terrorist groups in the Wes [...] | 2009-02-09 14:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG IS PTER ASEC EFIN |
09JERUSALEM277 | UNRWA RESUMES AID SHIPMENTS TO GAZA [...] (SBU) UNRWA contacts told Poloff that UNRWA resumed aid shipments to Gaza. Forty-eight truckloads of food and non-food items were transferred by UNRWA through Kerem Shalom on February 11. 2. (SBU) The resumption of aid shipments follows the return on February 8 and 9 of 3,500 blankets an [...] | 2009-02-12 15:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PBTS PREF PTER UNRWA KWBG KPAL IS GZ |
09JERUSALEM284 | PA PLANS FOR MARCH 2 CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the Cairo Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy on March 2, the Palestinian Authority has prepared a plan for the early recovery and reconstruction of Gaza. The PA's goal at the conference is to demonstrate that the PA is ready and able to take charge [...] | 2009-02-13 13:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KWBG PGOV PTER IS |
09JERUSALEM312 | Ministry of Education Agrees to Student Demands, Avoiding [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to an Education Ministry proposal to revamp the student loan mechanism, the Palestinian Student Councils' Union called for a general student strike at all Palestinian universities in the West Bank for February 22 and 23. The strikes were averted when PA Minister of Ed [...] | 2009-02-20 15:39:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS SCUL KPAL KWBG KPAO |
09JERUSALEM319 | PALESTINIANS SEEK USG INTERVENTION TO SAVE 88 [...] (SBU) Summary: The municipality of Jerusalem has reissued existing demolition orders for 88 Palestinian homes in the al-Bustan area of East Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood. An attorney representing many of the home owners appealed for USG intervention to stop the demolitions. A representati [...] | 2009-02-24 13:57:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM378 | UNRWA'S FEBRAURY 2009 EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE ADVISORY [...] (SBU) The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) convened an Extraordinary Session of the Advisory Commission in Amman, Jordan on February 17. UNRWA underlined its dire financial situation and provided an update on its operations in Gaza. UNRWA a [...] | 2009-03-04 14:15:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL |
09JERUSALEM42 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 6, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground forces continued military operations on January 6 in Gaza. The IDF largely encircled Gaza City and fought militants, but did not enter heavily populated areas. Contacts report IDF forces approaching the southern city of Khan Yunis. Airstrikes and naval bombard [...] | 2009-01-06 12:31:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
09JERUSALEM44 | SUCCESSFUL EVACUATION OF AMCITS, FAMILIES FROM GAZA [...] (U) SUMMARY. On January 2, ConGen Jerusalem successfully evacuated 27 AMCITs and AMCIT family members from Gaza. The evacuees transited through Jordan en route to their final destinations. Post continues to receive calls from additional AMCITs in Gaza seeking assistance in leaving. END SUMMA [...] | 2009-01-06 14:23:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC CVIS KWBG PHUM KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM440 | AID SHIPMENTS TO GAZA CONTINUE, AD HOC RULES [...] (SBU) Summary: International assistance agencies and NGO contacts report that unclear rules and ad hoc decision-making continue to hamper delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. For example, a high-level GOI decision was required to allow USG-provided jam and halva to enter Gaza, but the exempt [...] | 2009-03-09 12:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM443 | SECRETARY CLINTON INTERVIEW WITH PALESTINIAN YOUTH TV [...] (U) SUMMARY: A record number of Palestinian viewers tuned into the March 8 airing of the Palestinian Youth television program, "Ali Soutik", to see the program's interview with Secretary Clinton. Popular reaction was overwhelmingly positive to the interview, which was taped during the Secretar [...] | 2009-03-10 07:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO |
09JERUSALEM47 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: JANUARY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: WFP contacts report that 59 truckloads of humanitarian and commercial shipments entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing on January 6. A limited shipment of industrial fuel was delivered to the Gaza power plant, which remains shut down due to insufficient fuel supplies. Movement [...] | 2009-01-06 17:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ETRD IS KWBG PHUM PREF |
09JERUSALEM490 | IDF ARRESTS HAMAS POLITICAL FIGURES IN THE WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The IDF arrested 20 senior Hamas officials in the West Bank overnight on March 18-19. The IDF also re-arrested a separate set of lower-profile Hamas during the week of March 9. Both Hamas and the PA President's office put out statements criticizing the arrests. END SUMMARY. [...] | 2009-03-19 15:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM50 | HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR GAZA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. Situation --------- 2. (SBU) The Israeli Defense Forces initiated military action against Hamas in the Gaza strip on December 27. IDF ground forces entered Gaza on January 3. Since the initiation of military action, large numbers of ci [...] | 2009-01-06 18:34:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM51 | PA MINISTER FEARS FOR HER GAZA FAMILY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PA Cabinet Minister Tahani Abu Daqqa (please protect) told PD chief she greatly fears for the safety of her family in Gaza, who are sheltered in a single home in Abasan village. On the night of January 5, Israeli missiles struck the center of the village, shattering all the win [...] | 2009-01-07 05:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAO KINR IS PREL |
09JERUSALEM585 | INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Meetings in the West [...] (U) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's March 15 visit to the West Bank gave him an opportunity to underscore U.S. support for Palestinian security forces training programs. He visited Palestinian security sector reform projects funded by INL, attended the opening of the new Presidenti [...] | 2009-03-31 14:38:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR KWBG KPAL KPAO |
09JERUSALEM59 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- JANUARY 1 [...] (SBU) Summary: OCHA estimated that 80 truckloads of supplies would enter Gaza via Kerem Shalom on January 1, including three truckloads of medical supplies. Karni and Nahal Oz were closed by the GOI for the sixth consecutive day, and will remain closed for security issues, according to UNRWA. [...] | 2009-01-07 09:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM597 | Rival Palestinian Political Factions Claim Victory In UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary. Competing statements have described UNRWA's employee union triennial elections, for which results were released March 25, as a "victory" for either Hamas or "the PLO." UNRWA and Palestinian contacts maintain that candidates for employee union offices do not run on party platfor [...] | 2009-04-01 14:59:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM61 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 7, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli ground operations and air strikes continued on the morning of January 7 after what Gaza-based contacts described as a relatively quiet night. Ground forces continued to fight militants around Gaza City, and moved closer to Khan Yunis without entering the city. Airstri [...] | 2009-01-07 11:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
09JERUSALEM627 | ROAD CONSTRUCTION AROUND NABLUS-AREA OUTPOST [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinians in the Nablus area have raised concerns about construction activity on three roads in the vicinity of Hayoval outpost, between the Palestinian village of Qaryut and Eli settlement. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) issued an injunction on April 5 against fu [...] | 2009-04-07 13:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
09JERUSALEM649 | ISRAELI STONE COMPANIES EXPLOIT WEST BANK; [...] (SBU) Summary: While Palestinian stone companies are denied access to the majority of the West Bank, Israeli quarrying operations are flourishing there. Israeli NGO Yesh Din has petitioned to halt Israeli mining operations in the West Bank, and an Israeli Supreme Court hearing is scheduled fo [...] | 2009-04-10 13:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR |
09JERUSALEM70 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary. An estimated 30-40 truckloads entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing and an additional five to ten entered via Rafah crossing on January 7. A total of 360,000 liters of fuel for the power plant entered via Nahal Oz on January 7, but had not been picked up on the Gaza side a [...] | 2009-01-07 18:00:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM749 | HUMANITARIAN AID ACCESS TO GAZA REMAINS LIMITED [...] (SBU) UN and NGO contacts report that movement of humanitarian aid into Gaza continues to face significant obstacles. USAID and NGOs cite increased difficulty in securing access since late February. Despite GOI assurances to the USG in March and an Israeli Cabinet decision that all food woul [...] | 2009-05-06 14:48:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL EAID PGOV KWBG PTER IS |
09JERUSALEM75 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 8, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The IDF maintained its positions on January 8 and continued operations around Gaza City and Rafah. Up to 10,000 Palestinians from Rafah evacuated their homes in response to leaflets warning of impending operations in the area. A humanitarian pause began at 1300. Three rocket [...] | 2009-01-08 12:01:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
09JERUSALEM79 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 8 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station were open to shipments on January 8. Attempts to use Erez for shipments were unsuccessful due to the deaths of Palestinian workers from IDF fire. UNRWA and the ICRC have announced that they are suspending operations due [...] | 2009-01-08 16:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS |
09JERUSALEM856 | JENIN SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS LURE BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Herbawi Home Center ) a first-of-its-kind home appliance superstore in the West Bank ) held a grand opening in Jenin on May 21. Company owners and local government officials say the investment was made possible by security gains in the city over the past two years. Owners [...] | 2009-05-27 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD KWBG IS PINR |
09JERUSALEM896 | IDF EASES ACCESS THROUGH THREE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) eased access through three West Bank checkpoints, two around Ramallah and one north of Nablus. ConGen officers verified on June 5 that some infrastructure has been removed at the two Ramallah-area checkpoints, one of which controls the [...] | 2009-06-05 14:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD PHUM KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM898 | HEBRONITES LAY OUT PRIORITIES TO EASE MOVEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebron's Mayor and business leaders told ConGenOffs that GOI restrictions on movement and access continue to stifle the city, particularly in Hebron's Old City and the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of Machpela area. Though two key road obstacle removals last year facilitated commercial [...] | 2009-06-08 14:13:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EAID PGOV KWBG IS |
09JERUSALEM91 | GAZA UPDATE JANUARY 9, 2009, 1300 LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the passage of a UNSCR calling for a cease-fire, the IDF maintained its positions on January 9 and continued operations in northern Gaza and around Khan Yunis, generally on the outskirts of urban areas. IAF and Israeli naval strikes targeted northern Gaza and some ar [...] | 2009-01-09 12:02:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG PTER MOPS IS |
09JERUSALEM98 | GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE - JANUARY 9 [...] (SBU) Summary. Kerem Shalom crossing was open on January 9 and Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was closed. Movement of fuel and aid shipments in Gaza is severely limited, given UNRWA and ICRC's suspension of movement following lethal incidents involving the IDF (septel). Most of Gaza homes re [...] | 2009-01-09 18:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD CASC IS |
09JOHANNESBURG117 | 2009 `STRIKE SEASON' TURBULENT AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Up to 190,000 South African municipal workers plan an indefinite strike from July 27 that will disrupt local service delivery. The strike is being organized by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and its South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMAWU) affiliate [...] | 2009-07-24 15:31:00 | Consulate Johannesburg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM SOCI SF PREL PGOV ECON ELTN EFIN EIND |
09KABUL10 | AFGHAN INDEPENDENT HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two simultaneously released reports, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) strongly condemned Taliban and other insurgents' intimidation and killing of civilians and presented a relatively balanced analysis of civilian deaths due to coalition and Afghan Natio [...] | 2009-01-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF PREL PHUM |
09KABUL1000 | PRECARIOUSLY PERCHED BETWEEN CRISIS AND [...] (U) Summary: Between March 21 and 28, representatives from the U.S. Agency for International DevelopmentQs Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) visited AfghanistanQs Ghor province to monitor Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and World [...] | 2009-04-21 06:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID AF |
09KABUL1016 | WARDAK PROVINCE WARILY ENGAGING IN AFGHAN PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. The pilot Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) is slowly taking shape with its first Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) deployed in Jalrez District in Wardak Province. The creation of the Afghan-led force is proving to be a slow process, but one designed to build a [...] | 2009-04-22 07:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1017 | JCMB Approves Afghan Police Increase by 15,000 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan government and international community have agreed to increase Afghan National Police (ANP) staffing, by 4,800 for the "Kabul Security Plan" and, in principle (subject to funding),by another 5,000 to 10,000 officers to be deployed in vulnerable provinces before the A [...] | 2009-04-22 08:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1029 | Afghan Finance Minister Presents "Civilian Surge Plan" for [...] (SBU) In an April 19 meeting with the Charge, Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented an advance copy of the government's "civilian surge plan" for technical assistance. He said he means to discuss the plan - formally approved by President Karzai on April 20, we since learned - in his [...] | 2009-04-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AF PK |
09KABUL1039 | APRIL 27 AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-23 15:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF IR PK |
09KABUL1043 | SUPREME COURT DECISION MAY HASTEN PUBLICATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a development that could open the path to gazetting the media law, the Supreme Court has sided with President Karzai's objection to a provision in the media law requiring the Lower House to confirm the president's pick to head state-run Radio and Television of Afghanistan (RTA [...] | 2009-04-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
09KABUL1044 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS FEELING OUT THEIR ROLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 22, the EU exploratory mission on election observation, and a representative of OSCE/ODIHR, briefed donor nation representatives in Kabul on their initial observations. Some team members updated a smaller group of donor nation representatives on April 25, providing a cl [...] | 2009-04-26 05:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL105 | COMMUNITY SUPPORT CHARACTERIZES PHASE 3 VOTER [...] Phase 3 voter registration ended January 13, with three sites that closed for the Ashura (Muharram) holiday adding back a day on January 14. As of January 15, Independent Election Commission (IEC) data show some 910,471 new voters joined the rolls in Nangarhar, Laghman, Khost, Paktika, Zabul [...] | 2009-01-18 08:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1056 | CODEL REED AND MOI MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSS POLICE REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Senators Jack Reed and Edward Kaufman met with Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar on April 18. Acknowledging that the Afghan National Police (ANP) is the weak link in Afghan security forces, Atmar emphasized qualitative improvements made over the past year through training and ot [...] | 2009-04-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF |
09KABUL1064 | Implementing a Comprehensive Counter-Narcotics [...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan produces 93% of the world's opium and heroin with 98% of poppy cultivation concentrated in just seven provinces in the south and southwest. Two-thirds of all opium in Afghanistan is grown in one province -- Helmand, with lesser but significant amounts produced in Fara [...] | 2009-04-28 04:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF |
09KABUL1088 | AFGHANISTAN: GOVERNMENT AND DONOR COORDINATED EFFORTS BRING [...] (U) Summary. Continued progress in the building and rehabilitation of Afghanistan's energy transmission and distribution infrastructure will soon result in additional power reaching Kabul. The North East Power System (NEPS) will handle the additional import of Uzbek power after a joint governm [...] | 2009-04-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV |
09KABUL1090 | Knowledge Management Action Plan for U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 14:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AADP KRIM AF |
09KABUL1094 | CANDIDATES EYE POSSIBLE DEALS BEFORE DEADLINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Six days into the two-week registration period for the presidential election, no candidate among the more than 60 names considering a run has filed his or her completed paperwork. Behind-the-scenes efforts to consolidate campaigns among the leading candidates are in full swin [...] | 2009-04-30 07:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL1096 | 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE STATISTICS; MARCH 12 - APRIL [...] (U) Summary. This cable is the third in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. COUNTERNARCOTICS HIGHLIGHTS --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (SBU) DEA/NIU Operation WARTHAWG: On April 20, DEA, in conjunction with Afghan Na [...] | 2009-04-30 12:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER |
09KABUL1097 | OPPOSITION MPS CONTINUE TO FAN DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although most of Afghanistan's political establishment has moved on, some parliamentarians continue to stir debate over continuity of government after the May 22 constitutional expiration of President Karzai's term. The Supreme Court last month affirmed the legitimacy of Karza [...] | 2009-04-30 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1099 | PALACE PLANS TO GAZETTE MEDIA LAW BUT OTHERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Supreme Court statement (ref A) siding with President Karzai over the Parliament on the media law is not yet public, but word is leaking out. Palace Chief of Staff Daudzai told us Karzai would gazette the law, minus the disputed provision, rather than return the law to Parlia [...] | 2009-04-30 13:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM |
09KABUL1100 | ABDULLAH CAMPAIGN STUCK ON VP CHOICES [...] (SBU) Campaign staffers for United Front (UF) presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah hope to lock in vice presidential nominees by May 2 and register their candidate with the Independent Election Commission (IEC) by May 4. Several UF top choices for the First Vice President position have tu [...] | 2009-04-30 14:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL1108 | Afghanistan -- Eleventh Meeting of the Joint Coordination [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board April 19: -- approved the Finance Ministry's requests to set up task forces to develop a financing mechanism for the ANDS and to help the GIRoA prepare good projects in priority areas; -- supported the Agriculture Ministry's priorities [...] | 2009-05-02 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1111 | WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?: FEMALE REGISTRATION FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the April 25 opening of the two-week candidate registration period, over 500 individuals have registered as provincial council (PC) candidates for the August elections. The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) initial reports on candidate registration indicate, howeve [...] | 2009-05-03 09:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1120 | Supporting Wheat Seed Distribution in Afghanistan [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. 2. (SBU) As reported Ref A, Afghan Agriculture Minister Rahimi has requested $32.4 million from donors to fund urgent procurement of wheat seeds and distribution in time for fall planting. The Mission is aware of two USG programs that would be supportiv [...] | 2009-05-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR AF |
09KABUL1121 | Afghanistan Supports Trilateral Summit Agricultural [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-03 14:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1122 | TRILATERAL SUMMIT -- AFGHANS PREFER POLITICAL COMMITMENT ON [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Deputy met with Minister of Commerce and Industries Shahrani May 3 to discuss a variety of trade issues leading up to the May 13-14 Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA)in Islamabad. Shahrani also noted his intention to attend the May 6-7 Tril [...] | 2009-05-03 14:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF PK |
09KABUL1140 | BUTTRESSING THE INTEGRITY OF AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),the UN, the international community, and Afghan government institutions are creating many electoral safeguards for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. Much of the elections' credibility, for both Afghans an [...] | 2009-05-04 16:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1141 | Atmar promises private security company rules will address [...] (SBU) Interior Minister Atmar told acting DCM on May 3 that the government was prepared to modify its regulations of private security companies (PSCs) to meet U.S. concerns. Karzai has directed cabinet members to give Atmar the authority to grant the U.S. exceptions to existing regulations on [...] | 2009-05-05 05:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EIND EAID AF |
09KABUL1148 | UNDERSTANDING ELECTORAL SAFEGUARDS [...] (SBU) As candidate registration nears a close, and political campaigns begin, questions about irregularities in the voter registration process are eating away at public confidence. Anecdotal reports raise concerns about female participation and fraud. If it persists, a perception of fraud a [...] | 2009-05-06 02:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1150 | SHIA FAMILY LAW: MOMENTUM TOWARDS A MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting with President Karzai, civil society representatives and several MPs discussed specific concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (reftel) and delivered an alternate, progressive draft law. Two days later, faculty at private law school Ketab University held a [...] | 2009-05-06 09:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
09KABUL1173 | ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LAW: MOJ [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has completed its initial review of a draft Elimination of Violence Against Women (EVAW) law. Embassy review is ongoing, but the draft law is a much needed effort to identify and criminalize the myriad types of violence Afghan women face. Several MPs [...] | 2009-05-06 13:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM AF |
09KABUL1174 | ABDULLAH REGISTERS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah registered his campaign for the presidential election today (May 6),signing up with two relatively unknown running mates ) evidence that he had failed to attract support outside the splintering United Front opposition coalition. Abdul [...] | 2009-05-06 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL1186 | CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...] | 2009-05-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1187 | CANDIDATE REGISTRATION REFLECTS PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) On May 8 at 5:00 p.m. (local time),the two-week candidate registration period for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections will close. As the Independent Election Commission (IEC) compiles the registration data, a strong preliminary trend speaks to poor public opini [...] | 2009-05-08 11:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1195 | INSIDE KARZAI CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai officially launched his re-election campaign last week, relying on an unusual mix of powerful commanders from Afghanistan's 30 years of conflict and a small group of younger volunteers from newer pro-democracy organizations. To date, former mujahideen command [...] | 2009-05-10 13:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1224 | PRELIMINARY NUMBERS FOR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) With the May 8 close of the candidate registration period for the August 2009 elections, preliminary IEC numbers show 3,324 provincial council (PC) candidate registrations for Afghanistan's 420 PC seats. As in 2005, candidate registration surged in the final 24 hours of the registration [...] | 2009-05-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL1226 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEAHY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the Administration's new strategy, agreeing on the merit and priority of refocusing on defeating al Qaeda to prevent it, and like-minded local and regional groups, from returning to Afg [...] | 2009-05-13 10:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM |
09KABUL1243 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN-IRAN MAY 19 TRILATERAL SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF IR PK |
09KABUL1256 | ENCOURAGING DISCOURSE ON ELECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The public outreach division of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) has developed a multi-layered strategy to educate the Afghan people about the August 2009 elections. IEC public outreach (PO) is striving to provide consistent and accurate messaging at appropriate times i [...] | 2009-05-17 13:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL1257 | UNHCR, ICRC STILL WATCHING FOR CROSS-BORDER FLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary. The leadership of Kabul-based offices of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) shared an overview of their planning for potential movement of Pakistani refugees to Afghanistan with the Refugee Affairs [...] | 2009-05-17 13:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF UN AF PK |
09KABUL1278 | Balkh Province - Security Setbacks, Corruption, Uneven [...] (U) Summary: Strong provincial leadership by Governor Atta makes the Balkh government work, but a worsening security picture in districts west of the provincial capital Mazar-e-Sharif and widespread corruption within his administration threaten to undermine people's confidence in government. B [...] | 2009-05-19 13:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR EAID MARR AF |
09KABUL1283 | NO MAJOR PROTESTS EXPECTED OVER CONTINUITY OF [...] (SBU) Afghan politicians remain divided over support for continuity of government under President Karzai following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term, but we have not seen evidence that opponents will organize protests against the government's legality (reftel). Privately, an o [...] | 2009-05-20 04:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1295 | CODEL CARPER - WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Senators: We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan 2. (SBU) The government and the public here have welcomed the United States' new strategic purpose to defeat al Qaeda and its supporters and to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan. To accomplish this, President Obama's [...] | 2009-05-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PTER NARC PHUM KDEM AF |
09KABUL1296 | JUNBESH-WAHDAT ALLIANCE CLOSE TO RELUCTANT KARZAI [...] (SBU) Representatives of the majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli party and Hezb-e-Wahdat-e-Mardum faction of Hazara leader Haji Mohammed Mohaqqeq say their two-party alliance is reluctantly nearing an endorsement of President Karzai's re-election campaign. The two parties agreed last month to sup [...] | 2009-05-21 09:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1297 | POLITICAL PARTIES A NEAR NO-SHOW ON PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Some 88 percent of the more than 3,300 candidates who registered for this summer's provincial council elections chose to identify as independent candidates rather than associate with one of Afghanistan's 100-plus political parties. The near no-show by political parties on the [...] | 2009-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL130 | Badghis Chief Prosecutor Alleges Widespread Corruption [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting with the PRT, Badghis' chief prosecutor, Gaws Mohammad, detailed a disturbing portrait of wide-scale corruption and neglect within the province, singling out Governor Mohammad Ashraf Naseri, among several other provincial officials, for his alleged misappropriation [...] | 2009-01-19 11:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF |
09KABUL132 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND IEC READY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Voter Registration is set to begin on January 20 and the local IEC office and Task Force Helmand (TFH) have coordinated efforts to address security and logistical challenges. However, the required registration materials had not yet arrived in Lashkar Gah on January 17 and delay [...] | 2009-01-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL1335 | JUSTICE MINISTER DANESH: SLOW MOVEMENT ON SHIA LAW [...] (SBU) Justice Minister Danesh told us May 25 that the Ministry has completed its formal consultation process with civil society on amending the Shia Family Law. It will, however, continue to take substantive input from stakeholders. The Embassy will soon submit comments, based on analysis fr [...] | 2009-05-27 11:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL1336 | Afghanistan Repeats Request for Assistance on Water [...] (SBU) At the Islamabad Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA),Afghan Foreign Ministry officials repeated a request to USDEL for assistance on negotiating riparian rights, particularly with Iran. This follows on a request made earlier this year that led to a request fo [...] | 2009-05-27 12:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID EFIN AF IR |
09KABUL1348 | THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/23-5/29: AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on May 28 with the Lower House International Relations Committee to discuss the new US strategy in Afghanistan and listen to MPs' concerns about security issues. MPs, led by committee chairman Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf (Kabul, Pashtun),welcomed greater US-Afghan cooperat [...] | 2009-05-30 10:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1350 | MPS ASK, "WHEN IS OUR ELECTION?" [...] (SBU) In an interesting conversation with PolOff this week, five Lower House MPs disagreed with each other over when their legislative terms expire next year and when the 2010 parliamentary election should occur. MPs Fawzia Koofi (Badakhshan, Tajik),Sultan Mohammed Awrang (Badakhshan, Tajik [...] | 2009-05-30 10:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1372 | MEDIA LAW: IMPORTANT STEP BUT NO PANACEA [...] (SBU) The Embassy has urged President Karzai to publish the Media Law as soon as possible in order to advance Afghan media's freedoms (reftels). Karzai has told officials at the Ministry of Justice and Office of Administrative Affairs (OAA) to hold off on publication until he consults Supreme [...] | 2009-05-31 11:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM AF |
09KABUL1383 | GIROA EXTRADITES AFGHAN-AMERICAN CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following intensive collaboration from May 29 to June 1 within and between the country team and Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) leaders, GIRoA extradited two Afghan-Americans suspected of attempting to bribe a U.S. military contracting officer. Depending on weather conditions [...] | 2009-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM AF |
09KABUL1390 | CODEL LANGEVIN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Codel Langevin (Rep. James Langevin, Rep. Mike Coffman, Rep. Tom Rooney, Rep. Kilili Sablan) met with a relaxed, confident President Karzai May 30 to discuss Afghanistan's greatest challenges - insecurity and weak governance, as well as Karzai's plans for the country's future. [...] | 2009-06-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MASS KDEM PTER AF |
09KABUL1392 | AMBASSADOR MEETS MOCI, DISCUSSES TRADE, CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry, accompanied by Deputy ECOUNS note taker, met with Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Wahidulla Sharani for a courtesy call on May 28. Sharani briefed the Ambassador on Afghan thinking on Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs),WTO accession the status of Afg [...] | 2009-06-02 11:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EFIN EAID AF |
09KABUL1398 | OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN START TWO WEEKS AWAY; KARZAI IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The presidential election season officially starts June 16, but the major candidates are already in full swing. President Karzai will begin the campaign with a significant head start, having consolidated support from a number of powerful factional leaders. The other major ca [...] | 2009-06-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1405 | THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 5/30-6/4: PARLIAMENT [...] Both houses of Parliament picked up their pace in handling legislation this week, with the June 5 recess drawing near. After both houses flirted with proposals to extend the session beyond June 5, or the recess beyond July 20, leadership in both institutions eventually called an end to the cur [...] | 2009-06-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1421 | JOINT WARDAK-LOGAR POLICE SUMMIT PART OF EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: To address police deficiencies in Logar and Wardak provinces, the 3rd Brigade 10th Mountain Division (3/10) is working with national police and the local police chiefs to implement both a bottom-up and top-down police development strategy. Through a series of inspection tour [...] | 2009-06-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF |
09KABUL1424 | AFGHANISTAN'S MEDIA COMMISSION: UP AND RUNNING [...] (SBU) Summary: The newly-created Media Commission, slated to play an important role in the upcoming presidential election, is now up and running. In addition to monitoring compliance with the media code of conduct, the Commission intends to organize radio and TV airtime for candidate roundtabl [...] | 2009-06-07 02:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1444 | UNDP ELECTION FUNDING REQUIREMENTS MET WITH USG [...] (SBU) Summary: USAID forwarded a much awaited cooperative agreement (CA) to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) for USD $55 million, making the USG the largest donor in the international community for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Assuming all other interna [...] | 2009-06-07 08:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1461 | FLASHES OF GIROA LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent media statements from MOI and MOD citing civilian casualties caused by the Taliban and supporting the presence of international troops demonstrated unusual and welcomed Afghan leadership in public communications. This may be the result of a patient and determined effort [...] | 2009-06-08 10:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS MASS AF |
09KABUL1466 | DIAG COMMITTEE'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To discuss the results of the candidate vetting process, National Security Advisor Zalmai Rassoul hosted a meeting on June 7 for Minister of Interior Atmar, Minister of Defense Wardak, Vice-Chair of the Demobilization and Reintegration Commission Mohammed Stanekzai, Independent [...] | 2009-06-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1477 | UPPER HOUSE SPEAKER MOJADDEDI PRESSING KARZAI FOR [...] During Ambassador Eickenberry's June 9 courtesy call, Upper House Speaker Mojaddedi conceded President Karzai was the only viable presidential candidate but had many flaws. Neither Abdullah Abdullah nor Ashraf Ghani have the personality or capacity to govern, Mojaddedi claimed. However, Mojade [...] | 2009-06-09 16:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1478 | HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER SAMAR LAMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) Chair Sima Samar and the Ambassador discussed on June 9 a range of political and human rights issues. Samar blamed the opposition, including herself, for not organizing a viable challenge to Karzai's re-election bid. She urged [...] | 2009-06-09 17:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1489 | TEPID PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HEDAYAT ARSALA [...] (SBU) Former Senior Minister Hedayat Arsala laid out to the Ambassador on June 8 a substantive agenda that would focus on strengthening governance by fighting government corruption and interdicting the narcotics trade. He asserted that Karzai held such strong advantages of incumbency that the [...] | 2009-06-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL1493 | ENSURING CREDIBLE ELECTIONS:KABUL RESPONSES [...] The USG and its international partners are taking steps to help Afghanistan hold credible presidential and provincial council elections in 2009. The augmented U.S. Mission will lead implementation of a number of efforts. Successful realization of these objectives will rely in most cases on br [...] | 2009-06-11 02:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1494 | FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INTERVENTION ON ARRESTED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PGOV AF |
09KABUL1522 | EU, U.S. AMBASSADORS DISCUSS STRATEGY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) During a brief June 7 courtesy call, Ambassador Eikenberry briefed European Commission Ambassador Hansjoerg Kretschmer on the US strategy in Afghanistan. The Ambassador told Kretschmer that strategy focuses on the most insecure areas in southern and eastern Afghanistan, and that the civi [...] | 2009-06-14 13:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON AF |
09KABUL1526 | Ambassador's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) Ambassador Eikenberry and Finance Minister Zakhilwal June 8 discussed joint visits to Afghan provinces, including a June 17 trip to open a US-financed border crossing post in Islam Qala, Herat. Zakhilwal welcomed the preliminary, positive assessment by a USAID team that examined the Finan [...] | 2009-06-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID AF |
09KABUL1528 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JALAL: ISSUES FOCUSED PLATFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11 at his Kabul campaign headquarters, Afghan presidential candidate Sayed Jalal detailed his political platform to Ambassador Carney and identified problems he sees emerging with the elections process. He requested the U.S. to clearly indicate its impartiality - somet [...] | 2009-06-15 08:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL154 | PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION IMPERFECT BUT UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) Phase 4 of the voter registration update opened largely on schedule on January 20 in Nimroz, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. A broken-down truck delayed delivery of material to Helmand. According to IEC headquarters, voter registration operations will open as early as January 21 in six distric [...] | 2009-01-20 13:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1544 | Afghan Commerce Minister on Upcoming Af-Pak Transit Trade [...] (SBU) Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani told EconCouns June 16 that Afghanistan will take a positive, constructive approach in negotiations with Pakistan on a new Af-Pak Transit Trade agreement (APTA),starting June 23. Shahrani noted the GOP's extensive objections to the draft agreement text [...] | 2009-06-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD AF PK |
09KABUL1557 | CHALLENGING THE ELECTION PROCESS TO DELIVER: [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Department's efforts to offer us collegial advice on how to improve our handling of the upcoming Afghan election campaign. As will be clear from the specific responses below, much of what has been recommended is already well underway and has been for some time. We would c [...] | 2009-06-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL156 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: GOVERNORS AND [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At a January 10 conference in Kabul, Afghan central government and provincial authorities -- including eight governors -- agreed that reducing poppy cultivation on a sustainable basis is a high pr [...] | 2009-01-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM KPAO AF |
09KABUL1562 | SUPPORTERS QUESTION JALALI ON HIS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Former presidential candidate Ali Ahmad Jalali has told supporters he intends to sit out the rest of the campaign and not publicly endorse any other candidate. He hinted his acceptance of the conventional wisdom that President Karzai had amassed an impressive collection of endorsements [...] | 2009-06-18 05:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1563 | GHANI CRITICIZES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR SLOW [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani told PolCouns in a June 16 meeting that he was prepared to harshly criticize the international community and USG for what he saw as a "curiously unengaged" posture on the presidential election. Ghani complained that the IC had not delivered on promis [...] | 2009-06-18 05:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1577 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NSA TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucial period in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic Society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dra [...] | 2009-06-21 07:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO OVIP PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1586 | PRT/KUNDUZ - FEYZABAD'S MAYOR DISCUSSES TAX REFORM, CITY [...] (SBU) State PRTOff recently discussed city politics with embattled Feyzabad Mayor Engineer Momenshah. Momenshah, a construction company owner from northern Darwaz District with prior experience in the NGO and development community, was appointed mayor in early 2008 under the sponsorship of for [...] | 2009-06-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1587 | GOVERNOR ATTA DENIES RESIGNATION RUMORS [...] (SBU) Balkh Governor Atta has denied that President Karzai has asked for his resignation because of his support for opposition presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. Atta said he would resign only if President Karzai also agrees to resign. Several high-profile delegations from Kabul have vi [...] | 2009-06-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL159 | Herat: Development Needed in Shindand District [...] Development lags in the critical district of Shindand, astride the ring road, the last spot of poppy cultivation in Herat province and center of intensified Taliban activity after the August 2008 Azizabad civilian collateral damage incident. A refined development program emphasizing water for [...] | 2009-01-21 12:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF |
09KABUL1593 | HAZARA LEADERS SUPPORT KARZAI IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMISES OF [...] Hazara political leaders backing President Karzai's re-election have asked Karzai to support the creation of more majority-Hazara provinces in exchange for their influential endorsements among the ethnic Hazara minority, which could constitute as much as 15 percent of the electorate in this su [...] | 2009-06-22 09:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL1595 | KANDAHAR: A SNAPSHOT OF ELECTIONS ACTIVITY IN AN ACTIVE [...] The first political rally of the campaign season took place in Kandahar city on June 18, with an estimated 1000 members of the Barakzai tribe holding a rally downtown in support of incumbent Hamid Karzai. The rally was entirely peaceful and apparently not organized by the Karzai campaign machi [...] | 2009-06-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1600 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to Afghanistan. Your timing could not be better. You are coming at a crucialperiod in Afghanistan's movement toward a more secure and democratic society. The presidential election campaign has just begun, as has our increase in military forces, plus a dram [...] | 2009-06-23 02:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL AF |
09KABUL1640 | AMBASSADOR APPEARS WITH YASENI AT PRESS EVENT [...] (U) The Ambassador on June 22 continued his public engagement with leading opposition presidential candidates, appearing with Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni in front of Afghan and international media. The Ambassador reiterated US impartiality and commitment to credible, secure, an [...] | 2009-06-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1647 | ABDULLAH HIGHLIGHTS DECENTRALIZATION PLATFORM IN [...] (U) The Ambassador continued his public engagement with opposition presidential candidates with a joint press appearance alongside Abdullah Abdullah on June 21. During the event, covered widely by Afghan and international media, Abdullah highlighted his proposals to decentralize the governmen [...] | 2009-06-23 16:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1657 | PALACE REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (SBU) The Ambassador's press appearances (6/20-Ashraf Ghani, 6/21-Abdullah Abdullah, 6/22-Mirwais Yaseni) have generated much political and media attention. They have also not gone unnoticed by the Palace. FM Spanta called the Ambassador on 6/21, following the Abdullah press conference, to s [...] | 2009-06-24 18:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL1661 | PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Helmand Independent Election Commission (IEC) Provincial Electoral Officer Engineer Hadi spoke to registered Provincial Council (PC) candidates to describe campaign and elections procedures. His deputy, Abdul Samad, addressed District Field Coordinators (DFCs),not [...] | 2009-06-25 06:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM AF |
09KABUL1662 | HERAT CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES: KARZAI DOMINATING THE FIELD [...] (U) Summary. Election campaigning is underway in Herat with general resignation, not excitement, among the populace that President Karzai will win. Karzai's campaign spending and outreach to key local figures and organizations have strengthened his position, but some analysts believe he can [...] | 2009-06-25 09:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1663 | HERAT: KARZAI SEEKS FEMALE VOTES, BUT CANDIDATES FACE [...] (U) President Karzai has moved to develop a strong basis of support among female voters in Herat. On June 22 he opened an electoral campaign center for women there, a sign of anticipation that he will need women's votes on election day. Like his campaign office (reftel),the women's center i [...] | 2009-06-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1665 | GHOR: ALL ELECTIONERRING IS LOCAL [...] (SBU) As the election campaign in Ghor kicks off, Governor Sayed Iqbal Munib appears to be campaigning for President Karzai. Munib began a flurry of travel throughout the province in early June, visiting three districts in 10 days, twice with Lithuanian PRT members. According to PRT officers, [...] | 2009-06-25 09:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1671 | IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN AFHGAN HIGHER ED: SUBTLE BUT [...] SUMMARY: Given cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan and Iran, no one is surprised that Iranian influence permeates Afghan higher education. Ironically, just as Iran closes university access to Afghan refugees in Iran, it is becoming more deeply involved in Afghan higher education. [...] | 2009-06-26 11:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF |
09KABUL1679 | INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) This, fourth in a series, updates and provides additional details on Embassy plans and efforts for the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in ref A. This cable updates post's efforts to achieve a sizeable contingent of international observers to help en [...] | 2009-06-28 02:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1684 | UPPER HOUSE IN QUANDRY OVER FATE OF PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Parliament's Upper House faces a potential crisis this fall when new provincial councils will select replacements for two-thirds of the chamber. If the councils follow the Constitution, they will elect their representatives to the Upper House around Oct. 1, mid-way through a [...] | 2009-06-29 04:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1714 | PRE-ELECTION POLLING PLANS [...] This is the sixth in a series of cables updating and providing additional details on Embassy plans and efforts in support of the Afghan presidential and provincial council elections, per the request in reftel. This cable addresses post efforts on pre-election polling. ------------------- [...] | 2009-07-02 02:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1731 | Security Key in Ghazni Election Planning [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Overt candidate campaigning is occurring in Ghazni, but is relatively muted due to the prevailing security situation. Ghazni City - the largest population center and the provincial capital - is the most active area. In the countryside, residents appear to want to vote, b [...] | 2009-07-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1732 | Signing of USDA Food for Progress Agreement [...] (SBU) On June 30 with Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Economic and Development Affairs signed a USDA-sponsored program agreement (PL 480) for the monetization of soybean oil. Deputy Agriculture Minister Kunduzi was also in attendance. Total [...] | 2009-07-02 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EFIN AF |
09KABUL1734 | Afghans Seek 55 Priority Advisors and Claim Revenue [...] (SBU) The JCMB Standing Committee on Development broadly endorsed the Afghan government's revised Civilian Technical Assistance Plan asking for 55 urgently needed advisor positions. Subsequently, the Finance Minister signaled he hopes donors will provide funding for the Afghan government to di [...] | 2009-07-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN AF |
09KABUL1745 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: PARDON AND RELEASE OF DRUG [...] (SBU) We recently learned that, on April 30, 2009, President Karzai had issued a decree pardoning five Border Police officers who were convicted in 2007 of transporting approximately 124 kilograms of heroin in a Border Police truck. These five officers (Amrullah, Bilal Ahmad, Shahzad Gul, Sai [...] | 2009-07-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS AF |
09KABUL1762 | Beyond 421 - Civilian Staffing Requirements for [...] Embassy Kabul has undertaken a review of our mission to determine the personnel and resourcing requirements to achieve success, a review that complements GEN McChrystal's ongoing 60-day review of ISAF's mission. In Ref A, Embassy Kabul detailed a USG civilian uplift needed to implement the Pre [...] | 2009-07-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT APER PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL1773 | CABINET APPROVED REVISED SHIA FAMILY LAW, EVAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6 the Cabinet approved a revised Shia Family Law text. Reportedly, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) review team deleted twelve major articles, and the Cabinet an additional article from the version signed by President Karzai. The Ministers also gave the nod to the draft E [...] | 2009-07-07 16:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM |
09KABUL1778 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDING POLICE OFF THE BOOKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Police Coordination Board (IPCB) has learned that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) struck a deal with the MOI and Ministry of Finance (MOF) to privately fund an increase in the ANP in Faryab Province to coincide with Ring Road construction projects it is financ [...] | 2009-07-08 08:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS MASS AF |
09KABUL1787 | Baghlan Industry and Energy Sector Poised For Expansion [...] (SBU) Summary: Baghlan Province is well positioned to take advantage of its energy production and industrial potential, though some of its business leaders seem overly ambitious. With its intact hydropower plants and location along one of Afghanistan's primary electrical backbones, Baghlan alm [...] | 2009-07-09 00:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ENRG AF |
09KABUL1788 | Baghlan Industry and Energy Sector Poised For Expansion [...] (SBU) Summary: Baghlan Province is well positioned to take advantage of its energy production and industrial potential, though some of its business leaders seem overly ambitious. With its intact hydropower plants and location along one of Afghanistan's primary electrical backbones, Baghlan alm [...] | 2009-07-09 00:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AF ECON ENRG |
09KABUL1797 | VERVEER PRESSES FOR JUSTICE FOR AFGHAN WOMEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 24-26 meetings visiting Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer affirmed the strong U.S. commitment to Afghan women and pressed government officials and other leaders to address the extreme challenges confronting women. President Karzai defended his [...] | 2009-07-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AF KDEM |
09KABUL1799 | MOJ POISED TO PUBLISH MEDIA LAW: A POSITIVE, BUT [...] (U) On July 8 Minister of Justice Sanwar Danish announced that MOJ will soon publish the media law in the official gazette. Palace sources also confirmed that President Karzai authorized the publication. The law will reflect the Afghan Supreme Court's March 2009 determination that the Nationa [...] | 2009-07-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM |
09KABUL1802 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS, MEETING WITH MOCI AND PAK [...] (SBU) The Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade agreement negotiation is seriously engaged following the June 23-24 meeting in Kabul. The two sides say they have agreed on much of the structure and language of their agreement and identified the difficult negotiating issues, including controlling [...] | 2009-07-09 17:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON AF |
09KABUL183 | ANALYSIS OF 2009 PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both houses of Afghanistan's Parliament elected their leaderships to new one-year terms this week. This year's elections showed evidence of President Karzai's low standing among MPs and the continued tendency for MPs to vote along ethnic, rather than ideological or gender lines. [...] | 2009-01-26 11:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL1838 | WITH DEEP POCKETS, GOVERNOR ATTA LEADS CHARGE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Atta is increasingly confident that his influence in the north will continue to attract supporters to Dr. Abdullah's campaign. He claims to have wrested Turkmen, Uzbek, Arab, and Hazara support from under the noses of ethnic Turkmen Minister Qarqin, Junbesh-e-Mill [...] | 2009-07-12 07:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1848 | AMBASSADOR TO ECC: ON THE FRONTLINES OF ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 2, Ambassador Eikenberry and Ambassador Carney visited the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) and met with Chairman Grant Kippen and national commissioners Fahim Hakim and Maulawi Mustafa Barakzai. The Ambassador toured the ECC's Kabul headquarters and the co-located K [...] | 2009-07-13 08:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1849 | BALKH GOVERNOR RESISTS INTERIOR MINISTRY ORDER TO DISMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: Balkh Governor Atta told PRT officer that Minister of Interior Atmar's order to remove at first three, then only two, Balkh ANP officials is a politically-motivated maneuver and an insult to himself and the people of Balkh. He maintains that President Karzai lacks the authority [...] | 2009-07-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1863 | Paktya: Presidential-PC Politics Intertwined [...] (SBU) Summary: Provincial Council (PC) and presidential campaigns are in full swing in Paktya. Given poor security in the districts, most campaigning is occurring in the provincial capital of Gardez. The majority of influential Paktyans say they will throw their support behind President Karz [...] | 2009-07-14 05:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1871 | NIMROZ GOVERNOR SEEKS PRT AND A VISIT BY AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a courtesy call, Governor Ghulam Dastagir Azad and Ambassador Eikenberry discussed possible political implications and logistical requirements of a possible visit to Nimroz and the Governor's desire for a PRT in order to bring more reconstruction assistance. Later that w [...] | 2009-07-14 16:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1878 | MOJ DEFENDS REVISED SHIA LAW; HIGHLIGHTS STRONG [...] (SBU) MOJ will publish the Shia Personal Status and the Elimination of Violence against Women (EVAW) laws pending receipt of President Karzai's written authorization, expected within several days, Minister of Justice Danish told Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone during a July 14 discussion. Compet [...] | 2009-07-15 10:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PHUM KDEM |
09KABUL1899 | MINOR CANDIDATES ADD COLOR AND CONFUSION TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By nearly all informal observations, President Karzai holds a sizable lead over his closest competitors in the lead up to the Aug. 20 election. If Karzai is unable to secure 50 percent of the vote in the first round, it will likely be due to the high number of candidates spli [...] | 2009-07-16 08:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL1902 | UPDATE ON OBSERVER PRESENCE FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) At a July 13 press conference, the European Union officially launched its observer mission to the Afghan elections, which will deploy 86 observers around Afghanistan, including 50 short-term observers, down slightly from earlier figures. Post is negotiating grants with four implementers [...] | 2009-07-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF IR FR |
09KABUL1910 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: DRUG DEMAND REDUCTION (DDR) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16 July, the head of the Health and Human Development Section of UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Gilberto Gerra and Afghanistan Country Directory Jean Luc Lemahieu called on Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA),Ambassador Wayne to discuss [...] | 2009-07-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS IR AF |
09KABUL1911 | Financial Management at the Provincial Level in Kandahar [...] Summary. The Afghan government's financial management at the provincial level in Kandahar has improved greatly over the past year with respect to financial and revenue accounting. However, the lack of a consultative budget planning process between ministries in Kabul and their departments in [...] | 2009-07-18 07:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL1925 | POLLING CENTER CLOSURES AND RELOCATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DSRSG Peter Galbraith's July 18 extraordinary meeting that included Minister Of Defense Wardak, Deputy Minister Of Interior Sadiqi, IEC Chief Electoral Officer Dr. Najafi, IEC Chief Operations officer Hashem, ISAF Chief of Stability and Operations Admiral Borsboom, the UK Charge [...] | 2009-07-20 08:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL1930 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECOND-TIER CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Ambassador Eikenberry hosted second-tier presidential candidates Sayed Jalal Karim, Ferozan Fana and Dr. Mohammed Nasir Aniss for lunch to publicly demonstrate US active impartiality and to hear their private views on the state of the presidential campaign. The ca [...] | 2009-07-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL AF |
09KABUL2009 | HELMAND: GARMSIR SHURA SUPPORTS ISAF FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 13, Governor Mangal visited Garmsir district for the first time since the Marine Expeditionary Brigade's (MEB) arrival on July 2, opening a major USAID project and holding a well-attended shura with local elders. Atmospherics were very positive. Approximately 350-400 [...] | 2009-07-23 07:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
09KABUL2018 | MINOR CANDIDATE COALITION CONTRADICTORY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minor presidential candidates Dr. Mohammed Nasir Aniss, Bashir Bizhan, and Hedaiat Amin Arsallah separately confirmed to us recent rumors and media stories about a coalition of presidential candidates calling itself "The Coordination Council of the Presidential Election Candida [...] | 2009-07-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2020 | Using Connection Technologies to Promote US Strategic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings from July 8-12, Ambassador Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, visiting SRAP Special Advisor Ashley Bommer, S/P staffer Jared Cohen, and Econoff met with officials from Roshan Telecommunications Company, Afghan Wireless Comm [...] | 2009-07-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EINV EFIN AF |
09KABUL2066 | AFGHAN PARLIAMENT RECONVENES...AFTER A FASHION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Parliament reconvened, without reaching quorum, on July 25. Many MPs continue to be outside of Kabul campaigning for presidential candidates or themselves. They will continue to meet as scheduled, but if quorum is not reached in the first few days they will consider a recess un [...] | 2009-07-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2074 | ELECTIONS: ULY 25 MINISTERIAL AGREES ON AUGUST 1 [...] Summary: At a July 25 ministerial on election issues, MOD, MOI, ISAF, the UN, and the IEC agreed that August 1 would be the final date to determine which of the nearly 7,000 voting centers would not open. The IEC agreed to adjust its delivery schedule for ballots and other sensitive materials [...] | 2009-07-26 16:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2077 | CORRECTED: JULY 25 MINISTERIAL AGREES ON AUGUST 1 [...] (SBU) Summary: At a July 25 ministerial on election issues, the Ministry of Defense (MOD),the Ministry of Interior (MOI),ISAF, the UN, and the Independent Election Commission (IEC) agreed that August 1 would be the final date to determine which of the nearly 7,000 voting centers would not ope [...] | 2009-07-27 04:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2103 | ADDITIONAL FY 2010 BUDGET REQUIREMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Madame Secretary: Embassy Kabul has concluded a rigorous analysis of U.S. Government civilian assistance programs required to effectively implement the President's strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Success will be contingent upon balanced gains in the fields of security, ec [...] | 2009-07-29 16:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ABUD AFIN AF |
09KABUL2104 | PRT Mazar-e-Sharif: Sar-e-pul Provincial Assessment [...] (SBU) Security throughout most of Sar-e-pul province remains relatively good, but has worsened in areas bordering neighboring Jowzjan and Faryab provinces. Almalek village of Sayyad district has been ground zero for Mullah Nadir's insurgent gangs, who continue to exploit the weaknesses of the [...] | 2009-07-30 04:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2111 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: ENGAGING THE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 25 July, the Afghan Parliamentary Counternarcotics (CN) Caucus invited NAS Director to attend their weekly meeting with the International Republican Institute (IRI). This caucus, made up of members from seven members from both houses of parliament, was briefed on current INL [...] | 2009-07-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL AF |
09KABUL2128 | STRENGTHENING THE GOVERNMENT TWO DROPS AT A TIME [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-30 11:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF PREL KDRL |
09KABUL2138 | Ambassador's Meeting with Japanese SRAP Yoshikawa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Japan's Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Ambassador Motohide Yoshikawa, told the Ambassador July 22 that he had stressed to President Karzai that the Afghan elections must be credible, secure, and free - only on that basis would Japan continue to support Afghanistan. [...] | 2009-07-31 14:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JP AF |
09KABUL2139 | GHANI & YASENI CAMPAIGNS' STRATEGIES AND CONCERNS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Common themes, particularly criticism of front-runners President Karzai and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah for practicing "warlord politics", were apparent in recent meetings with Ashraf Ghani campaign manager Saboor Formuli and Mirwais Yaseni campaign manager (and former Logar governor [...] | 2009-08-01 03:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2140 | Steps Forward for Donor Coordination in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMA and Embassy Kabul co-hosted a donor meeting on July 22, 2009, to engage the international community on improving development assistance coordination throughout Afghanistan. Participants applauded U.S. efforts to "Afghanize" our assistance programs, and cautioned against th [...] | 2009-08-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID AF |
09KABUL217 | INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Lodin, President of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on January 29 told the media that the date for Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council elections will be August 20, 2009. Flanked by his fellow Commissioners as well as Chief Technical Officer Dr. Da [...] | 2009-01-29 11:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2179 | Ambassador Wayne and SRAP Staff Meetings with Afghan [...] (SBU) In a July 26 meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal, Ambassador Wayne and SRAP staff praised successful efforts by the GIRoA to increase revenue collection in Afghanistan and address corruption. Zakhilwal said that donors should reward this progress by channeling more aid through the ce [...] | 2009-08-03 13:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON EAGR PGOV AF |
09KABUL222 | WARDAK GOVERNOR FEDAI REVIEWS STABILIZATION [...] (SBU) Wardak Governor Mohammed Halim Fedai met with incoming Task Force (TF) Spartan Commander Colonel Haight on January 22. The Governor stressed the importance of successfully launching in Wardak the pilot program for a supplemental community security force, the Afghan Public Protection Fo [...] | 2009-01-30 04:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2239 | Developing a Private Sector-Led Rural Finance [...] (SBU) The financial sector in Afghanistan has made significant progress in establishing a market-based system for access to credit in rural areas. With substantial U.S. Government (USG) assistance, financial services are expanding to meet agricultural market needs and demonstrating that lendi [...] | 2009-08-05 06:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EAGR BEXP AF TI |
09KABUL2260 | PROVINCIAL CAMPAIGNING IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since the June 16 start of the presidential campaign period, the major candidates have followed traditional ethnic and tribal lines in their campaigns through visits to traditional provincial strongholds, with shows of strength in opponents' territory. Political deals with trib [...] | 2009-08-06 11:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL227 | LINCOLN CENTERS REACH AFGHANISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: With over 55,000 visitors in 2008, Lincoln Centers (LCs) are one of the most successful public diplomacy tools in Afghanistan, providing unparalleled free and open access to the Internet, books, and educational opportunities throughout the country. The LCs also serve as cultural a [...] | 2009-02-01 05:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KIRC SCUL AF |
09KABUL2270 | Key GIRoA Ministers Plan Sub-National Governance [...] (SBU) Planning for coordinated U.S./ISAF/UNAMA/GIRoA sub-national governance interventions in the South and East took shape at an August 1 meeting of key ministers, senior ISAF and UNAMA representatives, and Ambassador Eikenberry that was hosted by the Ministry of Rural Reconstruction and Devel [...] | 2009-08-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EAID EFIN EAGR AF |
09KABUL2295 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With just over two weeks remaining until the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections, concerns about fraud have recently exploded into the public consciousness. Many factors have contributed to this issue, including reports of a reduction in the total number of [...] | 2009-08-10 09:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2303 | HERAT ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate activities in Herat, especially of President Karzai, continue. Other candidates have become more active in the province, as well. According to the provincial leader of Harakat-e Islami, the party has split. One faction now supports Abdullah Abdullah, while th [...] | 2009-08-11 06:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2327 | TRANSFER OF AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE TRAINING CONTRACT [...] Summary: Ambassador and COMISAF join in recommending transfer of the responsibility for implementation of basic Afghan police training and field mentoring from the Department of State to the Department of Defense in order better to provide Afghan police the basic security skills needed in a c [...] | 2009-08-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS MARR SOCI PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL2337 | EIGHT DAYS TILL "E-DAY" - THE LATEST ON [...] (SBU) At the Aug. 11 U.S.-chaired International Observer Secretariat, representatives of 10 embassies, ISAF, UNAMA, UNDP-ELECT, and five observer missions, including the domestic entity FEFA, had a final exchange on common challenges in security, deployment, and reporting. UNDP Urges Cautio [...] | 2009-08-12 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF TU |
09KABUL2339 | Faryab Province Assessment [...] (U) This is a bi-annual report from the State PRT representative in Mazar-e-Sharif on political, economic and security developments in Faryab Province. 2. (SBU) Security in Faryab province, which forms the western flank of Regional Command North, has deteriorated over the past year and doe [...] | 2009-08-13 07:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2348 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SNAPSHOTS FROM THE MOSQUES [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 14, the last Friday before elections, and four days before the August 18 "blackout" on campaign activities begins, some mosques are making a final push to encourage voters to go to the polls - while others are conveying the message that democracy undermines the power [...] | 2009-08-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL2362 | Spot Report: Election Activities in Nangarhar [...] (U) President Karzai is expected to visit Jalalabad for a pre-election rally either August 16 or 17, but the exact date is in dispute between two rival camps, each claiming to run Karzai's official campaign. It is not clear which date Karzai will choose to make an appearance in Jalalabad, and s [...] | 2009-08-15 12:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2363 | GHANI, ABDULLAH DEBATE ECONOMY--WITHOUT KARZAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a televised August 10th debate in front of a live audience, presidential candidates Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai and Abdullah Abdullah highlighted agriculture and natural resources as the keys to Afghanistan's economic future. Both candidates sketched their visions for increasing e [...] | 2009-08-15 13:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD PINR |
09KABUL2365 | SHIA PERSONAL STATUS LAW: GAZETTED AS AMENDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Shia Personal Status Law (SPSL) was published in the official gazette on July 27, after having been signed into force by presidential decree on July 19 by President Karzai along with the Elimination of Violence Against Women Law (EVAW). The published version of the SPSL i [...] | 2009-08-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2366 | Karzai Shows Strength in Herat Rally [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. In an August 14 campaign rally in Herat City (Afghanistan's second largest city),President Karzai drew a capacity crowd of more than 10,000 people, and demonstrated a show of unity among local and national powerbrokers. Flanked by Ismail Khan, FM Spanta, Herat's Ulema Shur [...] | 2009-08-16 03:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2367 | LAGHMAN: ALINGAR, ALLIHANG VILLAGERS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Villagers in areas of reported anti-Afghan forces (AAF) activity expressed support for the August 20 presidential and Provincial Council elections. A large shura in Alishang District, at which the provincial governor and police commander spoke, appeared to be a notable success, w [...] | 2009-08-16 05:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL2368 | PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS: LAGHMAN ELECTION PREPARATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: According to both the Laghman governor and the chief of Laghman's Independent Election Commission (IEC),the province is well prepared for the distribution of election-related materials, a fact confirmed by a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) inspection of the IEC's facilities [...] | 2009-08-16 05:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2369 | NURISTAN ELECTION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 6th, community leaders and electoral officials from Nuristan's western valley agreed to work together to provide a stable, secure environment for voting, and to identify suitable election workers. On the same day, Provincial Electoral Officer (PEO) Omar Sami named his s [...] | 2009-08-16 05:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL237 | PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION HUMS ALONG [...] (SBU) Election and security officials report the voter registration update in Helmand, Kandahar, Uruzgan, and Nimroz is working smoothly, with some ten days of the planned 30-day period complete. The US PRT officer in Helmand on January 28 visited the voter registration site in Nad Ali distri [...] | 2009-02-01 12:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2378 | STRENGTHENING THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fraud remains a serious threat to the election process as actual or perceived fraud may seriously undermine acceptance of election results (ref A). The Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) are the main bodies involved in preven [...] | 2009-08-16 08:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2383 | AFGHAN MINISTRIES ORGANIZE FOR POST-CONFLICT DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD) hosted a second meeting of the new Afghan/U.S./ISAF/UNAMA District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) on August 8 at the deputy minister level. The Forum, aimed at encouraging the creation of a mechanism for the quick deploym [...] | 2009-08-16 14:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID EAGR EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL2399 | ASHRAF GHANI ON EVENTS [...] (SBU) Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani initially raised issues of process in discussion with U.S. Election Team Head Tim Carney 16 August. He contended that MOD aircraft are available on a spotty basis and argued that his formal complaints go ignored. He was surprised to learn that the Elect [...] | 2009-08-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AF |
09KABUL2403 | Civ-Mil Efforts Lift Election Prospects in the South [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Voter turnout almost certainly will be more modest than in the elections of 2004 and 2005, in part because of Taliban intimidation tactics. But thanks to military clearance operations, GIRoA actions and assistance from civilians in RC-South, ISAF and Afghan officials estima [...] | 2009-08-17 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2425 | Election Preparations in RC-North: A Message to Governor [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry warned Balkh Governor Mohammad Atta Noor that any violence over election outcomes would shape the international community's view on its presence in Afghanistan. The Ambassador called on the governor to use his prestige and position to serve as a ?voice of re [...] | 2009-08-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF |
09KABUL2427 | Afghan Elections Situation Report One - 1800 Local, August [...] (SBU) This is the first situation report cable from Embassy Kabul's Elections Operations Center (EOC). The next report is scheduled for 1200 midnight (local) on August 20; reports will be sent every four hours thereafter. Each cable will cover the categories of: security, fraud, atmospherics, a [...] | 2009-08-19 13:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2428 | ELECTION CONTINGENCIES: DEATH OF A CANDIDATE AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary. A strict interpretation of the Afghan constitution provides that an election must be re-run if any candidate is killed after election day and before results are certified. To date, the IEC has not announced a policy of what it would do in this eventuality. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2009-08-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2430 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Two - 1200 Local, August [...] (SBU) PRT and local media reporting suggest Afghan voters and officials are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Many voters may wait to see if violence erupts early in the day before deciding whether to go to the polls. Yet, PRTs report optimism in unexpected places-Kunar, for e [...] | 2009-08-19 19:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2431 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Two - 1200 Local, August [...] (SBU) PRT and local media reporting suggest Afghan voters and officials are hoping for the best while preparing for the worst. Many voters may wait to see if violence erupts early in the day before deciding whether to go to the polls. Yet, PRTs report optimism in unexpected places-Kunar, for e [...] | 2009-08-19 19:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2432 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0400 Local, [...] (SBU) A possible last minute weapons ban in Kabul may impact observation efforts. Embassy elections operation center is working to verify specifics of reports that the Ministry of Interior imposed on Tuesday an unpublicized ban of all weapons in Kabul. Reportedly steps can be taken to seek an [...] | 2009-08-19 23:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2433 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Four - 0800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...] | 2009-08-20 03:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2434 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...] | 2009-08-20 03:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2435 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Three - 0800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 20. --------- Security --------- 2. Post heard from General Amiri of the Afghan National Police, who clarified earlier reports of an alleged ban on all weapons in Kabul. The General said the order only applied to carrying wea [...] | 2009-08-20 05:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2437 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Five - 1200 Local, August [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 20. -------- Security -------- 2. The security situation is unusually good, but as of 1200 hrs, ISAF has reported some security incidents directed at the election, but none significant enough to affect election structure. P [...] | 2009-08-20 08:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2438 | GOVERNOR WAHIDI HOSTS TIMBER CONFERENCE IN KUNAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 28, Kunar Governor Wahidi convened a shura of timber merchants, land owners, and tribal elders with three key GIRoA ministers to promote his vision for the future of Kunar,s timber industry, including a halt to smuggling and the disposition of massive existing timber s [...] | 2009-08-20 09:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR EAID AF ECON |
09KABUL2439 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Six - 1600 Local, August [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1800 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) UN Special Representative Kai Eide met with Ambassadors at 1300 local time to convey his first impressions of the day of voting. He said that generally, people want to vote [...] | 2009-08-20 11:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2450 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Seven - 1800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2000 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) The IEC confirmed that the polling stations should remain open to 5pm local time throughout Afghanistan. The IEC wanted those affected by security issues to have an extra hour [...] | 2009-08-20 13:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2451 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Eight - 2100 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 2400 local on August 20. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) President Karzai addressed the nation at 6pm August 20 to thank the IEC and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) for making the Afghan elections a reality, noting they ha [...] | 2009-08-20 16:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2452 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Nine - 12:00AM Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 0400 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Canadian Embassy representatives had a brief discussion this evening with Seddiq Seddiqqi, Deputy Spokesperson for the Karzai Campaign, to solicit his views and perspectives on [...] | 2009-08-20 19:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2454 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Ten - 04:00AM Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 08:00AM local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (SBU) Provincial reports by region follow: RC-South: -- Helmand reports that voting went well in Lashkar Gah. There were some problems with voters being turned away from p [...] | 2009-08-20 22:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2455 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Eleven - 0800 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1200 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Afghans are now in the phase of vote counting, retrieval, and transport. The atmosphere in Kabul and elsewhere remained calm and quiet overnight. PRTs are paying particular a [...] | 2009-08-21 03:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2457 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Twelve - 1200 Local, [...] (SBU) The next sitrep is scheduled for 1600 local on August 21. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) Reuters reported at 9:45 AM local time that Karzai's campaign chief, Deen Mohammad, announced that Karzai was winning and a run-off would not be necessary. Shortly thereafter [...] | 2009-08-21 07:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2459 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Thirteen - 1600 Local, [...] (U) The next sitrep will be issued at 2000 Kabul time. The Ops Center will close at 2100. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates In a press conference Friday afternoon, the IEC said that counting the votes in all provinces, except Kabul, Baghlan, Nangarhar and [...] | 2009-08-21 11:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2461 | AFGHAN ELECTION OPERATONS CENTER DISBANDS [...] (U) The Afghan Election Operation Center will disband on August 21, 2009 at 21:00, local time. Duty Officer direct mobile is: +93-799-079-322. EIKENBERRY [...] | 2009-08-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2462 | Afghan Elections Situation Report Fourteen - 2000 Local, [...] (U) This is the final sitrep in the series. ------------ Atmospherics ------------ 2. (U) General updates The IEC rejected claims of a President Karzai victory in the Xinhua press and stressed that any predictions about election results announced by any person or organization were ina [...] | 2009-08-21 15:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL2469 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: FEW DIFFICULTIES WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the two days after polls closed, the transportation of ballots to provincial centers and Kabul has run smoothly. Ballot box and tally sheet retrieval began yesterday and will continue through August 28. So far, ISAF and ANSF have successfully delivered about half of all bal [...] | 2009-08-22 17:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2478 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: PRELIMINARY OBSERVER GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: Numerous observer groups released preliminary reports on the transparency and fairness of the Afghan elections. There were universal concerns among the groups about the accuracy of the voter registry; the intimidation of voters, candidates, campaign workers, and election offici [...] | 2009-08-23 14:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2480 | AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTORAL BODIES SPEAK OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the next several weeks the Afghan Independent Election Commission and Electoral Complaints Commission are the focus of public attention as they make almost daily announcements on election processes, results and complaints. August 22 marked the first public statement of the [...] | 2009-08-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL249 | Afghan Human Rights Report on Kuchi-HazaraViolence: [...] The Aghan Independent Commission on Human Rights' (AICHR) report on the Summer 2008 clashes betwee ethnic Hazarans and ethnic Pashtoon Kuchi nomds in Wardak Province concludes that, absent decisive government intervention to resolve this long running dispute, violence is likely to flare up aga [...] | 2009-02-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF |
09KABUL250 | Balkh Politicians Mix Politics into Memorial Service [...] (U) At a memorial service in a remote district of Samangan province for a slain member of parliament, Balkh Governor Mohammed Atta Noor and Balkh Deputy Governor Abdo Wahdat engaged in some pre-campaign rhetoric. Atta encouraged the crowd of 500 who had gathered to listen to memorial speeches [...] | 2009-02-03 10:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL2522 | LOGISTICAL SUPPORT REQUESTED FOR CIVILIAN UPLIFT AND THE [...] This is an action request. See sections 5,8,9,10 and 11. 2. As Embassy Kabul prepares to quintuple the number of U.S. civilians working in the field with the military at the cutting edge of our stabilization, governance and development efforts, we would like to streamline and synchronize [...] | 2009-08-25 08:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PGOV AF |
09KABUL253 | DONORS CONSIDER AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER'S AID REQUEST [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani January 27 briefed donor reps on his policy vision and requests for assistance. Shahrani said his highest priorities are trade facilitation, corporatizing the state-owned fuel importer FLGE, building capacity in his ministry, including a new Po [...] | 2009-02-03 13:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ETRD EINV ECON ENRG EFIN AF |
09KABUL254 | DECIDEDLY MIXED REACTION FROM POLITICIANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament, political leaders, and other political observers had a mixed reaction to the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) announcement of August 20 for presidential and provincial council elections (ref A). IEC arguments that an earlier date would not allow su [...] | 2009-02-03 15:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2575 | KABUL: AUGUST 26 ELECTION PRELIMINARY RESULTS [...] (U) Partial preliminary results of Afghan elections as announced by the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on August 26: Cumulative votes counted (August 25 & 26): 998,484 Valid votes: 941,797 Invalid Votes (double marked or no candidate properly marked): 38,160 Vote Counts Per Candid [...] | 2009-08-26 14:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2596 | PRIMER ON IEC AND ECC ROLES IN COUNTING AND [...] (SBU) The tally process is moving forward to the provisional results stage and a formal complaints period. This is a primer on Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) roles. IEC Role ------- 2. Most tally sheets for both Presidential and Provincial [...] | 2009-08-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2632 | Finance Minister Zakhilwahl on Assistance Priorities [...] (SBU) Afghan Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwahl confirmed to USAID Mission Director William Frej his commitment to post- election economic reform and listed as priorities the restructuring and gradual privatization of state-owned Ariana airline and merging Pashtany and Mille banks. He is concern [...] | 2009-08-31 11:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2633 | Afghan State-Owned Pashtany Bank President Defends Against [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pashtany Bank President Hayat Dayani condemned allegations of corruption and mismanagement by critics in the Afghan finance industry and by Central Bank examiners as coordinated attacks by private sector bank owners who seek a competitive edge against state-owned banks which hold [...] | 2009-08-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV BEXP EAID AF |
09KABUL2634 | Afghan State-Owned Pashtany Bank President Defends Against [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pashtany Bank President Hayat Dayani condemned allegations of corruption and mismanagement by critics in the Afghan finance industry and by Central Bank examiners as coordinated attacks by private sector bank owners who seek a competitive edge against state-owned banks which hold [...] | 2009-08-31 11:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL PGOV BEXP EAID AF |
09KABUL2655 | MFA TO HOST CONFERENCE ON NON-VIOLENT MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) will hold its first international conference in October, titled "Non-Violent Concepts & Movements in South Asia." The conference, being organized by the MFA's Center for Strategic Studies, invites researchers and scholars from the region to submit [...] | 2009-09-01 12:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2659 | AF-PAK BORDER GLITCH ENDANGERS ISAF CONVOY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A customs dispute August 30 at the Cheesh Chaman border crossing (on the Kandahar-Quetta route) halted traffic in both directions, including stalling Coalition supply trucks and exposing them to insurgent fire. Approximately twenty cargo trucks and three to four fuel tankers wer [...] | 2009-09-01 14:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EFIN AF |
09KABUL2667 | AN AFGHAN PRIVATE SECTOR AIRLINE WORKING TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safi Airways, one of three private Afghan-owned carriers, reports it is close to profitability but faces burdensome governmental oversight and unfair competition, particularly from state-owned Ariana Airlines. Safi is banking its future growth on full International Air Transport [...] | 2009-09-02 09:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL EAID EINV PGOV NATO AF |
09KABUL268 | FINANCIAL SERVICES NOW AVAILABLE THROUGH MOBILE PHONES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In October 2008, Roshan Telecom in partnership with First Micro Finance Bank of Afghanistan formally launched M-Paisa, a money transfer service through cell phones. M-Paisa allows cell phone users to deposit and withdraw funds through a licensed agent and then send and receive c [...] | 2009-02-08 04:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL2682 | PAKISTANI SEASONAL TAXES HINDERING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan has imposed seasonal taxes on Afghan fruits and vegetables, raising the taxes from seven to twenty-five percent in order to protect its domestic production. Afghan farmers are feeling the tax pinch, and the tax increases reportedly have been passed on to the Pakistani c [...] | 2009-09-03 19:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL EFIN AF |
09KABUL2687 | CIVILIAN COMPONENT OF PRT FARAH JOINS REGIONAL COMMAND [...] (SBU) Reftel set forth the roles and responsibilities of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command East (RC-E) and Regional Command South (RC-S). In particular, the SCRs are responsible for coordinating the work of all USG civilians under Chief of Mission authori [...] | 2009-09-05 04:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2688 | Afghan Government's High Hopes for Hydropower [...] (SBU) Summary: At the August 5 inauguration of a USAID-funded diesel power plant in Kabul, President Karzai and Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan focused on large-scale water projects as the key to Afghanistan's energy future. To implement its national hydropower strategy, AfghanistanQ [...] | 2009-09-05 05:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID PREL SENV AF |
09KABUL2737 | WORSENING SECURITY IN BADGHIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Inadequate ISAF and Afghan forces and ill-advised pre-election moves by the Karzai government are contributing to worsening security conditions in Badghis Province. Without more forces capable of holding ground (NATO-ISAF or Afghan) and more progress on delivering essential gove [...] | 2009-09-08 07:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2760 | RESPONSE TO COALITION STRIKE IN KUNDUZ: [...] (SBU) Begin summary: In stark contrast to the controversy in the international media surrounding the September 4 coalition airstrike on two tankers seized by insurgents south of Kunduz, there has been little fallout from or even criticism of the operation locally. If anything, the near-unanimo [...] | 2009-09-10 09:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF PREL GM |
09KABUL2774 | PRT MAZAR: SAMANGAN PROVINCE ASSESSMENT [...] This is a bi-annual assessment of Samangan Province. 2. SUMMARY: Security throughout Samangan province has remained mostly stable over the past year, but insurgents operating in neighboring Baghlan province are trying to undo that. Governor Enayat, considered by his detractors to be a wea [...] | 2009-09-13 04:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2788 | MOF Zakhilwal Letter to IMF Over the Fund's Decision to [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) surprise decision to cancel its September visit to Afghanistan to conduct the 6th review of its Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) and proceed instead via video teleconference, Afghanistan's Minister of Finance Dr. Omar [...] | 2009-09-14 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL2789 | ELECTION PROCESS UPDATE AND NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary. With 92.8 percent of polling stations counted, Hamid Karzai has 54.3 percent of the votes, Dr. Abdullah has 28.1 percent, Mr. Bashardost has 9.2 percent, and Ashraf Ghani has 2.7 percent. Another 2.15 percent of polling stations are under quarantine for fraud at the Independent [...] | 2009-09-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2807 | ELECTION DAY COMMUNITY BASED SECURITY PLAYS ROLE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Community based security (CBS) was an important element on election day, but was not as expansive or as problematic as previewed in advance of the elections. While many provincial leaders noted their intention to tap into local men to provide security, these forces di [...] | 2009-09-15 05:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MOPS AF PAK |
09KABUL2812 | Update: Strengthening Afghanistan's Ability to Audit Future [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Zakhilwal is pushing the Afghan Cabinet to re-instate Article 61, which gives the Ministry of Finance internal audit authority over line ministries, a matter of concern to international donors. Afghan ministries' internal audit capacity generally remains weak and hinders [...] | 2009-09-16 09:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV EAGR BEXP AF |
09KABUL2827 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: 100 PERCENT PRELIMINARY COUNT COMPLETE; [...] (SBU) Summary. The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) announced on Sept. 16 the long-awaited full preliminary presidential election results (i.e. 100 percent of polling stations). Hamid Karzai maintains his lead at 54.62 percent, with Abdullah Abdullah at 27.75 percent and Ramazan Bashard [...] | 2009-09-17 16:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2852 | Delayed Commercialization of Electric Utility [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) delays are threatening completion of the much-needed commercialization of the electricity utility DABM (Da Afghanistan Breshna Mosesa). The utility subsidizes electricity prices for all customers and supplies electricity to numerous non-pa [...] | 2009-09-19 13:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG ECON SENV EINV AF |
09KABUL29 | STRONG VOTER REGISTRATION TURNOUT IN PASHTUN [...] (SBU) Peaceful, poppy-free, and increasingly prosperous, the eastern province of Nangarhar is steadily adding new voters to the rolls in Phase 3 of the voter registration update for the presidential and provincial council elections this year. The impressive turnout in part reflects the wide [...] | 2009-01-06 05:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL2920 | Afghanistan: Building Cell Towers and Developing Telecom [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Amir Sangin said he supports ISAF plans to locate cellular phone towers on U.S. Forward Operating Bases (FOBs),and thinks state-owned Afghan Telecom should own the towers, renting space to other service providers. He com [...] | 2009-09-20 10:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL2939 | AGRICULTURE RAPID RESPONSE PROGRAM IN HELMAND PROVINCE [...] (SBU) USAIDQs agricultural rapid rmi endorsed the plan and suggested a methodology to build Afghan Government capacity by seconding new Ministry extension agents to AVIPA PLUS to receive on-the-ground training, and identified a salary mechanism to encourage staff to work in these difficult ati [...] | 2009-09-23 14:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF |
09KABUL2940 | DISTRICT DELIVERY PROGRAM MAKES STEADY PROGRESS [...] Summary: Over the last seven weeks, the Afghan-led District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) has made steady progress toward extending Afghan government services to strategic or newly cleared districts. Major service delivery ministries and executive agencies, together with the Embassy, ISAF a [...] | 2009-09-24 04:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PINS PGOV AF |
09KABUL2943 | Afghan Commerce Minister to Visit Washington (Oct. 4-9) [...] Please note action request in para 5. 2. (SBU) Commerce Minister Wahidullah Shahrani plans to travel to Washington October 4 through 9. He is looking to schedule meetings with top USG officials and members of Congress during his first two full days in Washington as well as around his parti [...] | 2009-09-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EAID EINV AF |
09KABUL2959 | IEC/ECC AGREE ON SAMPLING METHOD FOR AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC),the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),the UN and international experts have finalized an audit process for contested presidential election ballots. SRSG Eide introduced the new methodology to candidates' agents and election obser [...] | 2009-09-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2961 | IEC/ECC AGREE ON SAMPLING METHOD FOR AUDIT [...] (SBU) Summary. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC),the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),the UN and international experts have finalized an audit process for contested presidential election ballots. SRSG Eide introduced the new methodology to candidates' agents and election obser [...] | 2009-09-25 12:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL2962 | AFGHAN REGULATORS USE TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a three-year start-up, the Afghan Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ATRA) has begun to use its $30 million Telecommunications Development Fund (TDF) to expand telephone and Internet service to rural areas and to educate Afghan telecommunications professionals. S [...] | 2009-09-26 09:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EAID EINV PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL2964 | KamAir Moves Forward on Safety But Warns of Bankruptcy [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's third largest private air carrier, KamAir, has improved its safety procedures, but continues to lose money. The company's president has long complained of unfair Afghan Government support for state-owned Ariana Airlines, and believes another rival sets artificially [...] | 2009-09-26 12:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL AF |
09KABUL2998 | KABUL UNIVERSITY REQUESTS EXCHANGE WITH AL-AZHAR [...] (U) This cable includes an action request, para 5. 2. (SBU) The chancellor of Kabul University and the dean of the University's Shari'a Faculty both made clear their desire to revive and intensify relations with Egyptian universities, particularly Al-Azhar, during separate meetings with th [...] | 2009-09-28 12:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OEXC PGOV EAID PREL SCUL AF |
09KABUL3000 | AF-PAK Transit Trade Talks Hit Snag [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Affairs Minister (FM) Spanta recently rejected the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the re- export/smuggling study that both the Afghan and Pakistan governments agreed upon in principle during the third round of APTTA talks, according to Commerce Deputy Minister Farhadi. Thi [...] | 2009-09-28 14:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AF PK |
09KABUL3002 | Helmand's New Provincial Council At First Glance: [...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary results, Provincial Council (PC) elections in Helmand produced a large turnover, with an unfortunate increase in the number of members with ties to the drugs trade or malign powerbrokers. Fraud may have played a role. The PRT is prepared to work aroun [...] | 2009-09-29 04:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL3043 | INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S NASCENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Aga Khan Foundation's tourism project in Bamyan is making steady progress towards realization of the province's tourism potential. The project has completed nearly 70 initiatives including the opening of a tourism center and production of an annual three-day Silk Road Festi [...] | 2009-09-30 07:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID SENV AF |
09KABUL3049 | AGRICULTURE ROUNDTABLE WITH DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW AND MAIL [...] (SBU) A visiting U.S. Delegation, led by Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew, met with Minister Mohammed Asif Rahimi of the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) on September 8 to discuss the importance of agriculture to the U.S. strategy for Afghanistan. Embassy Kabul was represent [...] | 2009-10-01 03:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF |
09KABUL3056 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW REVIEWS CIVILIAN INCREASE IN HELMAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a September 9 visit to PRT Lashkar Gah in Helmand Province, Deputy Secretary of State Lew, USAID Administrator Fulgham and Ambassador Eikenberry reviewed current PRT operations and examined the impact of additional U.S. officers and their life support requirements. Supp [...] | 2009-10-01 07:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
09KABUL3057 | Mobility of Civilians in the Field Mixed; Will be Strained [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. U.S. civilian personnel in the field under Chief of Mission (COM) authority are getting off their bases and engaging with Afghan government (GIRoA) officials and civil society with varying frequency. Those in self-drive locations have the greatest freedom of movement, fo [...] | 2009-10-01 09:33:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC AF |
09KABUL3064 | AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER NOTES PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal presented the progress the Afghan Government has made in its fiscal reform efforts, noting revenue collections have nearly doubled in 2009. The Ministry's revenue action plan and removal of underperforming staff have been key factors in this succes [...] | 2009-10-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PREL ETRD PGOV AF |
09KABUL307 | KEY DATES FOR AFGHANISTAN'S 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) UNDP/ELECT on February 10 shared its schedule of key dates for Afghanistan's 2009 presidential and provincial council elections with donor representatives. The schedule reflects both election operations, as organized by Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission (IEC),and UNDP/ELE [...] | 2009-02-10 12:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL3076 | AFGHANISTAN: CHILD LABOR REPORT POINTS DELIVERED; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on the Department of Labor (DOL),s Child Labor Report and "List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor" to the Afghanistan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled (MoL) Director of International Relations, Mr. Ahmad Komail [...] | 2009-10-03 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID ECON EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI |
09KABUL3077 | Expanding Mobile Money Services in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mobile commerce (mCommerce),also known as mobile money (mMoney),offers an opportunity to increase rapidly access to financial services in Afghanistan, particularly in rural areas. Moreover, mobile money, with proper regulatory safeguards, advances anti-corruption efforts, for [...] | 2009-10-03 13:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV PGOV EAID ETRD AF |
09KABUL3096 | Central Bank Agrees to Continue and Expand Mobile Money [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghanistan's Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat has agreed to extend indefinitely a mobile money pilot (m-Money) with the Afghan National Police (ANP) in Wardak province. In an October 1 meeting with EmbOffs, CSTC-A representatives, m-Money program participants, and mobil [...] | 2009-10-05 06:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV AF |
09KABUL3098 | USG-TRAINED MIDWIVES HELP COMBAT AFGHANISTAN'S APPALLING [...] (U) Summary: In a country with high birth rates and sparse medical assistance, one in eight Afghan women dies in childbirth. Afghanistan's maternal and infant health statistics are the second worst in the world, and it is one of few countries in which women have a lower life expectancy than me [...] | 2009-10-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ESTH SOCI AF |
09KABUL31 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REED [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased US military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But c [...] | 2009-01-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR OREP AF |
09KABUL3100 | AFGHANISTAN: VIGNETTES FROM THE FIELD [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. U.S. civilians in the field continue to work closely with the Afghan Government and their military colleagues to support governance, economic development, and security. New structures and strategies have been integral to placing our people in key positions in the field whe [...] | 2009-10-05 13:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL3102 | Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Talks Postponed: [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan Deputy Commerce Minister (and Chief Transit Trade Negotiator) Adib Farhadi told Embassy October 4, that the Pakistan side that day had requested a formal postponement of the upcoming fourth round of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) until Islamabad [...] | 2009-10-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AF PK |
09KABUL3109 | CORRECTED COPY - AFGHANISTAN: VIGNETTES FROM THE FIELD [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. U.S. civilians in the field continue to work closely with the Afghan Government and their military colleagues to support governance, economic development, and security. New structures and strategies have been integral to placing our people in key positions in the field wh [...] | 2009-10-06 04:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL313 | IEC "SATISFIED" WITH VOTER REGISTRATION AFTER [...] (SBU) Two senior officials of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),with ISAF support, traveled February 2-4 to Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan to monitor voter registration operations, reach out to voters and key political figures, and assess the neuralgic question of equitable Pashtun [...] | 2009-02-11 04:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL315 | PAKTYA PROVINCE SIX-MONTH ASSESSMENT: JULY-DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Paktya's security situation remained stable in the second half of 2008, with Zormat and the Zadran Arc the main focuses of coalition security efforts. Increased insurgent infiltration in the northern half of the province may require additional Afghan or Coalition Forces (CF) in 2009, p [...] | 2009-02-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID PINR KDEM AF |
09KABUL3166 | UPDATE ON ISAF PLAN TO PROVIDE CELLULAR TELEPHONE SERVICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Embassy and ISAF are working together to provide cellular telephone services from Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) located in RC-South and RC-East. In RC-East, commercial providers will have the opportunity to build towers on or near FOBs under a pilot program. In RC-South, [...] | 2009-10-07 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV PGOV AF |
09KABUL3168 | GOVERNANCE IN PANJSHIR - PEEKING UNDER THE HOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government and people of Panjshir have firm control of their own security, providing a safe environment for development and enabling the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to undertake $65 million worth of projects. However, human capacity remains weak. Perceived neglec [...] | 2009-10-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MOPS AF |
09KABUL317 | IMF AND AFGHANISTAN AGREE ON TERMS FOR COMPLETING THE FIFTH [...] (SBU) Summary. IMF staff have reached agreement with the Afghan government and central bank on the terms for recommending Board completion of the delayed fifth review under the PRGF program. The revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 is $800 million. The government must f [...] | 2009-02-11 13:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID PREL IMF AF |
09KABUL3172 | HELMAND AGRICULTURAL UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Mangal's Food Zone program, implemented in partnership with the UK Department for International Development, is underway and slated to reach more than 39,000 farmers this year, a 10 percent increase over 2008. Concurrently, the USAID AVIPA PLUS program is progressing [...] | 2009-10-08 03:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAGR AF |
09KABUL3176 | Foreign Minister Spanta Rules out Including [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Spanta told Ambassadors Ricciardone and Wayne October 7 that he ruled out including the re-export study in the Afghanistan- Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) which is currently being negotiated. While committed to going ahead with the APTTA, Spanta state [...] | 2009-10-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD PREL AF PK |
09KABUL3177 | AFGHANISTAN SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INOUYE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-08 08:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP MCAP MASS PGOV PHUM PREL AF |
09KABUL3180 | AFGHAN GOVERNMENT: "WE HAVE ENOUGH NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) On October 7, Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone and the Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Wayne, together with the French Ambassador and British Deputy Head of Mission, briefed FM Spanta, NSA Rassoul, and three MFA officials on the Iranian uranium enrichmen [...] | 2009-10-08 15:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP MNUC PARM AF |
09KABUL3184 | OPIC Delegation Visits Afghanistan [...] (U) An Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) delegation -- led by Vice President of Structured Finance Robert Drumheller -- visited Kabul and Herat September 26 to October 2, 2009. While the delegation identified potential partners in several sectors, including mining and agri-busines [...] | 2009-10-10 05:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV EMIN PREL AF |
09KABUL3185 | AFGHANS SEEK IMPROVED JUDICIAL SECURITY; CSTC-A AGREES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Afghan officials, including the Afghan Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Minister of Interior, and the Minister of Justice agree 24-hour security for certain at-risk judges and prosecutors is needed to establish a judiciary capable of prosecuting the powerful criminals and [...] | 2009-10-10 05:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID AF |
09KABUL3186 | Progress in Electricity Sector Commercialization [...] (SBU) Summary: In a very positive development, the Ministers of Energy and Water, Economy, Finance, and Urban Development, accompanied by Ambassador Wayne and USAID Director Frej, held a signing ceremony on September 30, 2009 to liquidate the state-run power utility Da Afghanistan Breshna Mose [...] | 2009-10-10 06:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG EINV PGOV AF |
09KABUL3210 | EVAW READY TO PUBLISH, MPS PUSH IMPROVEMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Justice told the Deputy Ambassador on September 28 that the law on the Elimination of Violence Against Women is currently in the MOJ printing department, ready for official publication. Simultaneously, the Women's, Human Rights, and Civil Society Committee in the [...] | 2009-10-13 13:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL3229 | Moving Ahead in Fighting Money Laundering and Terrorist [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Between November 2006 and March 2009, three USG assessment teams traveled to Afghanistan to identify training and technical assistance needs in anti-money laundering (AML)/combating the financing of terrorism (CFT); a number of recommendations for technical assistance from those [...] | 2009-10-14 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV ETTC AF |
09KABUL323 | CHANGE AT THE TOP OF AFGHANISTAN'S FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister Ahadi has resigned to run for president and been replaced by acting Transport Minister Zakhilwal, a technocrat whose political star has been rising since he rescued the Haj-flights operation late last year. Zakhilwal, a strong proponent of private sector develo [...] | 2009-02-12 13:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAIR AF |
09KABUL3253 | UGov: a Valuable Communications Lifeline at Mission [...] The Interagency Provincial Affairs (IPA) Office of Mission Afghanistan has begun to rely on the Intelink portal and the associated "UGov" enterprise email as a primary mechanism for communication with our Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and other field representatives from the Department o [...] | 2009-10-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT AADP KRIM AF |
09KABUL3262 | INTERIOR MINISTRY ORGANIZES FOR POLICE GROWTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1 Interior Minister Hanif Atmar launched a series of working groups to plan for Afghan National Police (ANP) growth, and told International Police Coordination Board (IPCB) reps that: -- Police growth and reform are his post-election priorities; --The Ministry [...] | 2009-10-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS AF |
09KABUL3285 | ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK-FUNDED PORTION OF RING ROAD STALLED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to a recent ultimatum from the Afghan government, Chinese contractor CREC has minimally resumed work on a critical section of the ring road in Badghis, funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The contractor had agreed in July to restart the project once the GIRoA [...] | 2009-10-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV AF |
09KABUL3286 | HELMAND "DISTRICT DELIVERY" VISIT A GOOD START, BUT IT'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A District Delivery Working Group (DDWG) delegation visited Lashkar Gah and the Nawa District Center in Helmand Province on October 10 and 11, holding detailed talks with Afghan Provincial and District Officials, as well as with Lashkar Gah PRT officers. The IDLG-led group incl [...] | 2009-10-15 14:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID AF |
09KABUL3305 | A window into Afghanistan's North [...] (U) SUMMARY: A visit to Mazar-i-Sharif revealed a relatively vibrant economic environment, concerns about growing insecurity especially in nearby Kunduz, and several very effective AID programs helping business students and Islamic credit unions. 2. (U) Coordinating Director for Development [...] | 2009-10-17 11:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV ECON ETRD EAID BEXP AF |
09KABUL3306 | COMMERCE MINISTER SHAHRANI - GOOD TRIP TO WASHINGTON, NOW [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Commerce and Industries Shahrani reported on his October 4 - 8 trip to Washington, including take-aways from the U.S./Afghanistan trade and investment framework agreement (TIFA) talks and his participation in the TIFA meeting with the Central Asian countries. He sha [...] | 2009-10-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD BEXP PREL PGOV AF PK |
09KABUL3337 | AFGHAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER UPBEAT ON AG SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Mohammed Asif Rahimi discussed Afghanistan's better than usual grain harvest and how to handle it, distribution of seeds and other inputs, collaboration with donors, and rural economic development with Coordinating [...] | 2009-10-18 09:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID PGOV AF |
09KABUL3346 | ARIANA: SAFER, PROFITABLE BUT STILL FINANCIALLY CONFUSING [...] Action request for USEU and AmEmbassy London - please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's largest airline, state-owned Ariana Airlines, is a leader in market share and profitability despite an EU flight ban and an aging fleet. Its energetic president, M.K. Wardak, has improve [...] | 2009-10-19 03:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3362 | IRANIAN AID AND CHILD LABOR KEY LABOR MINISTRY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a review of child labor issues, Afghanistan Ministry of Labor Director of International Relations Ahmad Komail focused on issues of foreign criminals preying on the children of the poor, foreign government influence on his ministry, and ineffective staffing policies pursued wi [...] | 2009-10-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PHUM PREL SOCI |
09KABUL3366 | KUNDUZ AUTHORITIES TURN TO MILITIAS AS SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial authorities in Kunduz, increasingly alarmed at the deterioration of the security situation in the province, have turned to a last resort: supporting local mujahedeen commanders to fight the Taliban. While supporting local commanders has some short-term security benefit [...] | 2009-10-19 16:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL MOPS AF |
09KABUL3386 | MUTED FIRST REACTIONS TO NEWS OF A SECOND ROUND [...] (U) Summary: Initial public and official reactions to the October 20 announcement of a a run-off election between President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah are initially muted. Hitherto, widespread opposition cited the insecurity and seeming illogic of a runoff; responses now are predic [...] | 2009-10-21 17:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL3390 | Sarkani Pilot District Visit [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 19, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, and Commander of the International Assistance Security Force Joint Command (COMIJC) Lieutenant General David Rodriguez visited the District Center in Sarkani, Kunar Province, [...] | 2009-10-22 10:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI EAID AF |
09KABUL3391 | AFGHANISTAN MEETS PAKISTANI CONDITIONS FOR APTTA ROUND FOUR [...] (SBU) Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industries (MOCI) Wahidullah Shahrani told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs E. Anthony Wayne October 22 that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would transmit a formal letter by close of business that day inviting Pakistan to the four [...] | 2009-10-22 12:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PK AF |
09KABUL3398 | Paktika PEO Details Significant Reduction in Polling [...] SUMMARY. Paktika PEO Taj Ali told PRT that IEC-Kabul has agreed to significantly reduce the number of polling stations within the province and will rehire only the most capable District Field Coordinators. It has not, however, taken steps to correct lessons learned from August regarding the [...] | 2009-10-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL34 | PRT KUNDUZ: SPINZAR AGAIN SPINS WHITE GOLD [...] (SBU) Kunduz's Spinzar Factory began cotton processing again for the first time in years. The factory was the economic focal point of the region when it was a state-owned enterprise in the pre-Taliban era. Now under new French-Afghan management, the factory hopes to compete in the domestic an [...] | 2009-01-06 12:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD EAID AF |
09KABUL3402 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Deputy Finance Minister Mastoor responded October 20 to the demarche on budget transparency (Ref A),expressing appreciation for Afghanistan's FY-2009 waiver of the Foreign Appropriations Act's prohibition on assistance to "a central government that does not make its national budget, bot [...] | 2009-10-25 06:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF |
09KABUL3405 | PAKISTANIS ENTER KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNHCR ICRC XD |
09KABUL3419 | Major Crimes Task Force - A Key Element of the Road Map [...] (U) Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigation will soon complete construction of a facility in Kabul to house the Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF). We see the MCTF as our flagship anti-corruption program, and hope FBI Director will be able to visit the facility site next month as a means of [...] | 2009-10-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV EAID KCRM KCOR AMGT AF |
09KABUL3424 | INITIAL REPORT OF AIRCRAFT AND PERSONNEL LOSS, [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified: Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. In the morning of October 26, during a counternarcotics counterinsurgency operation in Badghis Province (northeast of Heart),a U.S. military CH-47 Chinook helicopter crashed, leading to the deaths [...] | 2009-10-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF |
09KABUL3426 | LAST INMATE-CONTROLLED PRISON IN AFGHANISTAN COMES [...] (U) On September 29, Afghanistan's Central Prison Directorate (CPD) peacefully transferred all inmates from the existing prison facility in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, which was controlled by inmates, into a newly constructed facility. The United Kingdom, which runs the PRT in Helmand, bui [...] | 2009-10-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KCOR KDEM AF |
09KABUL3440 | AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRFR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered the Department of State's International Religious Freedom Report (IRFR) to the Afghanistan Ministry of Hajj and Islamic Affairs Director of External Relations and Director of Publications Mr. Qazi Habib Rahman Salehi. Salehi agreed in theory that religious toleran [...] | 2009-10-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM OPCR |
09KABUL3441 | AFGHANISTAN TRANSMITS TOR FOR STUDY OF UNAUTHORIZED TRADE [...] (SBU) Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta confirmed to Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone October 26 that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had transmitted the Terms of Reference (TOR) for the study of unauthorized trade to the Government of Pakistan earlier that day. Spanta said "the misunderstanding was [...] | 2009-10-27 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PK AF |
09KABUL3447 | Finance Minister Zakhilwal Interested in Improving Ariana [...] (U) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Assistance (CDDEA) Wayne reviewed the USAID-financed assessment's of state-owned Ariana Airlines October 21. The assessment notes improvements in human resource management and quality cont [...] | 2009-10-28 06:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EAID ETRD PGOV BEXP AF |
09KABUL3462 | SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 2-3 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Summary. Since 2002, Canadian forces have engaged in the strategically important southern Afghan province of Kandahar along side the United States. On August 21, 2009, both countries signed "The Canada-U.S. Kandahar Coordination Plan," which outlines the joint priorities and projects w [...] | 2009-10-29 04:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS AF CAN |
09KABUL3471 | IMF BULLISH ON AFGHAN REFORM EFFORTS; WRAPS UP PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. At the urging of the Afghan Government and of the U.S. and other donors, the IMF rescheduled its previously canceled mission and traveled to Kabul to conduct the sixth review of Afghanistan's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The IMF mission's review of the program [...] | 2009-10-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3479 | KUNAR: PROPER MANAGEMENT OF TIMBER SALES NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The lifting of the timber sales ban in the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar and Nuristan offers a long-awaited opportunity to reduce smuggling that funds insurgent activities and criminal networks. Such gains could be undermined, however, if mismanagement of timber sales leads [...] | 2009-11-01 07:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD PREL PK AF |
09KABUL3483 | RECENT TRENDS IN AFGHANISTAN'S BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: A USAID-funded banking supervision advisor reported October 29 on recent trends in Afghan bank deposits, loans, and profitability at a meeting with Emboffs. The advisor stated overall deposit growth has stalled and that there is no evidence indicating any major deposit withdrawa [...] | 2009-11-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3501 | AFGHAN SIKH LEADER WANTS LAND--OR MEANS OF ESCAPE [...] (U) Summary: The senior representative of Afghanistan's beleaguered Sikh minority flagged to us their deepening problems and alleged that, since the election, the security situation for Sikhs and Hindus has worsened as a result of the central government's failure to exercise control and influe [...] | 2009-11-03 12:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV AF |
09KABUL3502 | AFGHAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES H1N1 STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Second Vice President Mohammad Karim Khalili declared a H1N1 state of emergency November 1 and announced all schools and universities will close for three weeks to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 20 new cases of H1N1 have been reported in the last [...] | 2009-11-03 12:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KFLU KSTH EAID PREL WHO AF |
09KABUL3504 | HELPING AFGHANS CHECK FOR UNDISCLOSED CASH MOVEMENTS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25 and 26, an Embassy Kabul interagency team worked with Afghan authorities to conduct an information gathering operation at Kabul International Airport, examining whether both arriving and departing passengers properly document currency they are bringing into or out [...] | 2009-11-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN SNAR ETRD KCRM KCOR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3559 | ACCUSATIONS REGARDING CHILD SOLDIERS IN DEPARTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department of Labor (DOL) &2008 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor8 (reftel) incorrectly identifies Afghanistan as a country recruiting children into its armed forces. The report's introduction suggests that a central economic issue for Afghanistan is that the GIROA [...] | 2009-11-05 10:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV |
09KABUL361 | KABUL APPEALS COURT: 20 YEARS IN DARI KORAN CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 15 an Afghan appellate court ordered 20-year prison sentences for Ghous Zalmai and Mullah Qari Mushtaq in connection with their publication and distribution of a Dari language Koran. (Reftel A) This decision affirmed the primary court's September 2008 order. Zalmai a [...] | 2009-02-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOL PREL PHUM AF |
09KABUL362 | AFGHANISTAN'S 2009 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 03:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
09KABUL3658 | JUVENILE HUMAN RIGHTS AT RISK IN AFGHAN CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UNICEF's Chief of Child Protection, the situation for children in Afghanistan has improved only slightly, if at all, nationwide -- despite the proliferation of NGOs in-country and the volume of money channeled toward children's programs. Poverty-reduction programs [...] | 2009-11-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID ECON PHUM PREL AF ELAB SOCI PGOV KPRM |
09KABUL3659 | Kajaki Dam Turns on the Lights in Afghanistan's South [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite security issues that continue to affect the Kajaki dam project, USAID recently completed refurbishing a second hydroelectric turbine at the dam in Helmand province. This turbine, together with another rebuilt by USAID in September 2005, has boosted the power generation [...] | 2009-11-12 13:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG ECON SENV AF |
09KABUL3667 | LACK OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL OVERSIGHT RAISES SAFETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's air traffic has grown by 67 percent over the past year, outstripping its antiquated, procedural-based air traffic control system and a surveillance system that covers only a small fraction of its airspace. Joint airspace use by commercial and combat flights withou [...] | 2009-11-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PGOV AF |
09KABUL367 | Paktika Province Gets a New Governor [...] (SBU) Paktika province's new governor, Abdul Qayum Katawazay, arrived in Sharana February 14 against the backdrop of a suicide attack in the provincial capital two days earlier. Provincial, district, and central government officials; former governor Khpalwak; as well as tribal and religious l [...] | 2009-02-19 07:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL3707 | Helmand's Agriculture Department's Dysfunction Inhibits COIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrating that provincial government can deliver needed services is the cornerstone of the counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan. In Helmand, given the importance of agriculture, improving Helmand's Department of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (DAIL) is our best [...] | 2009-11-18 02:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR AF |
09KABUL3712 | WAY FORWARD ON AFGHAN JUDICIAL SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Judicial Security Unit (JSU) is closer to becoming operational within Kabul. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has completed a security assessment of the Supreme Court and determined the number of JSU officers needed to secure the Counter-Narcotics Justice Center (CNJ [...] | 2009-11-18 07:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID AF |
09KABUL372 | DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY AGREES TO PUSH AFGHANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Ambassador briefed members of the diplomatic community on the U.S. position on the questions of the date for elections and executive authority in the May-August period: elections must stay on schedule for August 20, and Afghan leaders themselves (i.e., not the international [...] | 2009-02-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3724 | FINANCE MINISTER DECLARES NEW BEGINNING FOR CREDIBLE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 14, Finance Minister Zakhilwal told U.S. Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technical Assistance Policy Larry McDonald and Ambassador Wayne that the U.S. Treasury's technical assistance support had helped strengthen his Ministry's credibility and transparency. M [...] | 2009-11-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3732 | USAID MISSION DIRECTOR FREJ MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 12, 2009, USAID Director Frej met Finance Minister Zakhilwal to discuss issues ranging from anti-corruption efforts to long-term economic growth issues. Minister Zakhilwal stressed that "the focus on corruption is [...] | 2009-11-20 11:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ECON AF |
09KABUL3736 | Challenges to Another Civilian Uplift: Moving Forward, but [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-21 11:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL3737 | RECLAIMING ARGHANDAB: THE GATEWAY TO KANDAHAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Kandahar's most pivotal district has a chance of significantly improved governance because U.S. military and civilian experts are on the ground at a district level, preparing the way for Afghan government engagement and working to reverse years of government neglect. Through a [...] | 2009-11-22 03:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF ECON |
09KABUL3739 | GOVERNOR,S AVIPA PLUS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ARGHANDAB [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. At a November 5 shura in Arghandab District, Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, Governor Wesa announced the USAID Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture (AVIPA) Plus program for the Arghandab valley. After a thorough explanation of the counterinsu [...] | 2009-11-22 05:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAGR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3744 | EARLY KARZAI INAUGURAL FEEDBACK: TRIBAL AND WOMEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Twenty Afghan tribal and women leaders, gathered in Kabul November 21, gave Embassy officers contrasting reactions to key points in Karzai's inaugural speech regarding security and corruption. The tribal representatives, mainly from the East, expressed confidence in the ANSF's [...] | 2009-11-22 16:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL3767 | AFGHANISTAN'S FIBER-OPTIC CABLE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan officials have reported for months that a fiber-optic cable would soon link Afghanistan's population centers and neighboring countries, but they now admit the cable is far from complete and international connections rarely function. Uzbekistan and Tajikistan continue to [...] | 2009-11-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS EINV PREL AF |
09KABUL3775 | Challenges to Another Civilian Uplift: Moving Forward, but [...] (SBU) Introduction: At the DepartmentQs request, Embassy Kabul in recent days has developed rough estimates of additional civilians that may be needed in the field under different scenarios for the deployment of additional military troops to Afghanistan. (These estimates apply to increases ab [...] | 2009-11-25 07:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF AMGT |
09KABUL3792 | Kunar's Timber Industry and Smuggling: Solutions Await a [...] (SBU) Summary: With some of the most dangerous pockets of insurgency in Afghanistan, Kunar province sits on the country's eastern border with Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). Rampant timber smuggling has long undermined faith in the government and supported local insurge [...] | 2009-11-28 06:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG SENV ETRD EMIN EAGR EINV PREL AF |
09KABUL3793 | Turkey Will Open Second PRT in Afghanistan, Wants a Seat at [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Ambassador to Afghanistan Basat Ozturk said Turkey will open a PRT in Sheberghan, Jowzjan province, in 2010 and is willing to increase assistance in the fields of health, agriculture and education, while expanding police and governance programs. Turkey's existing PRT in [...] | 2009-11-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ESTH PREL PGOV AF TK |
09KABUL380 | UK Foreign Secretary Miliband Discusses Best Practices with [...] (SBU) In a February 18 meeting, Kunar Province Governor Wahidi reviewed for visiting UK Foreign Secretary Miliband the reasons for his success in the most "kinetic" province in Afghanistan. Wahidi cited extremely close cooperation with and support from the PRT in security, governance, and dev [...] | 2009-02-22 06:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF |
09KABUL3804 | Commerce Minister Shahrani, Ambassador Wayne and Director [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EINV EFIN ENRG ECON ETRD EAID AF FAS EAGR |
09KABUL3805 | AFGHAN ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS TO MOVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Attorney General Aloko expressed his desire to fight corruption and thanked the U.S. for its support for Afghan law enforcement efforts in a November 28 meeting. He asked for U.S. "political support" if he indicts an Afghan minister. Coordinating Director Wayne assured A [...] | 2009-11-29 15:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR PREL AF |
09KABUL381 | JUNBESH OFFICIAL EXPOUNDS ON PARTY REFORM, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Junbesh party central committee head Sayed Noorullah discussed his recent public spat with General Dostum, internal party reform efforts, and the party's outlook for the upcoming presidential elections with State PRT officer. Anti-reform elements within Junbesh, especially former militar [...] | 2009-02-22 06:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL3811 | EMBASSY PRESSURE TO IMPROVE CONDITIONS IN PUBLIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NGOs recently approached Embassy Kabul with the news that the Afghan Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and the Disabled (MOLSA) has issued order to close some residential orphanages for the winter. This practice, apparently routine for the winter months, is a way bot [...] | 2009-11-30 05:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AID ECON PHUM PREL SOCI PGOV EIND ETRP ELAB |
09KABUL3814 | AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE NEGOTIATIONS ROUND FOUR: DARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan,s Transit Trade Chief Negotiator Shahid Bashir laid down tough markers in his opening statements at the fourth round of negotiations on the Afghan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) that set a confrontational tone for the two-day negotiation. Pakistan opened by s [...] | 2009-11-30 07:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EAID PREL PK AF |
09KABUL384 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE [...] (U) Summary. This cable is the first in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. Highlights include: - The Afghan police, protected by an Afghan Army battalion, launched successful eradication operations in Helmand Province starting January 31. Over 1 [...] | 2009-02-22 09:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER |
09KABUL3845 | Ghor: More Development could Prevent Insurgent Threats [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Located in central RC-West, the province of Ghor is one of the most isolated and underdeveloped in Afghanistan. While not at the center of the insurgency, Ghor suffers from the influence of warlords, transient youth who mingle with the insurgency in bordering provinces, and lack [...] | 2009-12-02 06:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PTER AF |
09KABUL3849 | INVERTING THE INTERNATIONAL INTERFERENCE PARADIGM: [...] (U) Summary: According to a series of meetings Embassy officials have held with Afghan women in Kabul, they are generally in favor of the U.S. presence in Afghanistan and cited many positive changes that have occurred in their lives since the fall of the Taliban. Many women's rights activists [...] | 2009-12-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL3868 | Afghan Minister Agrees in Principle to Launch Khost BBG [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Minister Khorram, Ambassador Mussomeli proposed a compromise to resolve the impasse regarding the Khost transmitter: an exchange of diplomatic notes whereby the U.S. would formally request to begin immediate use of the Khost facility for a period of six m [...] | 2009-12-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS PREL PROP BBG VOA AF |
09KABUL3871 | Funding Request for Containerized Housing Units (CHUs) in [...] (SBU) Summary: For coalition-led PRTs, Post is requesting a total of 21 Containerized Housing Units (CHUs) with a total estimated cost of $2.1 million to support the increase of U.S. civilians in Afghanistan. As the civilian uplift progresses, Post may request additional containers at a later [...] | 2009-12-03 13:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT PGOV AF |
09KABUL391 | ASHRAF GHANI EXPLORES SOLUTIONS TO PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai recommended using the Constitution and other government institutions to resolve the question of President Karzai's authority after the May 22 expiration of his term. Ghani, who expects to declare his own candidacy for the presidency [...] | 2009-02-23 05:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL3910 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGY ROLL-OUT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Mussomeli met with Ulema Council President Shinwari on December 3 to discuss President Obama's December 1 speech and to address any questions Shinwari might raise regarding the President's policy. Shinwari said the President's speech was good and the Ulema Council s [...] | 2009-12-07 09:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL3912 | PARLIAMENT SUMMONS MINISTERS TO REPORT ON REFUGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF UNHCR XD |
09KABUL392 | HEZB-E-ISLAMI AFGHANISTAN PARTY CHAIR ON CARETAKER [...] (SBU) Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA) Chairman Arghandewal on 2/22 told PolCouns his party would not make a "big deal" of the post-5/22 period following the constitutional expiration of President Karzai's term, even though most party members want Karzai to resign if he intends to run for re-el [...] | 2009-02-23 05:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL3962 | OPIC-Funded American Investors Create Jobs and Build [...] (U) Summary: Capitalizing on "Afghan First" opportunities that promote local employment, U.S. investors in Afghanistan are training and employing thousands of Afghans, including women, while building capacity in numerous sectors. OPIC-funded U.S. companies have registered successes in the appa [...] | 2009-12-09 06:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV EAGR KWMN AF |
09KABUL3972 | Afghanistan's Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, E. Anthony Wayne raised U.S. concerns with Afghan Finance Minister Zakhilwal that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) may not satisfy the mining trigger needed to reach its HIPC c [...] | 2009-12-09 14:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL398 | BUILDING AFGHAN CIVIL AVIATION CAPACITY [...] (U) This is an action request message. Please see para 14. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: International community efforts to support the Afghan civil aviation sector are poorly coordinated and lack coherence. The Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MoTCA) lacks capacity and leadership to manage e [...] | 2009-02-24 03:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PREL EAID PGOV AF NATO |
09KABUL3981 | ACTION REQUEST: ENGAGING COALITION PARTNERS TO QUICKLY [...] This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners with Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. We understand c [...] | 2009-12-10 09:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID UK NO SW GM HU CA NL LH FR SP IT NZ EZ PL TU AF |
09KABUL3986 | EMBASSY URGES THE HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Director for Development, Assistance and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Anthony Wayne, met with leaders of the High Office for Oversight of Implementation of the Anticorruption Strategy (HOO) on December 8 to discuss future reform and restructuring of the HOO and its [...] | 2009-12-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR AF |
09KABUL399 | PHASE 4 VOTER REGISTRATION IS A STRONG FINISH [...] (SBU) The fourth and final phase of the voter registration update for the 2009 presidential and provincial council elections ended February 20. A few districts that opened late will operate additional days to complete the full thirty-day registration period (REF A.) As of February 19, Inde [...] | 2009-02-24 04:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL3995 | DUBAI PROCESS: SLOW AND STEADY COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth round of the Canadian-led Dubai Process meeting November 24-25 brought together Afghan and Pakistani technical level delegates to discuss cooperation on counter narcotics, law enforcement, customs and movement of people. Discussions focused mostly on updates and fine-t [...] | 2009-12-13 09:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ELTN PREL EAID PK AF |
09KABUL400 | UNITED FRONT: KARZAI MUST STEP DOWN AFTER MAY 22 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Front (UF) spokesman Sayed Sancharaki said President Karzai must step down after the 5/22 expiration of his term, but promised UF leaders will temper their public comments so as not to destabilize the country. Hard Line, But Tempered Tone ----------- 2. (SBU) In a [...] | 2009-02-24 04:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL4016 | Kandahar Governor Highlights Governance and Development [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Kandahar Governor Weesa briefed Ambassador Wayne on governance and development challenges in his province. Weesa highlighted the need to improve capacity at the district level, strengthen the judicial sector, and improve power generation and distributi [...] | 2009-12-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM CA AF |
09KABUL4023 | HELMAND: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INFORMAL JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of any formal Afghan government (GIRoA) justice infrastructure in many districts of Helmand province has created a legal vacuum that enables "insurgent justice" to hold sway. In order to help the Afghan government (GIRoA) compete with the Taliban's shadow justice s [...] | 2009-12-16 05:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINS PHUM AF UK |
09KABUL403 | ASSESSMENT OF WFP'S AFGHAN FOOD AID REVEALS PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) In 2008, the USG responded to both the United Nations (UN) World Food Program's (WFP) on-going Protracted Relief and Recovery Operation (PRRO) in Afghanistan and two separate food appeals in January and July. Both efforts were successful. USG provided 157,520 metric tons of food commodi [...] | 2009-02-24 10:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECPS ETRD EFIN AF |
09KABUL404 | JUNBESH SEEKS COMPROMISE ON PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Junbesh-e-Milli leaders say the majority-Uzbek party is willing to play a constructive role in negotiations with President Karzai and other political leaders over post-5/22 executive authority. Most Junbesh leaders insist Karzai must step aside after the constitutional expira [...] | 2009-02-25 04:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL407 | ASSESSMENT OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, [...] (SBU) Afghanistan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Asif Rahimi took office in October 2008 with the aim of restructuring and revitalizing the Ministry and building on his success as Deputy Minister of Rural Rehabilitation and Development (MRRD). This cable provides a [...] | 2009-02-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID EAGR BEXP AF TI |
09KABUL408 | PIR GAILANI: AUGUST ELECTION OKAY ONLY IF KARZAI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh from a Palace election date discussion, Pir Gailani, head of the politically and religiously influential Gailani family, told the Charge on 2/24 that he and other political leaders would support President Karzai staying in office until an 8/20 election only if Karzai annou [...] | 2009-02-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL409 | HELMAND SIX MONTH UPDATE - GOVERNANCE IMPROVES DESPITE [...] (SBU) Helmand remains one of the most violent provinces in Afghanistan but the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan security forces continue to expand security across the province. The Governor Mangal overcame strong political challenges from Helmand powerbrokers and gove [...] | 2009-02-25 11:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF |
09KABUL4091 | MINISTER OF FINANCE WELCOMES U.S. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss the internal audit capability of the Ministry of Finance (MOF). CDDEA Wayne also introduced Bob Cortesi, a visiting [...] | 2009-12-21 10:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL4120 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE CALLS FOR QUALIFIED PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: President Karzai opened the National Anti-Corruption Conference December 15-17, 2009, before 250 attendees that included parliamentarians, academicians, media and diplomatic representatives. He invoked national pride to fight against the image of being one of the most corrupt cou [...] | 2009-12-22 04:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF |
09KABUL4121 | RESIDENTS OF KHOST PROVINCE WELCOME 2011 TIMING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the President's December 1 speech on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan registered with some GIRoA officials and the media in Khost province, many residents and other government officials were not aware of it until informed by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representat [...] | 2009-12-22 04:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL4140 | MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES HOLD-UP IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne met with Afghan Minister of Finance, Omar Zakhilwal, to discuss why GIRoA has been slow to release funds for a variety of important services, including prison guards' wages and fue [...] | 2009-12-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL4152 | STATUS UPDATE: MOU WITH COALITION PARTNERS ON LIFE, [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4 2. (U) Begin Summary. Embassy Kabul continues to engage with coalition partners who lead Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in order to press for conclusion of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support. [...] | 2009-12-28 10:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF CA EAID FR GM HU IT LH NL NO NZ PGOV SP SW UK |
09KABUL4189 | CIVILIANS IN FARAH TO REPORT TO SCR-WEST [...] With the establishment of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Regional Command-West, effective immediately, the civilians in Farah Province will be in the area of responsibility (AOR) of the SCR-West. Farah Province was placed under the direction of the SCR-South temporarily prior to t [...] | 2009-12-29 15:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV EAID AF |
09KABUL4190 | LIMITING VISITOR TRAVEL TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) We request all agencies' support to postpone all executive branch travel that is not both urgent and strictly necessary, to limit the number and duration of visits, and to reduce the size of delegations to Afghanistan from January through June 2010. Our request complements and supports [...] | 2009-12-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF AMGT |
09KABUL4210 | AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan Minister of Finance Omar Zakhilwal explained his understanding of Afghan preparations for the January 28-29 London Conference to Coordinating Director of Development and Economic Assistance Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne and Embassy Staff December 29, and invited Embassy ass [...] | 2009-12-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF |
09KABUL4211 | SHIA ASHURA CELEBRATION PASSES PEACEFULLY IN [...] (U) On December 27, Afghan Shia throughout the country publicly and peacefully observed the holiday Ashura. Black, red, and green banners draped monuments, street lights, and doors in Kabul more than a week in advance of the holiday to commemorate the martyrdom of Hussein ibn Ali, the prophe [...] | 2009-12-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL433 | SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE AND KHALILI FOCUS [...] (SBU) During a February 13 meeting, Special Representative Holbrooke and Vice President Khalili focused on upcoming Afghan presidential elections. Khalili emphasized elections had to take place before the constitutionally mandated date of May 21 to avoid a crisis of legitimacy. If President [...] | 2009-03-01 03:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL45 | PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: FOOD ZONE INITIATIVE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Initial reports indicate that the 2009 poppy crop in Helmand Province will be smaller than in 2008, with some local reports suggesting a 30 percent reduction. High wheat prices and low opium prices have influenced farmers' decisions. However, the new factor this year is Gover [...] | 2009-01-09 09:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF |
09KABUL463 | New Regulations for Private Security Companies are [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GoIRA) has issued new private security company (PSC) regulations that, if enforced, could jeopardize the ability of the USG, the U.S. military, and the international community to operate in Afghanistan. Under the new regulations, PSCs are limited t [...] | 2009-03-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EIND EAID AF |
09KABUL465 | MAKING ELECTIONS AFGHAN, WITH HELP [...] (SBU) At the semi-annual ISAF headquarters conference for the Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) held February 25-26, key Afghan players on elections highlighted the dramatic increase in the capabilities of Afghan institutions, thanked international partners for their support, and spelled [...] | 2009-03-02 13:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL505 | REALIZING THE INDIAN WHEAT DONATION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request that has been coordinated with Embassies Islamabad and New Delhi. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Post recommends that the Department instruct the three concerned embassies to demarche host governments to work to effect prompt transshipment through Pakist [...] | 2009-03-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PREL AF PK IN |
09KABUL515 | New Paktika Governor Makes First District Visit [...] (U) Governor Katawazy, in office since mid-February, used his first trip out to a neighboring district to build relations with the local tribe, solicit their continued support for the government and urge them to encourage reconciliation in their area. The elders in turn took sharp aim at hous [...] | 2009-03-07 07:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL516 | SAR-E-PUL GOVERNOR'S POLITICAL HOUSECLEANING TARGETS OWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The strained relationship between Sar-e-pul Governor Bashir Qanat Chayabi and Deputy Governor Qamaruddin Shekib has hit a new low with disclosure of Chayabi's proposal to the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) to have Shekib replaced with an associate of Member of [...] | 2009-03-07 07:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL521 | MP RANJBAR ON PRESIDENTIAL CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Lower House MP Kabir Ranjbar (Kabul, Pashtun),one of the few professional lawyers in Parliament, told the Charge on 3/7 he believes Parliament can work with President Karzai to find a legal solution to the post-5/22 executive authority issue that both protects the 8/20 election date and [...] | 2009-03-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL526 | PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART I [...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...] | 2009-03-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF |
09KABUL527 | AFGHANISTAN'S PANJSHIR: THE PROVINCE THAT WORKS - PART II [...] (SBU) Panjshir province is a unique success story within Afghanistan. Having achieved unparalleled security, poppy-free status, and solid governance largely free from corruption, Panjshir has set the stage for further development, including roads and mining. The Panjshiris have accomplished a [...] | 2009-03-10 07:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR AF |
09KABUL558 | CHARGE'S INITIAL CALL ON NEW AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-confirmed Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Charge March 4 that Afghanistan is working to meet the three prior actions required for IMF Board review before the program expires in June. He said the government may fall just short of the revenue target in the IMF program t [...] | 2009-03-12 06:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID IMF PREL AF |
09KABUL568 | Deteriorating Security in Farah Province [...] Farah's security environment has deteriorated steadily over the past 20 months, accompanied by the disappearance of Afghan government presence in outlying districts. Despite the efforts of Governor Roohul Amin, current material and human resources available to the province are inadequate to [...] | 2009-03-13 06:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM SNAR EAID AF |
09KABUL58 | AFGHANS, PAKISTANIS DISCUSS CROSS-BORDER [...] (U) Summary. Two border-related events hosted by CTF Currahee January 5 and 6 brought together Afghan, Pakistani and Coalition force commanders to discuss better coordination of operations to disrupt insurgent activities along the border. At the January 5 Focused Border Development (FBD) mee [...] | 2009-01-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PK |
09KABUL581 | Afghanistan's First Female Mayor Could Use a Little Help [...] (SBU) Azra Jafari, Afghanistan's first female city mayor, is struggling to put together a functioning administration and win the support and approval of the people of Nili in Dai Kundi province without financial resources or experience in running a city. Mayor Jafari Lacks Resources ------- [...] | 2009-03-15 05:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL582 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: 2009 DRUG ARREST AND SEIZURE [...] (U) Summary. This cable is the second in a monthly series recording significant counternarcotics activity in Afghanistan. Highlights include: - The Afghan National Police Poppy Eradication Force (PEF) and Afghan National Army Counter Narcotics Infantry Kandak (CNIK) eradicated about 27 hect [...] | 2009-03-15 05:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER |
09KABUL60 | KHOST MOURNS MANDOZAI DISTRICT BOMBING VICTIMS [...] (U) Tribal leaders and government officials joined in a show of unity against terrorism as Khost province mourned the victims of the December 27 Mandozai District Center suicide bombing at two separate events inspired by TF Currahee - a January 1 funeral ceremony and a January 4 provincial shu [...] | 2009-01-12 07:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER AF |
09KABUL613 | BAMYAN: Six Month Review [...] (SBU) Summary: While Bamyan remains one of the most secure provinces in Afghanistan, instability and violence are on the rise, particularly in the northeast corner of the province. The central Afghan province is seeing increased Iranian influence. Financial assistance from the Afghan Governme [...] | 2009-03-16 12:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL614 | PRT/KUNDUZ - FIBER OPTIC NETWORK REACHES KUNDUZ [...] (SBU) Minister of Communication and Information Technology Amir Zai Sangin visited Kunduz City March 11 to inaugurate a new fiber optic internet and telephone service in the city. Ministry officials project the portion of the national fiber optic ring leading through the Northeast will eventua [...] | 2009-03-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF ECON |
09KABUL624 | HERAT GOVERNOR TELLS OF ONGOING SECURITY CHALLENGES AND [...] (SBU) Herat Provincial Governor Nuristani confirmed this week that local trouble-maker Ghulam Yahya Siyashwani's people continue to create security problems, recently kidnapping local government officials in the Pashtun Zarghun district. Governor Nuristani was critical of Afghan National Polic [...] | 2009-03-17 07:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL63 | Paktika Tribal Leaders Request Extension of Voter [...] As phase three voter registration proceeds in Paktika province, on January 6 the Independent Election Commission organized a shura to conduct public outreach in support of the IEC and to encourage the leaders of Paktika's tribes to support the voter registration (VR) process. Governor Khpalwa [...] | 2009-01-12 11:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL631 | PRO-WOMEN JIRGA JUSTICE? YES AND NO SAY AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan human rights actors are engaged in a spirited debate over whether the international community and its Afghan partners should support informal justice mechanisms such as jirgas and shuras (bodies of community leaders that resolve community members' disputes). The issue i [...] | 2009-03-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AF |
09KABUL64 | NEW AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER TAKES THE HELM [...] (SBU) Seven days into his new job, Minister of Commerce and Industries (MOCI) Wahidullah Shahrani January 6 described to the Ambassador an ambitious, market-oriented work program. Shahrani said he will limit MOCI to policy and regulatory work, continue efforts to enact pending commercial laws, [...] | 2009-01-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG WTO AF PK |
09KABUL642 | Paktika Governor Continues Outreach to Districts [...] (SBU): Paktika's new governor, Abdul Qayum Katawazay, continues a strong push to establish his effectiveness and assure the tribes of Paktika that he will serve all the province's tribes equitably. In recent meetings with the leaders of Orgun, Khair Kot, and neighboring districts, the governor [...] | 2009-03-18 11:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF |
09KABUL701 | Afghan Finance and Commerce Ministers Report Progress in [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Zakhilwal told the Ambassador March 18 that the GIRoA has met its revised revenue target for the fiscal year ending March 21 and thus fulfilled a key condition under its IMF program. He also described plans to increase revenues next fiscal year, including through a zero- [...] | 2009-03-23 09:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PREL IMF AF |
09KABUL705 | Herat: Iran Support for Afghan Rail and Air Service [...] (SBU) Herat Governor Nuristani discounted recent press reports that suggested the railroad from Khaf City in Iran to Herat City in Afghanistan is 60-90 percent completed. Iran pledged to assist Afghanistan in building the rail line for 60 km from the border towards Herat, and many of the culve [...] | 2009-03-23 11:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM AF IR |
09KABUL719 | AFGHAN ELECTION COMMISSION AND WOMEN'S NGOS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 16 Embassy-hosted tea, a dozen women's NGO leaders and Independent Election Commission (IEC) and Free and Fair Election Foundation of Afghanistan (FEFA) officials strategized how the IEC, together with national and international partners, could encourage women's p [...] | 2009-03-25 05:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM AF PREL PHUM |
09KABUL77 | AFGHAN SHIAS OBSERVE ASHURA UNDER NEW TOLERANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Afghan Shia observed the Ashura holiday this month, staging public demonstrations of their faith that went largely unchallenged by the country's Sunni majority. Thousands of Shia took to the streets in processions in Kabul, Herat, and other cities -- an open display that stood i [...] | 2009-01-15 12:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIRF PHUM PREL AF IR |
09KABUL782 | Are the Chinese Reliable Partners for Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: In recent discussions with Emboffs, Afghan and Chinese officials and international partners in Kabul appear optimistic that the Chinese government and Chinese state-owned companies working in Afghanistan will fulfill important Chinese commitments to Afghan recons [...] | 2009-03-30 11:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID ECPS ELTN SENV PHSA ENRG ETRD AF CN |
09KABUL790 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, recently confirmed Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation Hamidullah Farooqi told the Ambassador that the Afghan government is poised to sign a deal with the UAE to provide airport security at Kabul and Kandahar airports and open the Japanese-funded new internatio [...] | 2009-03-31 03:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF |
09KABUL796 | AFGHAN TRADE ENVOY IN RUSSIA OFFERS VIEWS ON CORRUPTION, [...] (U) Kamal Nabizada, a prominent Afghan businessman from Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghan trade attach in Moscow, and self-described confidant of President Karzai and Russian Prime Minister Putin, shared with State PRT officer his thoughts on corruption in the fuel import business, the upcoming Afghan pre [...] | 2009-03-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD AF RU |
09KABUL800 | MOI MINISTER ATMAR GETS WHAT HE WANTS AT LOTFA STEERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Several of Minister of Interior Atmar's highest priority initiatives were the subject of the March 12 Law and Order Trust Fund for Afghanistan (LOTFA) Steering Committee meeting. The Minister was successful in getting LOTFA to pay for ANP food allowance arrears, an increase in [...] | 2009-04-01 04:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF |
09KABUL803 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. The [...] | 2009-04-01 07:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR OREP AF |
09KABUL815 | Ghorls Tribal Dynamics [...] (SBU) Summary. The alternating conflicts and alliances of Ghorls three major tribes (Pahlawan, Morghabi, and Chest-e-Sharif) inhibit the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) from extending their reach into areas outside the provincial capital, Chaghcharan. The Pahlawan- [...] | 2009-04-02 07:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF |
09KABUL83 | PRT ZABUL: Who says Afghans don't believe in the ballot [...] (SBU) A community's appeal to the Zabul Provincial Reconstruction team to support voter registration in two outlying areas demonstrates that even conservative, rural Afghans recognize the power of elections to choose their own government. The district elders' ongoing attempts to establish rem [...] | 2009-01-15 14:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AF |
09KABUL839 | AFGHANISTAN LAND TRANSPORT SECTOR PART 1: [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Construction on regional and provincial roads is ongoing in Afghanistan with an estimated 5,000 km of roads constructed since 2001. The international community has provided a total of USD 2.4 billion in aid for road construction. The Ring Road is nearly complet [...] | 2009-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF |
09KABUL840 | PRT KUNDUZ - GOVERNOR RAISES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) In the early morning hours of March 22 in the district capital of Imam Sahib, Coalition Forces conducted a security operation at Mayor Sufi Abdul Manon's guest house. The operation resulted in five deaths. In the aftermath of the event, locals have protested, rumors are flying about how [...] | 2009-04-03 12:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV AF |
09KABUL845 | KARZAI PROMISES RECONSIDERATION OF SHIA FAMILY LAW [...] (SBU) President Karzai said his government will fix the Shia Family Law legislatively, and will repair damage to the government's image more broadly. Substantively, Karzai has called on the Ministry of Justice to do a thorough review of the law, make fixes to make it consistent with equal pro [...] | 2009-04-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM |
09KABUL866 | MAJORITY OF MPS SUPPORT COURT STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A majority of MPs in both houses of Parliament voiced support for the Supreme Court's March 31 statement backing President Karzai's remaining in office following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term. An overwhelming number of Upper House MPs and a majority of Lower [...] | 2009-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL868 | SHIA FAMILY LAW DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The US Embassy has translated some 15 articles of concern in the Shia Family Law signed on March 31 by President Karzai (ref A). See para 4 for that translation. The basis for such a law is found in Article 131 of the Afghan Constitution. At an April 4 meeting between the di [...] | 2009-04-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM |
09KABUL872 | AFGHANISTAN - A SPATE OF GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Every once in a while, we report good news from Afghanistan. There have been several recent positive developments on the economic front. The government has apparently met conditions for scheduling the fifth Board review under its IMF program, by meeting (and surpassing) the re [...] | 2009-04-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID AF |
09KABUL873 | NO PROGRESS ON TRANSPORTING INDIAN WHEAT DONATION TO [...] (SBU) EconCouns presented ref A demarche to Commerce Minister Shahrani, Deputy Commerce Minister Farhady, and Agriculture Minister Rahimi. The consistent reply from all three was that the Afghans are making no progress is securing Pakistani cooperation on transshipping the Indian wheat donatio [...] | 2009-04-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD ELTN PREL AF PK ID |
09KABUL881 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA [...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew, accompanied by CDA Francis J. Ricciardone and DCM Christopher W. Dell, met Balkh Provincial Governor Atta Mohammed Noor in the governor's office on April 3. They discussed development assistance to northern Afghanistan, the governor's vision for Balkh province [...] | 2009-04-08 10:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM AF |
09KABUL896 | SHIA FAMILY LAW: PALACE LOOKS TO RETURN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Justice Ministry is in ongoing talks with civil society and foreign mission representatives to consider the latters' recommendations on how to revise and improve the existing legislation. The Palace plans to have the Justice Ministry return the legislation to Parliament, w [...] | 2009-04-09 18:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM AF |
09KABUL899 | AFGHANISTAN LAND TRANSPORT SECTOR PART 2: [...] (SBU) Summary: Development of the Ring Road and its links to the borders has led to decreased travel times, increased commercial activity, and increased government revenue. However, Afghan business leaders complain that road quality and maintenance, police and Customs corruption, and burdensom [...] | 2009-04-11 02:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID ELTN ETRD ECON PGOV AF |
09KABUL902 | Badghis' New Governor Takes Tough Stance [...] (U) Summary. Governor Dilbar Jan Arman, former Zabul governor, took up his new position as governor of Badghis on March 28. During his first week in office, Arman met with line ministers, government employees, tribal elders and other important actors in the province, including the Regional Co [...] | 2009-04-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PTER AF |
09KABUL903 | AFGHANISTAN LAND TRANSPORT SECTOR REPORT PART 3: [...] (SBU) Summary: Roads will remain an important economic development priority in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Public Works (MPW) aims ultimately to develop a network of 17,000 km of roads for Afghanistan at an additional cost of some USD 7 billion. Discussions and plans are underway to improve [...] | 2009-04-11 07:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EAID ELTN ECON ETRD AF |
09KABUL904 | Paktikas Bermel District: Governance and Development [...] (U) Summary: Bermel district is home to most of AfghanistanQs Waziri tribesmen, who remain closely connected with the Waziri tribes across the border in PakistanQs North and South Waziristan tribal agencies. Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Paktika found questionable distribution of USAI [...] | 2009-04-12 10:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL906 | Paktika: Remote Gomal District Faces Security, [...] (SBU) Summary: Gomal District Administrator Musa Jan is concerned that lack of Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) or Coalition Forces (CF) control of roads passing from South Waziristan through Gomal allows Taliban forces free access to the district and points north and west. Some village [...] | 2009-04-12 12:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL908 | Paktika's Sarobi District: Challenges Aplenty Despite [...] (U) Summary: Because of its strategic location and potential for development, Sarobi district in Paktika Province is considered by the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and Maneuver Battalion to be an important district for reconstruction efforts, despite a number of challenges. Sarobi Di [...] | 2009-04-12 13:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL913 | MEDIA LAW UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The 2007 media law remains inactive due to the government's refusal to publish the law in the official legal gazette. Ambassador Holbrooke, the Charge, Embassy officials and journalists' groups have pressed Karzai to move the legislation forward. Karzai has told Holbrooke he w [...] | 2009-04-13 08:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF PHUM |
09KABUL914 | SHIA FAMILY LAW UPDATE: SHIA LEADERS, CIVIL SOCETY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A prominent Shia cleric publicly lashed out this week against opponents of the Shia Family Law, charging that the government has no right to alter a law passed by Parliament and signed by President Karzai (ref A). Officials say they remain committed to a thorough review of the la [...] | 2009-04-13 08:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF |
09KABUL918 | Afghan Parliament Takes up Regulation of Private Security [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament has begun consideration of legislation to regulate private security companies (PSCs). This parliamentary action comes two months after a Cabinet decision imposing interim rules on PSC operations and, if enacted, would supersede them. The legislation is sim [...] | 2009-04-14 03:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC EIND EAID AF |
09KABUL922 | ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCE REGULATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) on March 25, released the regulation on campaign financing for the August 2009 presidential and provincial council elections. The regulation limits who can contribute, and lays out clear guidelines on how candidates must track incoming an [...] | 2009-04-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL923 | Deputy Secretary Lew's Meeting with Afghan Finance Minister [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with Afghan Finance Minister Zakhilwal, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob Lew stressed the need to demonstrate accountability as U.S. assistance to Afghanistan increases. Zakhilwal agreed, said Afghanistan has made progress on this, and th [...] | 2009-04-15 05:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EAID ECON EAGR PGOV AF |
09KABUL931 | KARZAI, POLITICIANS OPPOSE SHIA FAMILY LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai told SRAP Richard Holbrooke and JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen on April 5 that he will not publish the Shia Family Law in the official legal gazette, but will send it "back to Parliament" through a series of legal reviews involving civil society, the international co [...] | 2009-04-15 05:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM |
09KABUL932 | DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW, UN SRSG DISCUSS DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 4, 2009, the Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, Jacob Lew and delegation met with Ambassador Kai Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan (SRSG),United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA). The discussion [...] | 2009-04-15 05:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF FAS |
09KABUL934 | WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS SPEAK OUT ON TALIBAN AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. Women parliamentarians discussed with SRAP Holbrooke and CJCS Admiral Mullen their concerns regarding the Shia Family Law (septel),Taliban influence and civilian casualties. They welcomed Holbrooke's statement that the U.S. neither supports nor opposes any candidate, including [...] | 2009-04-15 05:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM AF |
09KABUL938 | CODEL KYL DISCUSSES SUPPORT FOR 'LEVEL PLAYING [...] (SBU) CODEL Kyl and four likely presidential candidates conducted a lively exchange on the upcoming election season, focusing on what the international community should do to support a level playing field for the August 20 elections. The prospective candidates identified the following specific [...] | 2009-04-15 07:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM OREP AF |
09KABUL941 | CODEL TSONGAS: MEETING WITH AFGHAN INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Tsongas, Interior Minister Atmar praised the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) for the training it is providing to the Afghan National Police (ANP) and his ministry, described the training programs in some detail, and [...] | 2009-04-15 13:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PTER AG |
09KABUL942 | SHIA FAMILY LAW: DUELING DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Hundreds of protesters for and against the Shia Family Law engaged in a standoff on April 15 in front of a mosque and university run by Ayatollah Mohammad Asef Mohseni, a prominent supporter of the law (reftel). Supporters of the law outnumbered opponents. After roughly two hour [...] | 2009-04-15 13:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF |
09KABUL943 | ECONOMIC AGENDA ITEMS FOR AF-PAK TRILATERAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The Mission recommends that Washington agencies build the following issues into the economic agenda for the upcoming meeting of the US-Af-Pak Trilateral Commission. Action on these suggestions, mostly Afghan "asks" of the Pakistani government, would support the goals of the strategic rev [...] | 2009-04-15 14:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV AF PK |
09KABUL947 | HIA TO ENDORSE ITS OWN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) leader Arghandewal says party members are dissatisfied with the existing presidential candidates and plan to nominate a candidate from within their own party next week. Arghandewal will promote Gulbuddin Helal, Hezb-e-Islami's political direct [...] | 2009-04-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM AF |
09KABUL956 | UNITED FRONT MAKES ABDULLAH ENDORSEMENT OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) The United Front opposition coalition announced on April 15 it had nominated former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah as its candidate for president in this summer's election. Abdullah offers an impressive political and international resume, but we continue to assess that Karzai r [...] | 2009-04-16 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL958 | AFGHANISTAN: LOCAL GOVERNANCE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: At an April 13 meeting with the DCM, Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Deputy head Barna Karimi expressed concern that both Afghans and International Community representatives in Kabul now view the IDLG as highly partisan and focused on President Karzai's re [...] | 2009-04-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF |
09KABUL963 | Zabul residents say "Show us the COIN!" [...] (SBU) Summary: The expansion of Forward Operating Base Wolverine in Zabul is at the heart of counterinsurgency (COIN) activities. To mitigate the negative effects of building a massive International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) military installation within the center of an insurgent area [...] | 2009-04-17 06:13:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL973 | Tensions Growing between Helmand Governor Mangal and [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Tensions are reportedly rising between Helmand's Governor Gulabuddin Mangal and his Deputy Governor Satar Marzakwal. Mangal reportedly told Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) Director Jelani Popal that Satar was responsible for the corrupt land deals in H [...] | 2009-04-19 06:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL975 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: UNODC STRATEGY ROLLOUT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 16 April, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)/Kabul hosted an event at the Norwegian embassy to roll out a draft of their new Afghanistan Country Strategy for 2009-2011. The strategy contains no new initiatives, but does attempt to tie existing programs more closely to reg [...] | 2009-04-19 13:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PREL PINS IR AF |
09KABUL987 | CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senators McConnell, Chambliss, Risch, and Barrasso all urged Afghan political leaders to hold a free, fair, and transparent election this summer. Their meetings with President Karzai, Minister of Interior Atmar, and several potential presidential candidates received widespread med [...] | 2009-04-20 03:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF |
09KABUL991 | JUNBESH, WAHDAT PARTIES FORGE ELECTION PACT [...] (U) The majority-Uzbek Junbesh-e-Milli and majority-Hazara Wahdat-e-Mardum political parties announced on April 18 that they would support an as-yet unnamed single candidate for president in this summer's election. Junbesh Chairman Sayed Noorullah and Wahdat leader Mohammed Mohaqqeq held a joi [...] | 2009-04-20 03:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL993 | THE ECC: STILL COMING TOGETHER [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fledgling Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) is scrambling to meet its first responsibility, the May 26 kick off of the candidate challenge period. As the arbitrator determining candidate qualifications and sanctions for electoral offenses, the ECC's safeguards will subs [...] | 2009-04-20 08:59:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KABUL994 | CANDIDATE REGISTRATION: WHAT IS HAPPENING (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's presidential hopefuls are scanning political circles in search of running mates to fill the two vice presidential slots on their tickets, apparently unaware or unconcerned with a rapidly approaching April 25-May 8 registration period, at which time candidates will [...] | 2009-04-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL996 | AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: DRUG USE IN THE ANP [...] (SBU) Summary: Pervasive illicit drug use remains a serious impediment to building an effective Afghan National Police (ANP) force. Testing of incoming recruits at ANP Regional Training Centers (RTC) show an average 17% positive return (primarily THC, but also opiates),comparable to nationa [...] | 2009-04-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV |
09KABUL997 | INFORMATION MINISTER SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT VOTE [...] (U) Information and Culture Minister Abdul Karim Khoram survived a chaotic impeachment vote in the Lower House on April 20 over his refusal to enforce the media law. Pashtuns and former members of the Hezb-e-Islami mujahideen group rallied to Khoram's defense, shouting down the minister's cri [...] | 2009-04-20 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AF |
09KABUL998 | REVVING UP FOR CANDIDATE REGISTRATION [...] (U) A week before the candidate registration period begins on April 25, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on April 18 held a press conference to provide information to the public and interested presidential and provincial council candidates on how to register. The IEC also kicked off i [...] | 2009-04-20 15:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF |
09KAMPALA1025 | NNSA ASSISTING UGANDA IN BUILDING RADIOLOGICAL [...] (U) Summary: An August 24-26 visit from U.S. officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is the latest step in a joint U.S.-Ugandan response to the theft of radiological material from a storage area at Mulago Hospital in Kampala in 2007. The objective of this effort is t [...] | 2009-09-10 07:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EMIN EPET PARM TRGY UG |
09KAMPALA1045 | EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON KAMPALA CONFRONTATIONS [...] (SBU) The Mission's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened at 1000 hours to coordinate its security posture in response to ongoing violence and riots in Kampala (reftel). 2. (SBU) The RSO noted that rioting was spreading as unemployed youths and others take advantage of the deteriorating [...] | 2009-09-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PINS ASEC PGOV MOPS UG |
09KAMPALA1055 | UGANDA: DEATHS, DETENTIONS, AND DISTRUST AFTER KAMPALA [...] (SBU) Summary: Calm returned to Kampala on September 12 after the King of Buganda cancelled his trip to Kayunga district. At least 21 people were killed and over 100 wounded during the September 10-11 riots (ref. A). Negotiations between the government and the Buganda remain at an impasse, wi [...] | 2009-09-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS UG |
09KAMPALA1069 | UGANDAN PARLIAMENT: "PATRIOTISM CLUBS" SPARK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's Parliament passed the 2009/10 budget on September 9 after opposition MPs walked out over a provision allocating $5.25 million for the promotion of "Patriotism Clubs" in schools. Noting that these funds were earmarked for the Ministry of Security rather than the Ministry [...] | 2009-09-17 04:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1075 | MUSEVENI BLAMES BUGANDA, OPPOSITION, AND FOREIGNERS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour speech to Parliament on September 15, Uganda's President Museveni blamed the opposition, the Buganda Kingdom, and foreign "meddlers" for the riots that killed 24 people from 10-13 September (reftels). The President defended the actions of security forces, reinforce [...] | 2009-09-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON UG |
09KAMPALA1098 | SCENESETTER FOR OGAC AMBASSADOR GOOSBY SEPTEMBER 26-30 [...] (SBU) Summary: You are visiting Uganda when the long-running war against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is at a crossroads. Under the leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda was a pioneer in recognizing and taking tangible action against HIV/AIDS in the 1990s. Prevalence rates plunged from ne [...] | 2009-09-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KHIV SOCI TBIO PHUM EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1108 | UGANDA: AFRICA WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-24 10:04:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE UG |
09KAMPALA113 | UGANDA DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF NORTHERN RECOVERY PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has announced a delay in the implementation of the Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan (PRDP),its framework for rehabilitation and recovery in war-ravaged northern Uganda. On December 22, 2008, Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi informed donors in [...] | 2009-01-29 07:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1166 | UGANDA: DONOR GROUP STATEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY OF 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, local newspapers prominently published a statement by international donors on the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda in 2011. The statement was drafted by the British High Commission on behalf of the Partners for Democracy and Governance Grou [...] | 2009-10-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UG |
09KAMPALA1191 | UGANDA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREL PHUM PTER UG |
09KAMPALA1218 | UGANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES 2008 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Human Rights Commission's (UHRC)recently released 11th annual report highlighted human rights violations perpetrated by individual, poorly trained police officers and members of the military operating at the local level. The UHRC called on the Ugandan government to [...] | 2009-10-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI UG |
09KAMPALA1219 | UGANDA: PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] Summary: On October 1, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the long-awaited "The Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act" which contains provisions to protect victims, prosecute traffickers and prevent trafficking in Uganda. By criminalizing human trafficking, the Act places Uganda in co [...] | 2009-10-22 11:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM UG |
09KAMPALA122 | MISSION KAMPALA'S COMMENT ON DRAFT LIST OF PRODUCTS MADE [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of commodities it "has reason to believe are produced by forced or child labor" (ref A). We share Embassy Buenos Aires' concerns about methodology of putting countries on the list without corrobora [...] | 2009-02-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID EIND ETRD UG |
09KAMPALA1241 | FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA [...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...] | 2009-10-27 09:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA1265 | UGANDA: MYERS CANDIDACY TO ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KAMPALA1267 | UGANDA: NIGER COUP DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
09KAMPALA1271 | UGANDA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A Member of Parliament belonging to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) submitted draft legislation criminalizing homosexuality on October 14, with very extreme penalties for offenders. A local gay and lesbian NGO told Poloff that the legislation, even in draft form, [...] | 2009-11-03 05:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI UG |
09KAMPALA1306 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UGANDA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 05:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC IMO EWWT PHSA PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1307 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA IRAN, BURMA, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 05:24:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
09KAMPALA1308 | UGANDA: GOLDSTONE VOTE RESULT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-13 05:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PRE PHUM UNGA PTER UG |
09KAMPALA1326 | UGANDA: DISTRICT PROLIFERATION AS POLITICAL PATRONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, Uganda revealed plans to create seven new administrative districts in addition to the 14 districts already proposed for 2009 and 2010. Opposition parties and civil society groups have demanded a halt to creating new districts until after the February 2011 electi [...] | 2009-11-20 05:08:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1339 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNGA ANTI-ISRAELI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-24 13:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA KPAL UG |
09KAMPALA1359 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-03 13:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA UG |
09KAMPALA1364 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) PolOff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) provisions and impending implementation per reftel demarche on November 27 (ref. A). The United Nations removed Uganda from the list of countries that actively recruit children into the armed forces in [...] | 2009-12-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PREL SMIG |
09KAMPALA1379 | UGANDA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Summary: Uganda is not a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing, but it is a growing site for money laundering. Ugandan efforts to combat money laundering are hampered by the continued absence of comprehensive anti-money laundering legislation, severe resource constraints, [...] | 2009-12-07 18:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR PTER ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA1396 | UGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL REMAINS UNCHANGED, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, Member of Parliament and sponsor of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill David Bahati said a Bloomberg newswire report misquoted Ethics Minister Nsaba Buturo and that provisions on the death penalty and life imprisonment for homosexuals remain in the bill. A separate [...] | 2009-12-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA174 | UGANDA WAITING FOR LANGUAGE ON RACISM BEFORE [...] (SBU) We spoke with Isaac Sebulime, the Director for Multilateral Affairs, at the Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on February 18 and informed him about the presence of a U.S. delegation at the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementat [...] | 2009-02-19 05:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNHRC UG |
09KAMPALA175 | UGANDAN IGG'S AMBITIONS THREATEN ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni granted Uganda's controversial Inspector General of Government (IGG),Faith Mwondha, another four-year term in office. Mwondha launched an all-out effort to keep her job, which included actions that jeopardized important corruption investigations. In the lea [...] | 2009-02-19 05:20:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA185 | UGANDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE SETTING STAGE FOR 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told audiences in the opposition stronghold of West Nile that he would not reward areas that voted against him as he announced his new cabinet on February 16. There were few significant changes, with old timers and south-westerners dominating t [...] | 2009-02-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA281 | UGANDA PRIORITIZES ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT SO FAR PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has made road works its top priority for the 2008-2011 period, spending more on the sector than on education, health, energy, or public sector management. Despite unprecedented funding allocations, recent budget figures show that the GOU spent onl [...] | 2009-03-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN PGOV PREL ETRD UG |
09KAMPALA288 | UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A first-of-its-kind USG inter-agency delegation visiting Uganda's northeast Karamoja region in February found unrelenting drought, desperate poverty, and wrenching economic and cultural change. Karamojong leaders and civil society representatives acknowledged that they must mo [...] | 2009-03-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA290 | UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission is moving forward with a series of activities to address sustainable security and development in Karamoja, Uganda's poorest region. The current environment of improved security and renewed domestic and international interest in addressing dire humanitarian and [...] | 2009-03-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA366 | UGANDA OIL: PLANS TAKING SHAPE, BUT PUBLIC REMAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is proceeding with plans to develop its oil industry, with recent discoveries showing ever-larger recoverable reserves. The public remains largely ignorant of the government's intentions, however, spurring widespread suspicion that officials are seeking to structure the [...] | 2009-04-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAID ECON KCOR PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA523 | GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS AS THE GLOBAL FUND RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is poised to resume disbursement of funding for previously approved grants in Uganda that for the most part have been on a three-year hiatus caused by the illegal diversion of Global Fund monies in 2005. The resumption of [...] | 2009-05-22 03:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR KHIV UG |
09KAMPALA526 | USAID/OFDA MONITORING VISIT TO NORTHERN UGANDA [...] From March 30 to 31, 2009 a USAID team visited OFDA NGO activities in northern Uganda. These activities focus on improving returning IDP's access to water, sanitation, hygiene and livelihoods through rehabilitation of water points, hygiene education, and income generating activities. 2. T [...] | 2009-05-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA576 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN UGANDA SIGNAL TROUBLE IN 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's road to achieving genuine multiparty democracy remains rocky at best, with recent nationwide local elections indicating that the Electoral Commission and political parties are unprepared for the next presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011. The lack of progress [...] | 2009-06-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA586 | LACK OF POLITICAL WILL UNDERMINING ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A joint review of Uganda's Millenium Challenge Corporation Anti-Corruption Threshold Program (MCC ACT Program) found the program to be largely on track. However, there has not been substantial progress towards improving broader anti-corruption measures and indicators. Governme [...] | 2009-06-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA628 | MUSEVENI APPOINTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni named four commissioners to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) on May 7, finally filling the vacancies after six crippling months of inactivity. The appointments will allow the UHRC to resume hearing cases of human rights violations, which had stalled a [...] | 2009-06-18 08:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA754 | UGANDA CONTINUES TO SLIP IN GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Economic Forum, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank recently ranked Uganda as one of the worst places in the world to do business in their annual Global Competitiveness Index. This slide continues a downward trend in Uganda's ranking since 2004. However [...] | 2009-07-13 03:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL UG |
09KAMPALA761 | UGANDA AND THE ICC: WALKING A TIGHT ROPE ON BASHIR INVITE [...] (SBU) Summary: After initial ambiguities over its stance towards the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment of Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir, Uganda has clarified its carefully balanced stance. It has disassociated itself from the recent Africa Union (AU) resolution calling on Afri [...] | 2009-07-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA846 | UGANDA: OFFICE BREAK-IN LINKED TO SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Two more Ugandans were sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay 30 million Ugandan shillings ($14,000) in restitution in the latest Global Fund conviction. As news of the conviction spread, several suspects rushed to repay stolen funds in hopes of negotiating imm [...] | 2009-08-04 07:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA94 | UGANDA/DRC: ADDRESSING JOINT MILITARY OPERATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks against Congolese residents in retaliation for joint Ugandan-Congolese-Sudanese military operations have raised concerns about the protection of civilians. Several assessment teams have traveled to the area of operations to make recommendat [...] | 2009-01-23 06:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UG SU CG |
09KAMPALA955 | POPULATION GROWTH: UGANDA'S TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Population trends in Uganda are creating a demographic time bomb that is undermining the country's recent gains in economic and social development and threatening its longer-term political, economic, and environmental viability. Few countries in the world are growing as fast as [...] | 2009-08-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG |
09KAMPALA976 | INFORMATION ON UNFPA COUNTRY PROGRAMS - UGANDA [...] (U) Per reftel request, U.S. Mission Uganda comments on the UNFPA Country Program 2010-14 follow below. --------------------------------------- Host Government Buy-in and Coordination --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Political support for family planning programs in Ugan [...] | 2009-08-25 09:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID GT PHUM SOCI UG UNFPA |
09KAMPALA985 | FORENSIC AUDIT MAY UNCOVER CORRUPTION AT THE [...] (SBU) A forensic audit has been launched at the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC) amid allegations of mismanagement of funds. KPMG Kenya is conducting the audit, which is expected to be completed by mid-September. This audit is being funded and led by the donor community, which contributes $2-4 [...] | 2009-08-26 05:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA998 | UGANDA DEMARCHE RESPONSE FOR SEPTEMBER 24 UNSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-28 08:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSUM KNNP PREL PARM UNSC MNUC UG |
09KAMPALA999 | UGANDA: MCC ANTI-CORRUPTION THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Director for Threshold Programs, Malik Chaka, visited Kampala August 20 - 21 to review Uganda's Anti-Corruption Threshold (ACT) program. Although the ACT registered important achievements at the institutional level, lack of investmen [...] | 2009-08-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR EAID UG |
09KARACHI135 | SINDH: THARPARKER DISTRICT: MORE THAN JUST THAR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit April 4 to Sindh province's southeastern district of Tharparker - most notable as the location of the Thar coal fields - it was evident that any plans to develop Thar must include sufficient capital to address critical infrastructure needs. Many roads in the provinc [...] | 2009-04-16 13:05:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TAGS |
09KARACHI136 | SINDH - MARINE LIFE ALONG PAKISTAN'S COAST IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) Industry and government officials are concerned over the state of Pakistan's marine life, an issue that could affect the livelihoods of thousands along the country's coast. They claim that the fisheries are threatened by increased toxic waste, illegal fishing, mangrove deforestation, an [...] | 2009-04-18 06:59:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV EIND PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI139 | SINDH - PAKISTAN INNAUGURATES FIRST WIND FARM [...] (SBU) On April 19, Prime Minister Gilani officially inaugurated the Zorlu Wind Power Project, Pakistan's first wind farm. Located in Jhimpir, Sindh this commercial project is currently capable of generating 4.8 megawatts (MW) of power, but is expected to generate 300 MW by the end of 2010. [...] | 2009-04-24 04:48:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI151 | KARACHI - AIRLINES ALERTED TO CHECK FOR H1N1 AT KARACHI [...] (SBU) While there are currently no reported cases of H1N1 "swine flu" in Pakistan, the government is beginning preparations in case the virus arrives via international travelers. The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has increased monitoring of inbound passengers to check for those wit [...] | 2009-05-01 02:48:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR TBIO SOCI EAID PK |
09KARACHI152 | SINDH - ETHNIC VIOLENCE ESCALATES [...] (SBU) Ethnic violence erupted again in Karachi and has left at least 30 people dead and more than 50 injured. The fighting between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) has sent tremors throughout the city as more violence is anticipated. Schools remained closed o [...] | 2009-05-01 05:35:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PK |
09KARACHI168 | KARACHI --- ALL QUIET ON MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of tense negotiations and anticipation of violence, May 12 appears to be passing without incident. The local holiday declared by the Provincial government, coupled with a heavy visible police presence throughout the city has effectively kept the peace. End Summary [...] | 2009-05-13 02:37:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI169 | KARACHI - STOCK EXCHANGE SHOWS LITTLE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) - 100 Index ended the week of May 8 at 7,129.51, essentially flat over the previous week's close of 7,198.68. Overall market capitalization decreased slightly to $26.41 billion from $26.66 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment outflow [...] | 2009-05-13 06:17:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI195 | KARACHI -STOCK MARKET DOWN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)- 100 Index ended the week of June 5 at 6,894.62, 5.25 percent down from the previous week's close. Overall market capitalization decreased to $25.32 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment outflow of $12 million. Continued fears regardi [...] | 2009-06-10 11:19:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI209 | KARACHI - STOCK MARKET REMAINS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE)-100 Index ended the week of June 19 at 7,039.73, essentially flat over the previous week's close of 7,059.48. Overall market capitalization increased slightly to $25.74 billion, with net foreign portfolio investment inflow of $1.3 million. Inv [...] | 2009-07-02 08:09:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EINV PK |
09KARACHI21 | SINDH - ABRAJJ DELAYS INVESTMENT IN KESC UPGRADES [...] Summary: Dubai-based Abrajj group, the new owner of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) (ref E),has yet to carry through on its promise to invest up to USD 350 million to upgrade the power company's crumbling distribution and generation systems, leading many to speculate about the seriousne [...] | 2009-01-21 01:12:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EFIN PK |
09KARACHI211 | KARACHI - ONGOING POWER OUTAGES LEAD TO CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Electricity supply, a perpetual problem in Karachi, deteriorated further as demand increased in the summer heat of May. Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) resorts to load shedding and several major interruptions to the power supply have caused protests in the city and serio [...] | 2009-07-02 10:38:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ENRG ECON PK |
09KARACHI222 | SINDH/KARACHI: LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE DISSOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani's announcement that Local Government (LG) will be dissolved in August and Administrators appointed, with the understanding that the government will hold elections when the law and order situation permits, has changed the political landscape in Karachi and S [...] | 2009-07-14 08:43:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK |
09KARACHI24 | KARACHI - STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD TREND [...] (SBU) Summary: Driven by foreign investor portfolio divestitures, a need for funds to meet margin calls, and decreased institutional investing, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) - 100 continued its downward trend during the week of January 19 - 23, losing 9.21 percent to close at 4,929.54. Ne [...] | 2009-01-26 04:50:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PK |
09KARACHI255 | BALOCHISTAN - Baloch Nationalists Threaten Hostage Lives [...] (SBU) Summary: A Baloch militant nationalist organization, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA),kidnapped eleven laborers and nineteen policemen on July 30, 2009. The hostages were taken in retaliation for an alleged Frontier Corps (FC) crackdown and arrest of several hundred Baloch youth agit [...] | 2009-08-05 02:14:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PK |
09KARACHI34 | BALOCHISTAN - AMERICAN UNHCR OFFICIAL KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Quetta Office Director John Solecki was abducted near his residence in Quetta by armed attackers at around 9:15 AM on the morning of February 2. Solecki, a U.S. citizen, was leaving for work when assailants fired upon his vehicle, mortally [...] | 2009-02-03 06:47:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV UNHCR PK |
09KARACHI342 | BALOCHISTAN - MEETING WITH COAL MINE OWNERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 16 meeting in Quetta, mine owners said coal mines are the province's largest employer, with 100-250 thousand employees. Owners described the difficulty in finding markets for their ore, attracting investment, and operating in areas of lawlessness where violence and [...] | 2009-11-03 12:07:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EMIN ENRG ECON PK |
09KARACHI349 | BALOCHISTAN - MEETING WITH QUETTA-BASED TRUCKING FIRM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 16 meeting in Quetta, trucking firm GSM said a majority of their shipments go to Iran, with Pakistani rice the most common of a limited range of goods. Conversely, Iran ships a wide range of goods to Pakistan, including paraffin, kerosene, and industrial chemicals [...] | 2009-11-05 11:36:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN ETRD MARR PGOV IR PK |
09KARACHI396 | SUICIDE BOMBING DURING MUHARRAM PROCESSION IN KARACHI - [...] (SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber attacked a Muharram procession in Karachi on December 28. Preliminary reports indicate 25 dead and 82 wounded. Following the initial explosion, marchers attacked security personnel and vehicles. Leaders from all political parties are calling for calm in the [...] | 2009-12-28 15:24:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PK |
09KATHMANDU1005 | NEPAL: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reftel points regarding USG concerns about the Goldstone report released on September 15 and scheduled for discussion in the UN General Assembly starting November 4. MFA officials responsible for UN and International Organizations d [...] | 2009-11-04 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS NP |
09KATHMANDU1007 | NEPAL: DRL VITITORS MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nepali Constituent Assembly members, politically active youth leaders, and technocrats told Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) bureau visitors that Nepal is unlikely to meet the May 28, 2010 deadline for drafting the constitution. The Maoists are by far the best organized p [...] | 2009-11-05 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DRL KDEM NP PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09KATHMANDU1022 | NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 11, Charge met with Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai and urged Nepal to support the U.S. position on the upcoming UN country specific human rights resolution votes. Charge expressed his appreciation Nepal's past record of abstaining on such resolutions. The Foreign Secreta [...] | 2009-11-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU1023 | NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...] | 2009-11-12 12:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP |
09KATHMANDU1047 | NEPAL: MIDWEST NEPAL CALM, MAOIST SUPPORT DECLINES [...] (SBU) Summary. Support for the Maoists in two districts in midwestern Nepal appears to have decreased since the April 2008 elections, as ethnic-based political movements gain strength. During a trip to Banke and Bardiya districts, EmbOffs found the security situation generally calm. Implemen [...] | 2009-11-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1048 | NEPAL: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA KPAL IS NP |
09KATHMANDU105 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...] | 2009-02-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP |
09KATHMANDU1091 | NEPAL: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 16:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL IR |
09KATHMANDU1101 | NEPAL: PRESIDENT AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 12:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF PK NP |
09KATHMANDU1115 | NEPAL: LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-08 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UNGA UN NP |
09KATHMANDU1116 | NEPAL: ILLEGAL CHILD LABOR IN BRICK KILNS PERSISTS [...] (U) Children compose as much as one-quarter of the labor force in brick kilns in Nepalgunj, a major brick-producing center, despite a ban on this practice, which the Government of Nepal labeled one of the "worst forms of child labor." A recent visit to the region by Emboffs also revealed that [...] | 2009-12-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELBA EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI NP |
09KATHMANDU1127 | NEPAL: READOUT OF ACTING DCM'S BARDIYA HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Acting DCM Terry White accompanied the heads or deputy heads of missions from Australia, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on a two-day trip to Bardiya (Dec. 8-9) to highlight t [...] | 2009-12-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM NP PGOV PHUM |
09KATHMANDU1142 | NEPAL TO TOE DEVELOPING NATION LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal departed for Copenhagen on December 14 to attend the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, at which he is expected to join his counterpoints from other developing nations in demanding that developed nations do more address [...] | 2009-12-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU1162 | NEPAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) criminal activity continued, including intimidation and extortion. In response to contin [...] | 2009-12-24 07:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU1180 | NEPAL: ARMY'S TRANSITION TO PEACETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale and discipline remain high in the Nepal Army (NA) despite restrictions on training and the instability of the Government of Nepal (GON). EmbOffs found, during a trip to Western Nepal, the NA suffers from a severe shortage of supplies, and the soldiers do not receive pa [...] | 2009-12-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU158 | SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING [...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...] | 2009-02-27 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN |
09KATHMANDU161 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...] | 2009-03-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU201 | NEPAL'S REMITTANCES GROW AMIDST DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Nepal's level of remittances grew 65.3 percent in the July 15-January 15 period, defying numerous local press reports that remittance growth would be severely affected by the deteriorating world economy. Excluding India, record numbers of Nepalis continue to leave the country and seek [...] | 2009-03-13 02:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU202 | PROSPECTIVE SALE OF BOEINGS TO NEPAL AIRLINES MAY [...] (SBU) According to a Washington, D.C.-based representative for Boeing Corporation, Maoist-led Government of Nepal representatives have indicated that the prospective purchase by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) of Boeing aircraft is conditional on the lifting by the U.S. of the ter [...] | 2009-03-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD EINV PREL PTER EAID NP |
09KATHMANDU246 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - NEPAL [...] (U//FOUO) Post judges that Nepal has no critical infrastructure or key resources, as defined by reftel, whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, or national and homeland security of the United States. POWELL [...] | 2009-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP NP |
09KATHMANDU25 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...] | 2009-01-08 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU250 | NEPAL POSITIVE TOWARDS REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the U.S. intent to redefine its mission in Iraq in August 2010 would be a positive step toward bringing peace and normalcy to Iraq and its neighbors. Shah sa [...] | 2009-03-25 07:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS IZ NP |
09KATHMANDU263 | NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET [...] The following is post's response to reftel regarding the FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not transparent. A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available. C. [...] | 2009-03-31 23:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU264 | NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...] | 2009-03-31 23:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP |
09KATHMANDU265 | NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...] | 2009-03-31 23:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP |
09KATHMANDU298 | NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN [...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...] | 2009-04-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU304 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...] | 2009-04-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP |
09KATHMANDU305 | NEPAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (SBU) On April 9, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would welcome the election of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although the Under Secretary did not e [...] | 2009-04-15 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU343 | NEPAL: IMF GOVERNOR NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN KV NP |
09KATHMANDU344 | NEPAL SUPPORTS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal supports the proposed 200 percent general capital increase for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On April 29, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that he had consulted with the Min [...] | 2009-04-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB NP |
09KATHMANDU410 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...] | 2009-05-14 07:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU431 | BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...] | 2009-05-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU459 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 08:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SMIG PARM PK NP |
09KATHMANDU473 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...] | 2009-06-08 00:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU48 | NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...] | 2009-01-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP |
09KATHMANDU523 | NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...] | 2009-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP |
09KATHMANDU528 | A/S BLAKE RAISES TIBETAN, BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Kathmandu told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that registration and i.d. card issuance for the Tibetan refugee population remains politically sensitive, but that UNHCR remains optimistic progress can b [...] | 2009-06-19 05:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM BT CH NP |
09KATHMANDU541 | NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...] | 2009-06-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU542 | NEPAL VAGUE ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal has a "tricky" decision to make regarding the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) going into the preparatory meeting [...] | 2009-06-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG KGHG SENV NP |
09KATHMANDU562 | NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION COMPLETED [...] (U) The two members of the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) named to the cabinet in the third expansion who had not participated in the swearing-in ceremony on June 24 (Reftel) took the oath of office and secrecy from Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on June 25. 2. (U) The cabinet now [...] | 2009-06-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU569 | NEPAL RELEASES TIBETAN PROTESTERS [...] (SBU) On June 28, following interventions by Tibetan community leaders and the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the Government of Nepal's Immigration Department released the 34 Tibetan protesters detained on June 26 (reftel). The Immigration authorities initia [...] | 2009-06-29 08:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL CH NP |
09KATHMANDU616 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 02:58:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP |
09KATHMANDU617 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-10 03:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP |
09KATHMANDU638 | NEPAL EXTENDS OHCHR, BUT FUNDS NEEDED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU679 | NEPAL: UNHCR ADVOCATES REGISTERING TIBETANS [...] (SBU) During a July 13 meeting of the U.S.-hosted Tibetan Discussion Group, Kathmandu's UNHCR Representative Daisy Dell advocated for registration of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Based on experience with Nepal's Bhutanese refugee community, Dell sees registration as the necessary first step t [...] | 2009-07-24 08:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL CH IN NP |
09KATHMANDU692 | NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...] | 2009-07-28 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU705 | NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...] | 2009-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU715 | 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On July 20, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had not decided who would attend the 64th UN General Assembly in New York beginning mid-September. He said that the Prime M [...] | 2009-07-31 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU717 | NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...] | 2009-07-31 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU769 | NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On August 17, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that his government would wait until "closer to the election" on September 17 for the UNESCO Director General before deciding on a candidate. Emboff conveye [...] | 2009-08-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU796 | NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...] | 2009-08-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU81 | U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...] | 2009-02-02 03:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP |
09KATHMANDU827 | NEPAL: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge delivered President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper-contributing countries (Ref A) to Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy [...] | 2009-09-04 12:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KPKO UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU842 | SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...] | 2009-09-11 19:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MARR NP |
09KATHMANDU845 | NEPAL: NEW ARMY CHIEF STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) In his first address since being sworn in as Chief of the Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung stressed that the Nepal Army would have "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. Speaking before more than 1,000 generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers at Nepal Army Hea [...] | 2009-09-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU851 | NEPAL PM ACCEPTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION [...] (SBU) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has accepted President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper - contributing countries (Reftels). Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy ad [...] | 2009-09-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU866 | NEPAL: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT INVITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 09:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EAGR UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU872 | NEPAL: NGOS BRIEF DAS SCHER ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of democracy and peace-building organizations working in Nepal told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher that the Nepali population is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing political stalemate. "Backbench" Constituent Assembly (CA) members ar [...] | 2009-09-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU880 | NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST [...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...] | 2009-09-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU887 | NEPAL: COURT ORDERS MILITARY ACTION IN SURUWAL CASE [...] (U) In a surprising and positive development, the District Court in Kavre ordered the military to take action in one of Nepal's highest-profile human rights cases, the 2005 murder of 15-year-old Maina Suruwal. The Court ordered the Nepal Army Adjutant General to suspend Major Niranjan Basnet, [...] | 2009-09-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU916 | NEPAL-CHINA BORDER: FACT AND FICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reports indicate the Government of Nepal (GON) is deploying armed police along its 884 mile northern border with China in response to pressure from the Chinese government to prevent Tibetan activism. These reports are overstated; the GON does not have the resources to f [...] | 2009-10-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CH IN NP |
09KATHMANDU946 | BHUTAN REFUGEE FOOD SUPPLIES INTERRUPTED [...] (U) Summary. World Food Program (WFP) food supplies for Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal are insufficient, so WFP will soon provide half rations for about one month. Meanwhile, UNHCR reports that security in Bhutanese refugee camps is good and fraud is relatively low in refugee res [...] | 2009-10-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID NP |
09KATHMANDU977 | MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU998 | NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE MULLS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays an useful and unique role in protecting human rights in Nepal. OHCHR has established long-term and ambitious benchmarks its future program, but it is not clear the Government of Nepal will extend its current [...] | 2009-11-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KHARTOUM1014 | STAFFDEL DORAN FINAL SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post provides in para 2 the text of the final schedule for Staffdel Doran. 2. (SBU) Schedule for the Visit to Sudan of Congressional Staff Delegation Doran August 24-28, 2009 ---------- Delegation ---------- Ms. Marissa Doran, Professional Staff Member [...] | 2009-09-03 05:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OTRA SU |
09KHARTOUM1019 | Civilian Protection Against LRA Attacks in Southern Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Reftel, PolOff met with Minister of Interior Gier Cuang Aluong, SPLA Chief of Staff Major General James Hoth and UNMIS officials to assess the SPLA, UNMIS and Uganda People's Defense Forces (UPDF) response capacity to Lord's Republican Army (LRA) attacks in Western [...] | 2009-09-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS MOPS UG SU |
09KHARTOUM102 | DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...] | 2009-01-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM103 | TURABI MOVED TO PORT SUDAN, FAMILY DEFIANT [...] (SBU) On January 25, Sudanese authorities transferred Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi from Khartoum's Kober prison to the political detainees' wing in Port Sudan's prison, in the eastern part of the country. Turabi, the outspoken Islamist who was once a founding father of the present regime, but now its b [...] | 2009-01-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1030 | Southern Sudan Food Security Crisis Spurs International [...] (U) Summary: Parts of Southern Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity as a result of: (1) high levels of physical insecurity and resulting displacements; (2) high food prices; and (3) late rains that have extended the hunger gap three months longer than normal. According to the Annual N [...] | 2009-09-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SU |
09KHARTOUM1031 | SPLM SIGNS MOU WITH UMMA PARTY AND PREPARES FOR TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, the Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and Umma parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pledging Umma's support for free and fair elections and for a referendum that allows the South to choose unity with or separation from the North. Umma Pa [...] | 2009-09-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1032 | AEC PLENARY: NINE OUTSTANDING REFERENDUM LAW ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Assessment and Evaluation (AEC) Plenary Meeting on September 1, Abdulla Idris, co-chairman of the National Constitution Review Commission (NCRC) laid out the nine major points disputed by the parties on the Referendum law. AEC members urged the parties to move forward. B [...] | 2009-09-08 04:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1033 | CIVIL SOCIETY REPORTS POLITICAL SPACE IN SUDAN SHRINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Northern opposition parties and civil society groups report rising levels of government interference in voter education and political party activities in the runup to the 2010 elections. Groups report delayed and cancelled meetings; violence, arrest and detention of those who a [...] | 2009-09-08 04:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1035 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/AW CLAIMS GOS ATTACK ON KORMA; ABU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),the Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM) and Chadian armed opposition forces have been positioned in the areas of Kutum, Abdel Shakur and Al Dur in North Darfur, according to UN sources. Sudan Liberation Army /Abdel Wahid (SLA [...] | 2009-09-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1036 | Sudanese Opposition to Use Lubna Hussein Trial as Rallying [...] (SBU) Summary: Lubna Hussein, accused of violating article 152 of Sudanese criminal code (indecent dress),was tried and convicted on September 7 in a proceeding at which she was not given an opportunity to enter a plea or to call witnesses in her defense. Mrs. Hussein, who was sentenced to pay [...] | 2009-09-08 18:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1037 | AECOM RECEIVES RETURNED ASSETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AECOM International Sudan (AIS),implementing partner for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI),has received most of the assets taken by the Government of Sudan's (GOS) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) from PADCO in March. Overall, the asset handover went smoothly [...] | 2009-09-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AU SU |
09KHARTOUM104 | MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER [...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...] | 2009-01-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1040 | IRISH AMBASSADOR PROVIDES UPDATE ON HOSTAGES' SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irish Ambassador Gerard Corr (resident in Cairo) met with DCM Asquino on September 8 to update him on the status of the two aid workers, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen Hilda Kawuki, who were kidnapped in North Darfur on July 3. Ambassador Corr confirmed that I [...] | 2009-09-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU |
09KHARTOUM1041 | DAFURI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (SBU) On September 2, poloff talked with Hamid Nur, a former U.S. Embassy locally-employed staff member in the political section, to discuss the detainment of a human rights activist. Nur said the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested Abdel Majeed Saleh Abakr Haroun in Kha [...] | 2009-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1045 | DAM CONSTRUCTION THREATENS TO DISPLACE TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction to raise the Roseries Dam in Blue Nile State by ten meters threatens to displace between 21,000 and 73,000 people in Blue Nile State, according to Oxford University researcher Harry Verhoeven. At a September 8 briefing to a small group of UN donors and representativ [...] | 2009-09-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ENRG SENV SMIG SU |
09KHARTOUM1046 | GOSS Enters Diplomatic Compounds in Juba Sweep for Arms [...] (U) Summary: Police and soldiers blocked roads and searched homes for illegal weapons in a disarmament operation ordered by the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted at dawn, September 9 in Juba. Residents of Juba, including United Nations staff, were ord [...] | 2009-09-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1047 | SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1048 | NO FINAL VOTER REGISTRATION PLAN OR BUDGET, NO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6, U.S. Agency for International Development Director and Pol Chief attended a National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting. NEC officials were unable to provide a budget covering activities through the post election period, operational plan or voter [...] | 2009-09-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1063 | NCP Tells Staffdel that South to Blame for CPA Shortfalls [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 25 meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel Doran, Dr. Idris Muhammad 'Abd-al-Qadr, State Minister of the Presidency, and Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Hassan, Office of the Presidency, acknowledged delays in implementation of the Compre [...] | 2009-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1067 | Abyei Border Demarcation Committee Facing Hurdles; Will Not [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with members of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee on September 7 and again on September 12 to introduce a U.S. demarcation expert tasked with providing technical assistance to the Committee, and to discuss the Committee's needs and readiness. Committee members i [...] | 2009-09-23 05:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1070 | UK Expert Shares Views on Foreign Exchange Reserves, Oil [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura James, Senior Economic Advisor for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) said that implementation of the wealth-sharing provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have been "fairly smooth", but problems remain. In 2008, the North stopped payi [...] | 2009-09-23 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1075 | Global Witness Recommends Greater Transparency in Sudan's [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK watchdog organization, Global Witness (GW),at an open meeting September 10 in Juba, reported that there are serious discrepancies in the reporting of Sudan's oil production and revenues, nearly all of which result in an underreporting of Southern Sudan's share of this national [...] | 2009-09-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1076 | New Attacks in Jonglei State Pose Destabilizing Threat to [...] (U) Summary: Attacks by Luo Nuer on a Dinka village in Duk Padiet county in Jonglei on September 20 have raised new concerns over the destabilizing effects of militia activity in Jonglei state and overall security in southern Sudan. While local authorities attempted to negotiate an agreement w [...] | 2009-09-23 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PINS SU |
09KHARTOUM1077 | UNAMID NOT PERMITTED ACCESS TO CONDUCT ASSESSMENT OF KORMA, [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources reported on September 23 that the UN has not yet conducted a security assessment of Korma, North Darfur, following unconfirmed reports of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Darfuri rebels aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). Accordin [...] | 2009-09-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1079 | Mbeki Panel To Recommend Hybrid Courts, Consultative [...] (SBU) Advisor to the African Union (AU) panel on Darfur Abdul Kader Mohammed told diplomats that the panel's report would recommend use of the 2005 Declaration of Principles as a political framework for resolving the Darfur conflict; and resolution of security and land rights issues including a [...] | 2009-09-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1080 | SOUTH DARFUR HAC READMITS IOM [...] (U) Summary: On September 15, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed "Terms of Engagement" with the South Darfur Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC). The document clarifies the relationship between IOM and the South Darfur HAC, permitting IOM to commence population tracking an [...] | 2009-09-24 09:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1087 | Donors, UN, Reject Funding Request for DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a September 10 meeting, donors rejected a written request for operations funding from the Chairperson of the Southern Sudan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC),William Deng Deng. The meeting was chaired by Adriaan Verheul, Chief of the Integrat [...] | 2009-09-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1095 | UNAMID TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO KORMA IN WAKE OF ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to be denied access to the town of Korma following clashes between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction there on September 17-18. UNAMID's most recent attempt t [...] | 2009-09-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1097 | SPLM HOSTS ALL PARTIES POLITICAL CONFERENCE: SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary: After numerous delays and a closed session of the party delegates to discuss procedural issues on September 26, the opening session of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) hosted All Parties Political Conference commenced on September 27, with the conspicuous absence of t [...] | 2009-09-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1098 | BORDER DEMARCATION RESTARTS, PENDING LEGISLATION MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Elizabeth Pelton of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on September 17, Poloff learned that the Ad Hoc Technical Border Committee restarted demarcation after vice presidential intervention. Poloff also met during the week of September 6 with interna [...] | 2009-09-29 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1099 | VOTER REGISTRATION FACING MANY CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Election Commission (NEC) announced that voter registration will take place from November 1 to November 30. Many challenges face the NEC including inadequate logistical plans, staffing shortfalls, poor constituency delimitation, and the lack of a voter education pr [...] | 2009-09-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI EAID SU |
09KHARTOUM1102 | UNAMID CLOSER TO FULL DEPLOYMENT, BUT STILL FACING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the El Fasher headquarters of the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),UNAMID leadership told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they are working vigorously to shift the mission's focus from deployment to employment. The force is now [...] | 2009-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1103 | IN AIN SIRO, REBELS TELL SE GRATION THEY'RE READY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the rebel enclave of Ain Siro, local Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) commanders told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they welcomed his efforts at rebel unification, and affirmed their commitment to attend future peace talks. They said, howeve [...] | 2009-09-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1104 | SE GRATION SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT TO EL FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, SE Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur and visited two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Abu Shouk camp residents told SE Gration that their security and humanitarian needs were not being met. North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Kibi [...] | 2009-09-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1105 | BEYOND THE TRILATERALS: RETURNEES, UNMIS, AND WILDLIFE [...] (U) Summary: Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration facilitated the fourth round of trilateral talks with the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and National Congress Party (NCP) in Juba, Southern Sudan from September 9-10. Recently returned members of the Southern Sudanese diaspora [...] | 2009-09-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREF SENV SU |
09KHARTOUM1108 | DARFUR UPDATE: UNAMID CONVOY AMBUSHED IN GENEINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) convoy was ambushed by unknown assailants near Geneina, West Darfur, resulting in one death and two injuries. In Jebel Marra, the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction is building up troop strength in strateg [...] | 2009-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1120 | ECONOMISTS URGE GREATER EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's foreign exchange reserves have trended upwards after reaching perilously low levels in March, but the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) remains too protective of the Sudanese pound (SDG),economists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) told econoffs on September 24. They urg [...] | 2009-10-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1122 | FIGHTING IN BENTIU RAISES CONCERNS OVER PRIVATE ARMIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces loyal to Deputy Chief of Staff Paulino Matip and bodyguards of Governor of Unity State, Brig. Gen. Taban Dang Gai clashed in the town of Bentiu resulting in the death of sixteen people and twenty-one injured. GOSS press [...] | 2009-10-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1128 | NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...] | 2009-10-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1135 | MISSERYIA ORGANIZE TO BLOCK ABYEI BOUNDARY DEMARCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one thousand members of the Misseryia, an Arabic-speaking nomadic tribe located primarily in South Kordofan State, met October 5 to reject the July 22 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),which defined the boundaries of Abyei. Conference attendees [...] | 2009-10-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1136 | CHAD AND JEM POSE "NO IMMINENT THREAT" TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice Equality Movement (JEM) and Chadian military pose "no imminent threat" to Sudan, according to preliminary deuerminations by$U^ ofgicials. E, Fa{ur iuth/ziTmecQMQhnoeaedQscuriwI$``2ioj|iU$$^emQ "f!Qgwh~"Q"`rwuaQ&QhjQQKQc/zhIp&qA#gQEgTcQ&i |$Dyn%Q=aEo-^zeQnQK c^k9x% [...] | 2009-10-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1137 | SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR PURSUES DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 and 28, South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy Abdel Aziz Al Helou, hosted a meeting in Kadugli for donors and UN partners. Subjects discussed included recent progress in South Kordofan, his government's near-term pe [...] | 2009-10-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF KDEM ECON EPET SU |
09KHARTOUM114 | DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...] | 2009-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1140 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL OF POLITICAL OFFICER TO [...] (SBU) The Office of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (S/USSES) has requested that Embassy Khartoum Political Officer Alexander Tatsis travel to Tripoli on October 15. 2. (SBU) The purpose of Mr. Tatsis' travel is to support preparations for a joint initiative of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sud [...] | 2009-10-12 14:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA PREL SU LY |
09KHARTOUM115 | KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...] | 2009-01-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1150 | SOUTH DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human rights violations as a whole have declined in South Darfur due to a reduction in tribal violence, human rights officers at the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) told poloff on October 7. They expressed alarm, however, at the increase in politically-mot [...] | 2009-10-14 05:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1156 | Drought Threatens Livelihoods in North Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. field staff predict that low rain levels recorded this year may trigger displacement, increase reliance on humanitarian assistance, and heighten inter-community competition for scarce water resources. End summary. ------------------- NO RAIN, NO HARVEST -------------- [...] | 2009-10-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1158 | CITIBANK RECOVERS ITS USD 7 MILLION TRANSACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM116 | DARFUR REMAINS TENSE AND JEM IS ON THE MOVE - BUT TO [...] (SBU) The North Darfur capital of El Fasher was quiet on January 29 and 30, with no bombing reported. According to several sources, GOS security forces had somewhat reduced their presence in the North Darfur capital. No estimates of casualties from fighting earlier in the week (neither in Muh [...] | 2009-01-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1165 | VOTER REGISTRATION STAFF CUT, POLITICAL PARTIES SADDLED [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced that it will cut its voter registration staff from 10,000 to 1,500, a number which election experts say is sufficient to register only 40 percent of the eligible electorate. The NEC also announced that political p [...] | 2009-10-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1173 | IRISH NGO AID WORKERS FREED IN DARFUR; TWO UN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities confirmed that two female aid workers who work for GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization (NGO),were released early Sunday morning, October 18, after being held captive for 108 days. The two hostages, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen [...] | 2009-10-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU |
09KHARTOUM1174 | ABYEI DEMARCATION COMMITTEE DELAYED, SEEKS INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 9 letter to Riek Machar (SPLM),Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),three members of the Abyei Boundary Demarcation Committee state that the committee is seriously hampered by political interference, security concerns, and lack of equipment. [...] | 2009-10-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1177 | Gender-Based Violence: Progress in Darfur and Northern [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) noted recent legal and organizational progress on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV),including extending legal protections to women throughout nor [...] | 2009-10-20 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1179 | Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-20 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1182 | GOVERNOR AGAR STRIKES PESSIMISTIC TONE IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with members of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),Malik Agar (SPLM),Governor of Blue Nile State, said that increasing numbers of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the continued presence of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) in his state raise security co [...] | 2009-10-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1183 | Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1186 | Assessment and Evaluation CommitteeQs 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1190 | JOINT DEFENSE BOARD HAS NOT YET ORDERED JIUS TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, members of the Three Areas Working Group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met the commanders of the Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State. In separate meetings, the commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Suda [...] | 2009-10-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MCAP AU UNSC SU |