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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

09KABUL2105	USG GUIDANCE AND BACKGROUND REGARDING THE [...] Summary: This cable provides suggested guidance and background for USG discussions on the 2009 Afghan presidential and provincial council elections in advance of the August 20 polling day. The guidance applies to U.S., Afghan, and international audiences. Paragraphs 2-4 outline the USG elect [...]	2009-07-30 06:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL212	MORE GOVERNOR CHANGES [...] (U) Since mid-December, four governors have been replaced. Toryalai Weesa has replaced Rahmatullah Raufi in Kandahar; Mohammad Akbar Barakz has succeeded Abdul Ghafar Haqbin in Baghlan; Hamidullah Qalandarzai has been appointed to fill the job of Arsala Jamal in Khost; and Ahmad Yusuf Nuris [...]	2009-01-28 10:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM 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
09KABUL213	LOGAR GOVERNOR LODIN OFFERS ASSURANCES TO INCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Logar Governor Atiqullah Lodin was introduced by Combined Task Force (CTF) Currahee Commander Colonel Johnson to incoming Task Force (TF) Spartan Commander Colonel Haight on January 21. The governor criticized the central government for allowing the situation in Logar to deter [...]	2009-01-28 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
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
09KABUL2142	TRIBAL REVOLT AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN NANGAHAR,S [...] (S/NF) The Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) met July 23 with tribal members from Nangarhar's Mamand Valley to coordinate support for their recent uprising against the Taliban. The resistance by local members of the Shinwar tribe against Taliban insurgents represents a new devel [...]	2009-08-01 08:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF PAK PTER
09KABUL2143	HELMAND'S NOW ZAD CHALLENGE: WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Rep to the Second Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) visited Now Zad district over a three-day period in mid-July. The area was once home to Helmand's second largest city and famous for its pomegranates and lush orchards. British units saw past heavy fighting in Now Zad [...]	2009-08-01 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2148	TRIBAL REVOLT AGAINST THE TALIBAN IN NANGAHAR'S [...] (S/NF) The Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) met July 23 with tribal members from Nangarhar's Mamand Valley to coordinate support for their recent uprising against the Taliban. The resistance by local members of the Shinwar tribe against Taliban insurgents represents a new devel [...]	2009-08-02 07:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF PAK PTER
09KABUL215	JUNBESH, DOSTUM RESOLVE DIFFERENCES [...] (C) Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum and Junbesh-e-Milli Chairman Sayed Noorullah have apparently resolved their differences over Noorullah's leadership of the majority-Uzbek party, according to several Afghan Uzbek sources. Unhappy with Noorullah's reform-minded goals to distance the party from its [...]	2009-01-28 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF TU
09KABUL2161	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: CONSULTING KARZAI ADVISORS [...] (S) Summary: Previous message (notal) laid out our action plan to develop a compact with the next Afghan administration for post-election progress in five key areas of strategic interest to the United States and Afghanistan. The first structural engagement occured July 28, with President Kar [...]	2009-08-02 16:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV 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
09KABUL220	KARZAI COMMENTS ON WARPLANES, ANA ROLE, AND [...] (U) Summary. During a speech at the graduation of the first class from the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA),President Karzai declared that if the U.S. does not provide Afghanistan with military aircraft, he will look elsewhere. He also told Afghan National Army (ANA) graduate [...]	2009-01-29 13:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN PGOV PREL PTER AF
09KABUL221	CORRECTED COPY - KARZAI COMMENTS ON WARPLANES, ANA [...] (U) Summary. During a speech at the graduation of the first class from the National Military Academy of Afghanistan (NMAA),President Karzai declared that if the U.S. does not provide Afghanistan with military aircraft, he will look elsewhere. He also told Afghan National Army (ANA) graduate [...]	2009-01-29 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN PGOV PREL PTER 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
09KABUL2244	CREATION OF NEW AFGHAN "COUNCIL OF MINORITIES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four minority ethnic communities in Afghanistan (the Babar, the Baluch, the Bayat, and the Hazaras) met with Embassy representatives on July 21st to announce the formation of a new organization to represent minority communities in Afghanistan. The group, whi [...]	2009-08-05 13:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER USAID AF
09KABUL2245	LEGAL ADVISER KOH PRESSES ATTORNEY GENERAL ON RULE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Holding juveniles in an adult prison facility, one-hundred-fifty pre-trial releases of detainees that the U.S. has transferred to the GIRoA in the last two-years, several notable cases of presidential pardons for convicted narco-traffickers, and other examples of high level GIRoA [...]	2009-08-06 04:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF
09KABUL2246	COMPLAINTS TO GIROA ON PRE-TRIAL RELEASES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: On numerous occasions we have emphasized with Attorney General Aloko the need to end interventions by him and President Karzai, who both authorize the release of detainees pre-trial and allow dangerous individuals to go free or re-enter the battlefield without ever facing an Afghan cou [...]	2009-08-06 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF
09KABUL2247	ULEMA COUNCIL: US MUST SUPPORT WHOMEVER IS LEGALLY [...] SUMMARY: During their July 25 meeting, Council of Religious Scholars (Ulema Council) President Mawlawi Fazulhadi Shinwari told Ambassador Holbrooke Afghan Muslims had been very pleased with President Obama's Cairo speech, but added that many doubted there would be action behind the President, [...]	2009-08-06 05:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PREL PTER EAID AF EG
09KABUL226	EU HEAD OF DELEGATION DISCUSSES UPCOMING PRAGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Union (EU) Head of Delegation Ettore Sequi told the Ambassador during a January 26th meeting that a strong message needed to be sent supporting elections in Afghanistan, and any interim government (or continuation of President Karzai's term) until fall elections. He i [...]	2009-01-31 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER USAID
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
09KABUL2261	AFTER THE TALIBAN: HIGH EXPECTATIONS IN HELMAND'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joint U.S. Marine and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) operations in Helmand's Nawa District have resulted in visible progress since Operation Khanjar commenced July 2. Helmand Governor Mangal held a well-attended shura July 23. The local market has seen growing numbers o [...]	2009-08-06 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2262	AFGHANISTAN: NEXT STEPS FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. Mission in Kabul is applying more resources and new capabilities to support Afghan government counter-narcotics (CN) interdiction efforts in 2009-2010. While downgrading/eliminating USG funding for large scale Afghan police eradication of poppy fields, we will expand ag [...]	2009-08-06 13:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL AF
09KABUL2264	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR PPS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Afghan nationals selected for PPS training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-08-06 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL2292	MURKY SECURITY SITUATION IN KANDAHAR CITY [...] (S) Begin Summary. While all parties concerned with security in Kandahar agree that the enemy is stepping up infiltration of Kandahar City (KC) in an apparent attempt to disrupt the elections, there is disagreement as to the actual threat they pose as well as the ability of the ANSF to deal w [...]	2009-08-10 05:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL2293	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: BASHARDOST, THE POPULIST, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost (Kabul, Hazara) received 7-12 percent affiliation in three polls done May-July 2009. Bashardost is an eccentric populist, known for his occasionally irrational statements and the tent he terms his "office" across from Parliament. [...]	2009-08-10 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2294	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI: RETURN OF ACCUSED [...] (S/NF) Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told Task Force Mountain Warrior Commander (TFMW CDR) and State Department Regional Representative (DOS/R) on August 3 that the return from Pakistan of Haji Zaman, implicated in the murder of former Deputy President Haji Abdul Qadir, would be a test [...]	2009-08-10 08:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL2297	NOMINATION FOR REGIONAL CLO TRAINING [...] Assistant Chief of Mission, Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli, at Embassy Kabul nominates Eileen Milas to attend the Regional CLO Training to be held in Garmisch, Germany from September 28 - October 2. 2. Name of CLO: Eileen Milas Date of Birth: 03/04/1950 Effective FMA appointment date [...]	2009-08-10 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER KFLO
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
09KABUL2304	KARZAI THE CANDIDATE GIVES KARZAI THE PRESIDENT A [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's recent success in energizing political support appears to have put him in a better frame of mind about the future, making our most recent discussion of post-election strategic goals more coherent and useful. That said, he is still spending more time working on [...]	2009-08-11 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2305	SKY INTERVIEW SHOWS PARADOXES IN AFGHAN TRIBAL [...] (U) Summary: Prince Ali Seraj of the Afghan royal family hosted a gathering of tribal elders and religious scholars on August 1st to share with us information on various tribe-related issues, the current political situation, and the recent developments in their home provinces. We unexpecte [...]	2009-08-11 07:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF
09KABUL2322	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: KARZAI ANNOUNCES BUT DOESN'T [...] (U) President Karzai announced his campaign platform to the press August 10. Important elements of his public statement included promises that he will, if re-elected: -- prioritize negotiations with the Taliban -- improve security, focusing more on building up the ANA and ANP -- do more t [...]	2009-08-11 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2325	PRISONS IN LAGHMAN PROVINCE FUNCTIONING RELATIVELY [...] (C) A recent visit to Laghman prison demonstrated that penal reform in this province is moving in the right direction, although detention centers continue to suffer from a lack of resources. On August 3, a Rule of Law team from Task Force Mountain Warrior (TFMW) toured the Laghman provincial [...]	2009-08-11 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM 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
09KABUL2334	MINOR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DECRY LACK OF [...] (U) At a meeting with fifteen minor presidential candidates at the Crystal Hotel, Ambassador Carney faced a barrage of complaints and concerns from the slate of candidates. Some even threatened to hold demonstrations or boycotts of the election if their concerns are not addressed. In response, [...]	2009-08-12 13:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2335	CANADA,S REVISED COIN STRATEGY IN KANDAHAR [...] (C) Begin Summary. Representative of Canada in Kandahar Ken Lewis outlined Canada's revised COIN strategy for Kandahar, which is designed to bring greater focus of effort in a smaller, more targeted geographic area. This "Key Village Approaches" strategy has captured the attention of COMISAF [...]	2009-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF CA
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
09KABUL2346	AFGHANS TO CONTINUE POPPY ERADICATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) Hanif Atmar appealed to the U.S. not to completely reverse our public opposition to poppy cultivation. He feared that doing so would send the wrong message to farmers across Afghanistan, and lead to a surge in poppy cultivation. Atmar charged that the U. [...]	2009-08-13 15:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	SNAR PREL AF
09KABUL2347	AFGHAN MINISTERS DISCUSS COUNTER-NARCOTICS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats William Wechsler traveled to Afghanistan 28-30 July to meet with U.S., Afghan, and international officials to assess the counter-narcotics (CN) situation in Afghanistan. Meetings with the Afghan Min [...]	2009-08-13 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL 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
09KABUL2358	AFGHANISTAN'S ELECTIONS: THE VIEW FROM PANJSHIR [...] (C) Summary: As Election Day nears, accusations of foul play abound in Panjshir Province, although none of the issues raised have found their way to the Elections Complaint Commission (ECC). In a meeting with Panjshir PRT Director on August 12, Panjshir Governor Haji Mohamad Bahlol, an Abdull [...]	2009-08-15 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2359	BOMB NEAR EMBASSY KABUL KILLS SEVEN AFGHANS [...] (U) At approximately 0835 Kabul time August 15, a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) was detonated near the ISAF headquarters vehicle entrance, located approximately 100 yards from the Embassy. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) reports that se [...]	2009-08-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV ASEC 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
09KABUL2380	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH KARZAI: [...] (S/NF) Summary: In my August 11 meeting with President Karzai, I reiterated the importance of moving forward on post-election goals, including creating a compact with the international community. I emphasized that a return of Dostum to Afghanistan would be unacceptable to the United States [...]	2009-08-16 10:39:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2382	DIRECTOR OF KUCHI DIRECTORATE: FEW KUCHIS WILL [...] (C) Summary: According to Director General (DG) of the Independent Directorate of Kuchis (IDK) Abdul Wahab Sulemankheil, no female Kuchis and only 20-25% of eligible Kuchi male voters will vote in the August 20 presidential election. The DG attributes the expected low Kuchi voter turnout t [...]	2009-08-16 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR 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
09KABUL2384	IEC NIXES QUESTIONABLE GIROA SOLUTION TO ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the Afghan government initiated two local security measures - Community Based Security and a "pacification" program - intended to safeguard polling places and voters in some of the most at-risk electoral districts. While the measures were billed by the GIRoA as t [...]	2009-08-16 17:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS 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
09KABUL2401	EXBS ADVISOR July 10 TO August 15, 2009 MONTH END REPORT, [...] (U) During this report period the EXBS staff met with the Commander of Administrative Services of the Afghan Border Police, Mr. Sayed Aman Sadat to discuss installing modular border stations along the Afghan border. This project will be coordinated with the U.S Military. 2. (U) During this [...]	2009-08-17 12:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG 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
09KABUL2404	AFGHAN INTERIOR MINISTER PROMISES POLICE SUPPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Against a backdrop of GIRoA desire to expand its authority over Private Security Companies (PSCs),Afghan Minister of Interior (MinInt) Atmar has offered to provide police protection for convoys supporting Regional Command-South (RC-S),until we reach agreement on how to fold the [...]	2009-08-17 14:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	AF MARR MASS PGOV PREL
09KABUL2405	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Abdul Rashid Dostum's return to Afghanistan opens up old political wounds, but in the short term is a net vote winner for Karzai -- possibly even enough to gain him a first round victory. Karzai justified his decision "in light of recent protests in Northern Afghanistan [...]	2009-08-17 17:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2416	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: UNAMA'S ENGAGEMENT SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Kai Eide's presentation at the UNAMA meeting on post-election engagement by the International Community with the Government of Afghanistan showed considerable fidelity to the U.S.-launched Post Election Compact consultative process. Eide noted that the international communi [...]	2009-08-18 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2417	BADGHIS: THE REAL ELECTION MAY BE WON BEHIND THE [...] (C) Summary: Candidate Karzai is rumored to be making several deals in Badghis Province in order to gain Pashto votes, including payments to insurgents, release of insurgents from jail and use of official offices to campaign. Meanwhile, Deputy Provincial Election Officer (PEO) Malawi Osman H [...]	2009-08-18 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM AF SP
09KABUL2419	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: TWO DAYS OUT, KARZAI GAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: By nearly all observations, President Karzai has gained momentum in the last week with the endorsements of influential former warlords like General Abdul Rashid Dostum and Ismael Khan (ref A, B),as well as five minor presidential candidates on August 17. Further, polling data [...]	2009-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2421	INTERIOR MINISTER REACTS TO PAKISTANI COUNTERPART [...] (S) SUMMARY: Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar told us that public claims by his Pakistani counterpart that Afghanistan has admitted to hosting Anti-Pakistan terrorist training camps, an outright lie. Atmar said that Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik raised this issue when he visited A [...]	2009-08-19 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	AF PK PREL PINS PTER
09KABUL2422	POST-ELECTION COMPACT: KARZAI TEAM CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: In final pre-election consultations, President Karzai and his security team agreed to the general concept of the strategic dialogue and a post-election "compact" but had few new ideas to contribute in light of their intense focus on elections. Karzai in particular was engaged in [...]	2009-08-19 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	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
09KABUL2426	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MEDIA BAN FALLOUT, AFGHAN VOTER [...] (SBU) The Afghan government has instructed all media to refrain from reporting any "terrorist activities or movements" on elections Day. Only two Afghan outlets have reported on the ban, Radio Azadi and Pajhwok. Privately Afghan journalists say they will continue to report on terrorist attacks [...]	2009-08-19 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2429	BAMYAN LIKELY TO VOTE ALONG ETHNIC LINES BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming majority of Bamyan's Hazara population is expected to support President Karzai, with the balance favoring Hazara candidate Bashardost. The Tajik minority is expected to support Abdullah. Most observers believe Karzai will win the vote in Bamyan because most Ha [...]	2009-08-19 14:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF
09KABUL243	YOUR VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (C) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from increased U.S. military deployments. We continue to face tough challenges in Afghanistan, particularly on the security and governance front. But con [...]	2009-02-02 16:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV 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
09KABUL244	LOWER HOUSE DEPUTY SPEAKER LIKELY TO RUN FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) told the Ambassador February 1 that he will run as a candidate in this year's presidential election. Yaseni criticized President Karzai's inability to rein in corruption. He will campaign on a reformist platform that [...]	2009-02-03 04:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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, AUGUST 20, 2009 [...] (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
09KABUL2453	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: SUCCESSFUL, SUBDUED AFGHAN-LED [...] (C) Summary: Millions of Afghans had the opportunity to go to the polls today to vote for the Presidency and 420 Provincial Council seats. The traditionally dangerous areas in the south and east reported numerous small attacks, although there were no major security incidents that significan [...]	2009-08-20 19:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL246	PAKTIKA GOVERNOR CONFIRMS HIS DEPARTURE AND [...] (C) At a meeting with the Ambassador on January 29, Paktika Governor Mohammad Akram Khpalwak confirmed that he is being replaced, in all likelihood within a few days by current Kandahar NDS chief Abdul Qayum Katawazay. He expressed support for the notion of a carefully organized, government- [...]	2009-02-03 06:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2463	KUNAR GOVERNOR WAHIDI DISCUSSES MOVE TO HERAT, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 8 meeting at the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kunar offices, Kunar governor Sayed Fazullah Wahidi said he has accepted an assignment as Herat governor, to start at an unspecified date after national elections. Wahidi said election preparations in Kunar were [...]	2009-08-22 04:33:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID ECON AF MASS
09KABUL2464	LAGHMAN GOVERNOR ON INSURGENTS, POLICE, PROVINCIAL [...] (C/NF) According to Laghman Governor Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman's provincial council does not understand its duties or role, and its deputy chairman, he alleged, is a member of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG). The governor predicted that HIG would "do well in the elections." [...]	2009-08-22 04:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SNAR KJUS AF
09KABUL2465	CJTF-82 CG SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH NANGARHAR [...] (C) Summary. During an animated 90-minute meeting on August 11 with Gen. Scaparrotti and SCR-E Kilner, Governor Shirzai returned repeatedly to two central themes: working with and through Afghanistan,s tribal structure is the key to more effective government; and reforming and strengt [...]	2009-08-22 04:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF
09KABUL2466	CJTF-82 COMMANDER SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary. CJTF-82 Commanding General Scaparrotti and RC-East Senior Civilian Representative Kilner met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for 30 minutes during the PM,s trip to Ghazni on August 16. Tusk had planned to visit Poland,s combat brigade ) the largest non-American force in [...]	2009-08-22 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF
09KABUL2468	POST-ELECTION CANDIDATE POSTURING [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Hamid Karzai and presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah are both publicly positioning themselves as the winner before the International Electoral Commission's (IEC) preliminary election results are announced August 25, and both may blame fraud and lower turnout if [...]	2009-08-22 15:19:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	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
09KABUL247	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Diplomatic Security Foreign Service National Investigators selected for the FSNI Basic Course to be held at the DS Training Center from [...]	2009-02-03 09:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2470	DST SARKANI: A VIEW FROM THE FIELD [...] (S/NF) The first civilian element of District Support Team (DST) Sarkani found an absence of governance in Sarkani, despite USG investment in the physical facility for the District Headquarters. Sarkani officials will need a great deal of capacity building and mentoring to ensure that local [...]	2009-08-23 08:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON MASS AF MOPS
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
09KABUL2479	POST-ELECTION POSTURING: ABDULLAH SAYS FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told CODEL Casey on August 23 he could no longer "turn his eye" from widespread election irregularities, in particular in the southern provinces. His biggest concern remains polling centers in the south claiming 40-45 percent voter [...]	2009-08-23 17:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL248	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR MOI [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) MOI and MOD staff members selected for training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department [...]	2009-02-03 09:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL25	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT MAKES UNEVEN PROGRESS IN 2008 [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Parliament struggled to pass meaningful legislation and find a proper balance between executive and legislative authorities as its 2008 legislative session ended last month. Disorganization, chronic absenteeism and poor professional capacity hampered both house [...]	2009-01-04 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM 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
09KABUL251	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR MOD [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of three (3) MOD candidates selected for training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests expedited vetting f [...]	2009-02-03 11:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2520	THE PILOT AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION PROGRAM: SIX [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3)an Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) organization providing community-based security under the auspices of the Ministry of the Interior (MOI)has taken root in several districts of Wardak province. The Embassy and USFOR-A assess re [...]	2009-08-24 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2521	POST-ELECTION POSTURING: ABDULLAH SAYS FRAUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told CODEL Casey on August 23 he could no longer "turn his eye" from widespread election irregularities, in particular in the southern provinces. His biggest concern remains polling centers in the south claiming 40-45 percent voter [...]	2009-08-25 07:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2523	S/SRAP HOLBROOKEâ€™S AUG 22 MEETING WITH SRSG KAI [...] (C) Summary. Ambassadors Holbrooke, Eikenberry, and Ricciardone discussed post-election day scenarios with SRSG Kai Eide, DSRSG Galbraith, and UNDP two days after election day. They agreed that candidates would most likely use rationales of fraud and Pashtun disenfranchisement to discredit the outc [...]	2009-08-25 09:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2526	POST-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: FRAUD ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's supporters continue to sound confident, although some admit their leader is "weak" and will only get weaker, and more beholden to his supporters, if the election goes to a second round. Abdullah, meanwhile, is claiming that fraud in the south could steal his [...]	2009-08-25 10:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2527	GHAZNI GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ELECTION, FRAUD [...] (C) Summary. Ghazni Governor Usman Usmani told the PRT on August 23 that the election results from Pashtun-dominated districts in Ghazni would be legitimate. While Ghazni has received significant domestic and international media attention over Abdullah's allegations of election fraud in the p [...]	2009-08-25 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2528	IEC PLAYS IT SAFE IN PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced the preliminary results August 25 of approximately 10 percent of all polling stations nationwide, results that appear to have been calculated to quell increasing tensions over alleged fraud and to defuse potentially dangerous [...]	2009-08-25 16:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL256	MOI ATMAR MAKES THE CASE FOR THE AFGHAN PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since mid-January, Minister of Interior Atmar, with the support of COMUSFOR-A/COMISAF GEN McKiernan (reftel),has launched an energetic outreach initiative on behalf of the Afghan Public Protection Program (APPP). Atmar has lauded the program as a way to improve community securit [...]	2009-02-04 07:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR MASS KDEM 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
09KABUL2583	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: REACTIONS TO PARTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Following the first Independent Election Commission (IEC) announcement of results on August 25, the political outlook and the candidates' behavior has changed little--public pronouncements of mass fraud and political posturing continue--mainly because the results were inconclusiv [...]	2009-08-26 15:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL
09KABUL259	FINANCE MINISTER MAY ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi signaled this week he may resign from the Cabinet and run for president. The Afghan Millat party's executive committee, which Ahadi heads, announced Tuesday it had decided to drop its nominal support for President Karzai and endorse Ahadi. Ahadi [...]	2009-02-04 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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
09KABUL2597	POST-ELECTION POSTURING AND THE U.S. MESSAGE: [...] (S) Summary: In a series of meetings August 27, Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone stressed to the Karzai government that we are concerned about any attempts to pressure the elections process and institutions. He pressed the GIRoA publicly to reaffirm its support for the integrity of the Independe [...]	2009-08-28 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS AF
09KABUL2599	BADGHIS: GOVERNOR ARMAN REQUESTS MORE US ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: A subdued but confident Badghis Governor Delbar Jan Arman told Ambassador Eikenberry on August 13 that the situation in his province is difficult and getting worse. He requested U.S. support, both in troops and diplomatic efforts, to help overcome the lack of activity on the par [...]	2009-08-29 07:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2612	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SENIOR LEVEL MARSHALL CENTER [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (1) Afghan national selected for senior leadership training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derogatory information on these indivi [...]	2009-08-30 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2615	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: SENIOR LEVEL MARSHALL CENTER [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the name of one (1) Afghan national selected for senior leadership training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individu [...]	2009-08-31 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL263	IRAN EVICTING AFGHAN MIGRANTS, PUSHING TO CONVERT [...] (C) Summary: Iran continues to deport (illegal) Afghan economic immigrants at the rate of about 1,400 a day, despite Afghanistan's top refugee official's announcement that he had convinced Iran to stop deporting refugees and economic migrants through the winter. The official has since priva [...]	2009-02-05 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AF IR
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
09KABUL2636	PRO-KARZAI MPS ASK EMBASSY CLARIFICATION OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Election Team Ambassador Carney reiterated to a meeting of 40 pro-Karzai MPs our position of neutrality regarding presidential candidates and our commitment to helping the Afghan people achieve a successful and credible electoral process. Ambassador Eik [...]	2009-08-31 14:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2637	ELECTIONS AFTERMATH - ABDULLAH UNDER PRESSURE, [...] (S) In separate meetings August 30, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani told us that they are losing faith in the system of electoral challenges delivering a government that will have full legitimacy. President Karzai, meanwhile, is focused on his vote count and confident he will win in the [...]	2009-08-31 14:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2638	ELECTIONS AFTERMATH - ABDULLAH UNDER PRESSURE, [...] (S) In separate meetings August 30, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani told us that they are losing faith in the system of electoral challenges delivering a government that will have full legitimacy. President Karzai, meanwhile, is focused on his vote count and confident he will win in the [...]	2009-08-31 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL265	AIHRC, UNAMA FIND MIX OF CIVILIAN AND INSURGENT [...] (S/REL ISAF NATO) There are conflicting assessments of the casualties resulting from a January 24 U.S. military operation in Qader Groch village, Laghman Province. The U.S. military said its ground troops and air support killed 15 insurgents. The Afghan government claimed that 16 civilians in [...]	2009-02-05 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV 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
09KABUL2657	RESPONSE TO RFG: AFGHAN SHI'A LAW ON COUNCIL AGENDA [...] (U) This is in response to USNATO request for guidance on how NATO should respond to the revised Shia Personal Status Law (SPSL) (ref A). 2. (U) We recommend NATO focus its attention on improving women's rights in Afghanistan by supporting Afghan civil society. At this time, the majori [...]	2009-09-01 13:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2658	FM BILDT AGREES ON NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt agreed, in an August 31 meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry, to a post-election course of action for the international community in Afghanistan. Minister Bildt expressed his fears over Afghan perceptions of the upcoming conference of Special Represent [...]	2009-09-01 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	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
09KABUL2660	AFGHAN ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: THE NUMBERS AND THE [...] (C) Summary. At 47.8 percent of results announced on August 31, Hamid Karzai leads with 45.9 percent of valid votes and Dr. Abdullah Abdullah has 33.3 percent. Post projections, based on informal extrapolation from currently available data, have Karzai finishing at 49.5 percent and Abdull [...]	2009-09-01 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2668	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals selected for training at the Marshall Center. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Dep [...]	2009-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2670	President Karzai Inaugurates USAID-funded Kabul Diesel [...] (U) President Karzai and Energy and Water Minister Ismail Khan presided over the inauguration of the first phase of Kabul's USAID-financed 105 Megawatt (MW) diesel-fired power plant near Kabul on August 5. President Karzai thanked Ambassador Eikenberry, USAID Director Frej, and the U.S. people [...]	2009-09-02 14:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG ECON SENV EINV PREL 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
09KABUL2681	KARZAI ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE: SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (S) Summary: In our weekly meeting September 1, President Karzai was confident, lucid and open to areas of post-election cooperation should he be named the winner. We discussed the need to support the ongoing elections process, and he indicated that his negotiations with other candidates was [...]	2009-09-03 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2685	LATEST ELECTIONS RESULTS AND THE COMPLAINTS [...] (SBU) With 60.3% percent of polling station results announced as of September 2, Karzai has 1,744,428 votes (47.3 percent) with Abdullah at 1,201,838 votes (32.6 percent). The 3,689,715 valid votes counted so far suggest a nationwide vote count of approximately 6 million votes. This total i [...]	2009-09-04 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2689	AFGHANISTAN NOT AN IDEAL CANDIDATE FOR U.N. HUMAN [...] (C) With the outcome of the 2009 presidential election unresolved and the existence of high-profile human rights issues, Embassy Kabul believes Afghanistan is currently not an ideal candidate for a seat in the United Nations Human Rights Council (ref A). 2. (C) It is unclear whether the [...]	2009-09-06 15:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN AF
09KABUL2690	IEC TAKES POSITIVE STEP TOWARDS FINALIZING FRAUD [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Commissioners took a key step September 6 towards addressing claims of fraud in Afghanistan's presidential and provincial council vote. The IEC was supposed to rule on criteria for including or excluding all the ballots quarantined to da [...]	2009-09-06 17:26:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2692	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of an Afghan national selected for training in the United States. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Dep [...]	2009-09-07 03:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL270	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of three (3) MOD candidates selected for training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests expedited vetting f [...]	2009-02-08 11:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2713	KARZAI'S RESPONSE TO CIVILIAN CASUALTIES RENEWS [...] (SBU) An airstrike in Kunduz province provoked a new round of criticism from President Karzai against international forces. Stating that he was "deeply saddened" by the event and that "targeting civilian men and women is not acceptable," President Karzai's comments were the latest in a series [...]	2009-09-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2715	AFGHANISTAN CONCERNED OVER IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) While sharing many of the United States' concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions, several bilateral issues with Iran are likely to limit the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan GIRoA) from taking a strong public stance against Iran at this time. In our September 5 briefing [...]	2009-09-07 11:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL2748	IEC RELEASES RESULTS WITH QUESTIONABLE BALLOTS; [...] (S) Summary: Following the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) reported internal decision on September 7 to allow some suspect polling stations to be included in the vote count, the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) voted the next day to order "an audit and recount of the ballots ca [...]	2009-09-08 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2756	FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...]	2009-09-10 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS AF
09KABUL2758	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI STUMPS FOR LOYA JIRGA [...] (C) At an August 30 iftar, Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai said he had drafted a comprehensive post-election peace plan comprising three key points: the convening of a Loya Jirga to address national security, the establishment of a small council of presidential advisors on finance and secu [...]	2009-09-10 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS SCUL MOPS MASS ECON
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
09KABUL2763	DOD Business Transformation Delegation Visits Afghanistan [...] (U) The Department of Defense (DoD) Task Force on Business Development and Stability Operations -- led by Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul Brinkley -- visited Afghanistan July 26-30, 2009, chiefly to identify economic opportunities/ventures that could boost local employment significantly [...]	2009-09-10 12:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV EMIN PREL AF
09KABUL2765	AFGHANS DIVIDED OVER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AS [...] (C) Summary: Statements by tribal elders, opinion makers, and political leaders from across Afghanistan suggest a country that is deeply divided over the legitimacy of the presidential election, the validity of the vote count, and on what a second round would mean. Local media reports in the [...]	2009-09-10 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2767	TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN KARZAI AND ABDULLAH CAMPS [...] (C) Summary: Tensions between Karzai and Abdullah supporters have risen somewhat since the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) September 8 release of near total preliminary results, demonstrated by a dispute between pro-Karzai Minister of Interior Atmar and Pro-Abdullah Balkh Governor A [...]	2009-09-10 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2768	ABDULLAH THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HIS NEXT MOVE [...] (S) In a meeting September 9, presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told Ambassador Eikenberry that he had not anticipated the elections process taking so long. While he wanted to let the process play out completely he might rethink his next move in view of whether a second round would occu [...]	2009-09-10 15:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL279	WOMEN PARLIAMENTARIANS REACH OUT TO SECRETARY [...] SUMMARY. Afghan women Parliamentarians are asking to work with the new U.S. Administration to continue developmental assistance programs and to protect gains made by female politicians over the past seven years. PolOffs have spoken with several women MPs since Secretary Clinton took office [...]	2009-02-09 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV AF
09KABUL28	PALACE NIXES HIG-TALIBAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE [...] (S) The Palace will not participate in the proposed HIG-Taliban reconciliation conference touted by Gulbaddin Hekmatyr,s son-in-law Himauyun Jareer to the BBC and other media outlets on December 21. Deputy NSA Ibrahim Spenzada claims Iran is backing Jareer,s initiative to undermine the slow, [...]	2009-01-05 12:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL280	AFGHANISTAN/COUNTERNARCOTICS: UNODC REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Kai Eide, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, and Afghan Minister for Counter Narcotics Khodaidad Khodaidad jointly announced the 2009 UN Office of Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) annual Opium Rapid Assessment Survey (ORAS) at a February 1 press conferenc [...]	2009-02-09 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR DEA EAID ECON PINR PREL PTER KPAO
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
09KABUL2810	UK PRIME MINISTER BROWN VISITS HELMAND; WELCOMES ANSF FOCUS AND SEEKS METRICS TO MEASURE WAR EFFORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited Camp Leatherneck (Helmand province) August 30 and met with Ambassador Eikenberry, COMISAF General McChrystal, and 2d MEB Commanding General, BrigGen Larry Nicholson. The PM noted close cooperation between U.S. and British military units in souther [...]	2009-09-16 06:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MASS EAID AF PAK UK
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
09KABUL2814	PLUSES AND MINUSES OF TURKISH PRT IN AFGHANISTAN,S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey has taken exploratory steps toward establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in northwestern Afghanistan,s Jowzjan Province, with its coverage to extend through Sar-e-pul Province. Jowzjan and Sar-e-pul stand to gain development projects and possibly additio [...]	2009-09-16 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PINS PREL AF
09KABUL2815	ELECTORAL REFORM BILL UNLIKELY, FOR NOW [...] (C) While the Electoral Bill is currently listed on the parliamentary calendar as a priority bill, the Ministry of Justice asserts that altering the bill at this point is not allowed because the scheduled May 2010 parliamentary elections are less than a year away. However, most MPs ascertain [...]	2009-09-16 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL2816	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of an Afghan national. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by September 23, 2009. [...]	2009-09-16 15:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL2825	AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE DISCUSSES COUNTRY'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting with visiting USDA officials, Afghan Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) Rahimi said good rains this year contributed to surging agriculture production of grapes, apples, apricots, and pomegranates. He said the country is not rea [...]	2009-09-17 10:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECIN EAID 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
09KABUL2829	EXBS ADVISOR August 15 to September 12, 2009 MONTH END [...] (U) During this report period the EXBS staff and the Senior Consultant and Project Manager for Commonwealth Trading Partners, Mr. Toomas Raba held a five-day consultation visit in Kabul to discuss Legislative Development Assistance with representatives from the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]	2009-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL2830	KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]	2009-09-19 06:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2831	BASHARDOST PREACHES POPULIST GOSPEL TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with presidential candidate and MP Ramazan Bashardost at his tent near Parliament on September 14. Bashardost was congenial, often quoting U.S. Presidents like John F. Kennedy, and noting his strong support of President Obama. The Ambassador congratulated Bas [...]	2009-09-19 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2832	GHANI SEES BAD AND WORSE POST-ELECTION OPTIONS [...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani is convinced that without a national framework, Afghanistan will face a political implosion. Without a new national political architecture, Dr. Ghani's prognosis for the country is glum. He warns that the North is on the verge of implosion, K [...]	2009-09-19 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL2833	KABUL ELECTIONS: WHAT DO ORDINARY AFGHANS THINK? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite high-level consternation among Afghan and international circles, informal polling of ordinary Afghans indicates an apparent higher level of satisfaction with the recent presidential election. Afghans polled through PRTs uniformly expressed pride in what they see as a ge [...]	2009-09-19 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2834	ABDULLAH: EAGER FOR RUN-OFF CHALLENGE AND [...] (S) Summary: Presidential candidate Abdullah Abudullah is adamant that he will not be part of a new Karzai government. He believes that if Afghanistan's electoral bodies are "thorough," a second round will be necessary, and he is confident he can prevail against Karzai because the incumben [...]	2009-09-19 07:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2835	KARZAI CONFIDENT, CONCILIATORY AT SEPTEMBER 17 [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai appears to be feeling confident enough about his prospects for re-election that in his September 17 media appearance he set aside his recent bitter edge in comments about the United States. Though he continued to blame the international media for exaggerating r [...]	2009-09-19 09:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM 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
09KABUL2917	FALSE RUMORS OF ABDULLAH'S CABINET LIST [...] (C) Summary: Afghan politicians are abuzz over rumors that Abdullah has released his cabinet list, although Abdullah's spokesperson has announced that the list did not originate from the Abdullah campaign. Abdullah and many of Abdullah's supposed ministerial picks accuse the Karzai campaig [...]	2009-09-20 06:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL2918	BAMYAN GOVERNOR SAROBI PERCEIVES GROWING IRANIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bamyan Governor Habiba Sarobi revealed data to PRT DoS rep and PRT Commander showing that Karzai and Bashardost each captured approximately 49,000 votes in Bamyan. She stressed that rifts between Mohaqiq and Kalili and between MP Akbari and Deputy Governor Fahimi hurt Karzai, st [...]	2009-09-20 06:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AF IR
09KABUL2919	POST-ELECTION DOOMSDAY SCENARIOS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Some Afghan analysts and officials are forecasting potentially dire scenarios that could unfold following the announcement of the final election results. A former Afghan diplomat and political analyst, who currently works for UNAMA, predicts "a gathering storm in the north," w [...]	2009-09-20 07:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM 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

09KABUL2933	AFGHAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS TRANSBOUNDARY WATER [...] (C) Summary: After years of official reluctance to negotiate with its neighbors on transboundary water issues, Afghan government officials received the go-ahead from President Karzai to discuss capacity building for government negotiators. Before donors begin large-scale irrigation, drinking [...]	2009-09-21 15:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID SENV ECON PREL 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
09KABUL2965	COMMERCE MINISTER OUTLINES VISION FOR AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-26 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR EAID PREL AF PK
09KABUL2969	BUILDING A POLICE FORCES IN BABAJI, HELMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Helmand has a critical shortage of trained police. To address this challenge U.S. Special Forces, Task Force 72, will begin training 100 Afghans in the Babaji area. This force will be trained at FOB Price, and after they complete their training the new police will be based in th [...]	2009-09-27 06:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS KJUS AF PAK
09KABUL2992	GHAZNI CITY CALM AFTER VIOLENT DEMONSTRATIONS OVER [...] (C) Summary: Ghazni City remains calm following the violent September 10 demonstrations in response to the death of Mullah Shams, a prominent local cleric. In the aftermath of the demonstrations, Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) moved to control the situation and arrest those responsibl [...]	2009-09-28 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC 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
09KABUL2999	WHAT AFGHAN WOMEN WANT: A VIEW FROM KABUL'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over thirty female public and private sector professionals shared their concerns, hopes, and laughter with fifteen Embassy counterparts on recent news from the elections, increasing violence in the Northern provinces, and the problem of sexual harassment in universities, among o [...]	2009-09-28 13:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) Diplomatic Security Foreign Service National Investigators selected for the FSNI Basic Course to be held at the DS Training Center from [...]	2009-01-03 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL30	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI PONDERS PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] (C) Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai told PRT he would announce his candidacy for president if he received a green light from the United States. PRT informed Sherzai any decision to announce his candidacy would be his own. Sherzai believes his record as governor proves he would be an eff [...]	2009-01-06 07:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3035	BAMYAN GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT POST-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early September meetings with PRT Bamyan,s DOS rep, the Governor of Bamyan Province Habiba Sarobi confided that she is &very worried8 about Afghanistan's post-election stability, indicating that trouble could come &from the North.8 She lamented President Karzai,s decision to [...]	2009-09-29 15:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ENRG AF
09KABUL3036	AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE TALKS BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Summary: In the Foreign Minister,s absence, Deputy Foreign Minister Farahi agreed late September 28 to release the Foreign Ministry,s hold on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) re-export/smuggling study, according to Commerce Minister Shahrani. However, the Deputy Fo [...]	2009-09-29 16:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL AF PK
09KABUL3038	IS KANDAHAR CITY UNDER SIEGE? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Is Kandahar City under siege? The short answer is no. The Taliban does not intend to seize Afghanistan's second largest city, but it has increased its power in significant portions of the city and surrounding districts through infiltration, intimidation, and terrorist attacks [...]	2009-09-30 05:26:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV MOPS PREL 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
09KABUL3045	IS KANDAHAR CITY UNDER SIEGE? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Is Kandahar City under siege? The short answer is no. The Taliban does not intend to seize Afghanistan's second largest city, but it has increased its power in significant portions of the city and surrounding districts through infiltration, intimidation, and terrorist attacks [...]	2009-09-30 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV MOPS PREL 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
09KABUL3066	KABUL EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified ) protect accordingly. RESIDENTIAL SECURITY 2. (U) Assistant Ambassador convened a Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 28, 2009 to discuss the current security and housing situation in Kabul, Post Off-Compound Travel Policy, and to conduct a s [...]	2009-10-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC AF
09KABUL3068	AHMED WALI KARZAI AND GOVERNOR WEESA ON GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: in a lengthy and cordial introductory meeting with Kandahar Provincial Council Chief Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) and Governor Tooryalai Weesa, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero underscored the need for improved governance in Kandahar, and highlighted th [...]	2009-10-03 04:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3069	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by October 14, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-03 08:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL3070	AFGHAN MINISTERS UPBEAT ON MEETING NEXT FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-03 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS EAID 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
09KABUL3079	COMISAF TALKS SECURITY, ELECTIONS, RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: On September 15, COMISAF, Deputy Commander US forces Afghanistan LTGEN Rodriguez and RC-East Commander MG Scaparotti conducted a Battlefield Circulation (BFC) in Ghazni. Aside from meeting with Task Force White Eagle commanders, COMISAF held separate discussions with Ghazni Pro [...]	2009-10-04 05:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL309	KABUL APPEALS COURT AGAIN DELAYS DECISION IN DARI [...] (C) Most observers expected the Kabul Appeals Court to rule February 8 on the appeal of two individuals sentenced to 20-year prison sentences for publishing a Dari translation of the Koran without accompanying Arabic verses. The session ended without decision, and the presiding judge scheduled [...]	2009-02-10 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL3093	POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI [...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]	2009-10-04 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3095	POLITICAL RALLY STYMIED BY KARZAI [...] (SBU) Summary: A 250-participant political rally to call for an interim government not led by Karzai was likely stymied by the Presidential Palace on October 1. The Afghan National Police (ANP) blocked the event for about two hours. Presidential palace interference seems further confirmed by [...]	2009-10-04 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3099	FIRE ON SAFI AIRWAYS PLANE CARRYING AFGHAN FOREIGN [...] (U) Summary: The landing gear of a Safi Airways Boeing 737 flying Oct. 3 from Dubai to Kabul caught fire immediately upon landing at Kabul International Airport (KIA). No passengers were injured and the crew quickly and safely evacuated the plane. Foreign Minister Spanta was on the flight, re [...]	2009-10-05 13:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV 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
09KABUL3101	Security and Social Issues at Aynak Copper Mine [...] (C) Summary: Problems are delaying progress on the massive Chinese Aynak copper mine project, Afghanistan?s single largest foreign investment to date totaling almost USD 3 billion in infrastructural investment. While the mine has twice the police force of the rest of Logar province and benefits fro [...]	2009-10-05 13:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV 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
09KABUL3103	THE CABINET SELECTION PROCESS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan President has the right to select members of the Cabinet, with the endorsement of the Parliament Lower House, according to the Afghan Constitution. Ministry nominations have been rejected by the Lower House on a few occasions, and the Lower House has also issued "no c [...]	2009-10-05 18:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL3156	THREE ALLEGED JUVENILE DETAINEES IN GOOD HEALTH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, EmbOffs, CSTC-A detainee attorney John Torresala and CSTC-A Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) Embedded Training Team (ETT) Director Col. Thomas Cantwell visited the Kabul Juvenile Detention Center to meet with three juvenile detainees transferred from the [...]	2009-10-06 15:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3157	ABDULLAH'S CONCERNS: FRAUD, SECURITY, AND HIS [...] (S) Summary: Presidential challenger Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently told Ambassador Eikenberry that he objected to being lumped with President Karzai's wholesale fraud. He would contest losing legitimate votes in the IEC/ECC auditing process, but generally agrees with the auditing mechanisms. [...]	2009-10-06 16:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3161	PAKISTANIS AT KANDAHAR BORDER FLAG MEETING -- THE [...] (S) Summary. The high point of the September 29 Border Flag Meeting (BFM) in Kandahar was the Pakistani delegation leader's assertion that the Quetta Shura is an unsubstantiated fabrication. This BFM was the first at which the 5/2 Stryker Brigade joined officials from Canadian Task Force Kandahar, [...]	2009-10-07 06:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS UK AF PAK
09KABUL3165	AFGHAN WATER AND ENERGY MINISTER ISMAIL KHAN ON [...] Ismail Khan, AfghanistanQs Minister of Water and Energy, said there has to be more emphasis on building dams and water projects in his Sept. 29 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne and USAID Director William Frej. Wayne and Frej [...]	2009-10-07 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV 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
09KABUL3167	BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA CHARGES GIROA ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Summary: Governor of Balkh Province Atta Mohammad Noor has accused Minister of Interior Mohammad Hanif Atmar of plotting to destabilize Afghanistan's northern region and to assassinate him because of his support for presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah. He charged that in a recent m [...]	2009-10-07 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TU 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
09KABUL3182	AFGHAN MINISTER - AND FORMER MUJAHID - SLAMS [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Government, army, and police need to change their tactics and the Afghan Government should identify and reach out to leaders who can mobilize the population against the Taliban, Mohammed Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of Water and Energy told Coordinating Director for D [...]	2009-10-09 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON 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
09KABUL3189	AFGHANISTAN'S ECONOMIC LINKS TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan relies on Iran for about 15% of its electric power and 6% of its manufactured goods and food imports, according to official statistics. NATO forces also ship goods to Afghanistan via Iran as alternatives to Pakistani border crossings. Most of this merchandise and en [...]	2009-10-10 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ENRG PREL AF
09KABUL319	PARLIAMENT EXERCISES CHECK ON KARZAI THROUGH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Parliament's Lower House confirmed two Cabinet nominees and rejected a third this week. The votes concluded another chapter in President Karzai's often rocky relationship with legislators, who have turned to Cabinet confirmations and no-confidence votes as one of their few check [...]	2009-02-12 10:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL321	PRT ZABUL: IT'S HOT IN QALAT [...] (C) The situation in Zabul province grows increasingly tense, following a February 6 Special Forces operation near Shar-e-safa that killed six, captured three, and garnered national and international media attention. Tribal elders, religious leaders and Provincial Councils members issued pol [...]	2009-02-12 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM 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
09KABUL3227	ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY APPROVAL [...] (U) Corruption in government may be the greatest obstacle the Afghan government faces in its quest for legitimacy in the eyes of the Afghan people. Corruption directly and indirectly feeds the insurgency. 2. (C) Mission, SRAP and other Washington staff have worked hard to develop a good ove [...]	2009-10-14 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS 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
09KABUL3257	NO U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN RUSSIAN COURIER [...] (C) Regarding the points contained in the Russian nonpaper reported in reftel, Post is aware of the October 5 incident in which Global Strategy Group, a British company, attempted to search a Russian diplomatic pouch upon its arrival in Kabul. 2. (U) Global is under contract to the governme [...]	2009-10-14 11:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL RU 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
09KABUL3266	WHILE COMPLAINING ABOUT ELECTION DELAYS, AFGHAN FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal said delays in reporting election results have hurt commerce and prompted conspiracy theories among Afghans. (Septel covers his remarks about politics.) The Afghan Finance Minister said he is proceeding with plans to improve delivery of government s [...]	2009-10-14 15:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV AF
09KABUL3278	Embassy Outreach to Minister Khan of Energy and Water [...] Meeting with Afghan Water and Energy Minister Mohammed Ismail Khan October 13, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, highlighted two new initiatives. (Discussions of politics reported setpel.) The first was USAID's recent launch of a four-yea [...]	2009-10-15 09:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL3281	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by October 16, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-15 09:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3282	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by October 16, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-15 10:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3283	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests DepartmentQs review of these candidates by October 16, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-15 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL3291	BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA ON POSSIBLE KARZAI-ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Afghanistan's northern province of Balkh, Mohammed Atta Noor, enumerated preconditions for any power-sharing arrangement between the forces of President Karzai and his main challenger, Abdullah Abdullah, in the event that there is no/no runoff election. The precon [...]	2009-10-16 15:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL330	LAGHMAN GOVERNOR FACES SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF POPULAR [...] (C/NF) Two Special Operations Forces operations conducted in the Alishang district of Laghman Province on January 6 and Galuch Valley on January 23 resulted in the deaths or capture of several suspected insurgents, but also in allegations of civilian casualties. The events provoked anti-Coali [...]	2009-02-14 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PGOV 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
09KABUL332	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eleven (11) Afghan nationals for medical training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests ex [...]	2009-02-15 04:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3324	FOLLOW-UP REQUEST -- RESOURCING EFFORTS TO DISMANTLE THE NEW [...] (S) As discussed in reftel, information strongly suggests Afghanistan's New Ansari hawala network is facilitating bribes and other wide-scale illicit cash transfers for corrupt Afghan officials and is providing illicit financial services for narco-traffickers, insurgents, and criminals through an a [...]	2009-10-18 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EFIN EINV KTFN PREL AF
09KABUL3326	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SAYS ELECTIONS DELAY SPOOKING [...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat reports the Central Bank faces investor wariness stemming from the uncertain Presidential election, but the Bank's primary focus remains macroeconomic stability and piloting new projects. Fitrat reported has not met with President Karzai in [...]	2009-10-18 09:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AF
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
09KABUL3361	PARWAN'S POWER BROKERS WANT TO AVOID POST ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: A pro-Karzai member of parliament (MP) from the eastern province of Parwan told us October 18 that a decision to have a second round of elections would be a set-back for the U.S. and Afghanistan. He and other Parwan power brokers believe a violent reaction by Abdullah supporters [...]	2009-10-19 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3364	AFGHANISTAN: CAPITAL FLIGHT AND ITS IMPACT ON FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 13:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EINV EFIN KTFN PGOV AF
09KABUL3365	ENHANCING ARAB DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION IN KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 15:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL3376	UNDERSTANDING AND ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: State Department Representative to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the eastern Afghan province of Kapisa held separate conversations covering the insurgency in the province with a shura leader, radio network director/community leader and police chief in recent weeks. [...]	2009-10-20 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL3378	KARZAI AND IEC ANNOUNCE SECOND ROUND [...] (U) Summary: At a Palace press conference on October 20 President Hamid Karzai announced that there would be a second round of the elections, held in about two and a half weeks. (IEC likely will delay final signature on its certification of first-round results until October 26, so that the co [...]	2009-10-20 16:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3381	PARWAN AND KAPISA RADIO: OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: An initial assessment of the media environment in the eastern Afghan provinces of Parwan and Kapisa reveals a thriving radio community with remarkable outreach capabilities with the local population, operating in the midst of an ever-present insurgency. Two local radio station [...]	2009-10-21 05:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OIIP PROP KPAO AF
09KABUL3383	THE AGHA KHAN TRIES TO SOLVE ELECTORAL IMPASSE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The very well-informed Aga Khan told assembled ambassadors 14 October that he had met separately with President Karzai and leading opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah, and had told them that the political process in Afghanistan has failed. He urged the two candid [...]	2009-10-21 10:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL 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

09KABUL3387	THE DAY AFTER: MEETINGS WITH THE CANDIDATES [...] (S) Summary: The day after President Karzai accepted the decision which will lead to a second round in Afghanistan's presidential elections, Ambassador Eikenberry met separately with Karzai and with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to reaffirm full U.S. support for a successful second round scheduled for [...]	2009-10-21 18:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3388	MOMENTUM IN HELMAND? YES, BUT... [...] (C) SUMMARY: Focused security, governance and reconstruction efforts in Helmand Province have led to hard-won progress of the U.S. area of operations. Garmsir and Nawa Districts -- where U.S. Marines have solidified recent security gains in important, relatively densely populated centers -- s [...]	2009-10-22 04:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PINS PGOV PREL AF UK
09KABUL3389	Senator Kerry Meeting with Ismail Khan, Afghan Minister of [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Water and Energy (and former Herat Governor and mujahidin leader) Ismail Khan said October 16 that the Afghan people believe the international community is interfering in the Afghan elections and told visiting Senator John Kerry he believed many Afghan people would not [...]	2009-10-22 09:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP 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
09KABUL3392	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by November 5, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-22 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3394	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by November 5, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-22 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3395	SECOND ROUND PLANNING BEGINS IN EARNEST [...] (S) Summary: Now that President Karzai has accepted the decision to hold a second round on November 7, other elements of Afghan society have been quick to follow. Preparations in the areas of security, fraud mitigation, and voter education have reportedly begun within the central and local go [...]	2009-10-22 16:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL3396	NURISTANIS JOCKEYING AHEAD OF POST-ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the denouement of Afghanistan's prolonged election drama, Nuristani political figures are positioning themselves for the likely shuffle of governors under a new administration. To his rivals, Governor Jamaluddin Badr looks like an easy target. Although a strong, deft l [...]	2009-10-22 21:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AF
09KABUL3397	SECOND ROUND PLANNING BEGINS IN EARNEST [...] (S) Summary: Now that President Karzai has accepted the decision to hold a second round on November 7, other elements of Afghan society have been quick to follow. Preparations in the areas of security, fraud mitigation, and voter education have reportedly begun within the central and local go [...]	2009-10-24 07:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV 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
09KABUL3404	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM DR. [...] (U) Embassy Kabul received the letter below on October 10, 2009 from Afghanistan Presidential Candidate Dr. Abdullah congratulating President Obama on his Nobel Peace Prize. Embassy Kabul will forward the original Diplomatic Note and signed letter to the White House upon arrival. 2. (U) Beg [...]	2009-10-25 10:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPDC OPRC 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
09KABUL3409	NURISTAN,S GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN: PORTRAIT OF AN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Habitually attired in blindingly white baggy trousers and tunic, Governor Jamaluddin Badr is the very picture of the present Afghan bourgeoisie: proud of his conservative religious credentials, fascinated with modern luxuries, and focused on narrow concerns. His weaknesses as [...]	2009-10-26 04:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KBIO PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3410	OPPORTUNITY TO SHORE UP EU EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) According to a senior source at the European Union (EU) mission in Kabul, on October 28-29 the EU foreign ministers will take a significant vote on a proposal to initiate a "civilian surge" in Afghanistan. Having spen [...]	2009-10-26 05:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3414	ABDULLAH'S SECOND-ROUND BRINKMANSHIP [...] (S) Summary: Afghanistan's political brinkmanship has entered a new round. While Karzai rallies the Pashtun community to vote en masse for him on November 7 and displays no interest in coalescing with rival Dr. Abdullah, Abdullah is edging towards a new precipice in suggesting he may boyc [...]	2009-10-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3418	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by November 9, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-10-26 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
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
09KABUL3420	ENGAGING KARZAI'S INNER CIRCLE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (S) Summary: The Embassy continues to engage both Karzai and Abdullah confidants to prevent political slippage and to solidify our message before the November 7 presidential run-off. We are recognizing President Karzai's correct but difficult decision to accept a second round and the pivot [...]	2009-10-26 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3423	AFGHANS WITH CODEL BURR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM 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
09KABUL3429	AFGHAN ELECTIONS: MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT SECOND ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The current mood in the provinces regarding the second round of the presidential election varies widely throughout Afghanistan. Government officials and members of the public, mostly supporters of President Karzai, express fatigue with this protracted political process, and qu [...]	2009-10-27 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3431	AFGHAN FIRST: BUILDING AFGHAN CAPACITY, LEADERSHIP, AND [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Kabul and USFOR-A intend to implement "Afghan First" to support Afghan leadership, capacity, and sustainability. Procuring goods and services from Afghan companies promotes economic development, supports the growth of a modern and competitive business sector, and boosts Afghan [...]	2009-10-27 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3433	HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION ARRESTS CONDUCTED BY GIROA MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Afghanistan has scored several firsts against corruption as Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF) investigators from the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested the Chief of the Border Police of Kandahar, Brigadier General Saifullah Hakim, and t [...]	2009-10-27 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KJUS KCRM KCOR PGOV AF
09KABUL3438	EXBS ADVISOR September 12 to October 25, 2009 MONTH END [...] (U) EXBS staff and a Commonwealth Trading Partner (CTP) legislative Development Expert completed consultations on export control legislation with the GIRoA; EXBS approved two modifications to a contract for refurbishment to a server room for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry; met with a Cus [...]	2009-10-27 11:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG 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
09KABUL3442	PRESSING AFGHANS ON VOA MEDIUM-WAVE TRANSMITTING STATION IN [...] (SBU) In a meeting on October 26, Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone pressed Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta again to urge Minister of Culture and Information Khorram to allow the final construction and operation of a medium-wave transmitting station in Khost. Once operational, the tower, operated b [...]	2009-10-27 14:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS OIIP PROP BBG ECIN PREL PK AF
09KABUL3443	PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Although preliminary Provincial Council results for 30 of the 34 Provinces have been released, no final results have been certified because the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) has not been able to finalize its investigations. The ECC is working to investigate 630 "priority [...]	2009-10-27 15:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3444	HELMAND UPDATE: FOOD ZONE ALLEGATIONS ARE BUILDING [...] (C) Begin Summary. Governor Mangal is working steadily to expand an effective GIRoA presence to the district level and continues to prove himself a pragmatic and energetic governor in Helmand. However, the continued drumbeat relating to abuses involving his signature Food Zone program have not [...]	2009-10-27 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL3445	ABDULLAH DEFLATED [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with Karzai, Abdullah and several of their key advisors separately on October 26 - 27. Each side expressed appreciation for our contacts with them and the opposite camp in support of the election process and at the same time, a possible political accom [...]	2009-10-27 17:19:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3458	KAJAKI DAM: MORE ENERGY AWAITS ENHANCED SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 15:03:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EAID EFIN ENRG KPWR PGOV AF
09KABUL3459	ABDULLAH AND KARZAI TO MEET ALONE OCT 28 [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone and UN Special Representative Kai Eide continued pressing the Abdullah and Karzai camps on October 28 to meet face-to-face to attempt to reach an understanding on whether and how they can collaborate on a reformist national unity program. In return [...]	2009-10-28 15:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3464	GE Advocacy Request: Afghan Bidding Process Suspended [...] Responding to a request from the Department of Commerce's Trade Advocacy Center, Embassy Kabul has confirmed the bona fides of two international firms. The companies, ANHAM LLC and AIP LLC, have formed a joint venture to sub-contract a $10.9 million generator set to General Electric's Marine a [...]	2009-10-29 07:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ENRG EFIN AF
09KABUL3465	Commerce Minister Shahrani highlights U.S.-Afghan Business [...] Summary: Afghan Minister Shahrani praised current USAID-funded Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) development activities to Amb. Wayne, noting especially USG support to strengthen Afghan value-added in the carpet and cashmere industries. Shahrani also wants to provide additional economic opport [...]	2009-10-29 07:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD BEXP ECON ELAB PHUM SCUL OPIC PGOV AF
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
09KABUL3472	KAJAKI DAM: MORE ENERGY AWAITS ENHANCED SECURITY [...] (S/REL ISAF, AFG) SUMMARY: The Kajaki Power Dam project in Northern Helmand -- a signature U.S. development program in pre-war Afghanistan undergoing rehabilitation for several years -- could generate sufficient electricity to benefit 330,000 residents of Helmand and Kandahar provinces. Compl [...]	2009-10-29 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EAID EFIN ENRG KPWR PGOV AF
09KABUL3473	WARDAK GOVERNOR FEDAI CRITICIZES ON ELECTION RUNOFF [...] (C) Summary: On 25 October Wardak Governor Fedai expressed his concerns to Task Force (TF) Spartan about the upcoming election runoff. He believes the international community made a "very big mistake" by pressing President Karzai for a second round. According to Fedai, the public image of Pre [...]	2009-10-29 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3474	RUMORS OF KORAN BURNING INCITE PROTESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of protests have broken out in several Afghan provinces over the past 10 days sparked by allegations that ISAF forces burned a copy of the Koran in a village near Kabul. Following initial protests in Nangarhar and Wardak provinces, several well-organized student protests [...]	2009-10-29 16:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3477	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by November 14, 2009. 3 [...]	2009-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3478	ELECTIONS ENDGAME: ABDULLAH CLOSE TO CONCEDING [...] (S) Summary: Abdullah appears in the final stage of a decision to withdraw from the election, wtih an announcement most likely to take place on Sunday November 1. Meanwhile, Karzai's camp entered more productive negotiations with Abdullah (with a major bid for positions from Abdullah suppor [...]	2009-10-31 19:13:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	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
09KABUL348	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of three (3) MOD candidates selected for training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests expedited vetting f [...]	2009-02-15 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3480	PAVING THE WAY FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE APTTA [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan,s chief negotiator for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA),Adib Farhadi, talked to EconOffs Oct 29 regarding the recent flap resulting from the Afghan MFA,s foot-dragging on transmitting the terms of reference for the study on unauthorized trade. [...]	2009-11-01 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID 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
09KABUL3484	ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: THE DOOR STAYS OPEN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Abdullah Abdullah made public his decision to withdraw from the Presidential race on November 1, conducting a meeting-announcement in front of about 1000 followers and a formal press conference later in the day. His tone was critical of the Karzai government, especially the I [...]	2009-11-01 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3485	ABDULLAH'S WITHDRAWAL: PRELIMINARY LEGAL ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: Following Dr. Abdullah Abdullah's November 1 speech withdrawing from the Presidential election, there are legal questions that must be answered in coming days. The ECC's Legal Advisor, Peter Lepsch, provided his preliminary analysis of the options under the Afghan Constitution and [...]	2009-11-01 14:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3487	OCTOBER 27 MEETING WITH BALKH GOVERNOR ATTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-01 17:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3492	NAJIBULLAH MOJADDEDI ON REINTEGRATION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent meetings with Embassy officials, Special Advisor to the President on Health and Education Dr. Najibullah Mojaddedi: -- singled out insurgents who felt wronged by GIRoA and the international community as those most predisposed to reintegrate; -- assesse [...]	2009-11-02 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS AF
09KABUL3493	IEC ANNOUNCEMENT: KARZAI DECLARED THE WINNER [...] (U) Summary: While the possibility of a legal challenge remains to the just announced IEC declaration of Karzai as the newly elected President of Afghanistan, only challenger Abdullah or Karzai himself could potentially force the issue to the Supreme Court. Abdullah is debating the nature of h [...]	2009-11-02 15:28:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3494	FIRST REACTIONS TO ABDULLAH'S ANNOUNCEMENT: RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: While many Afghan interlocutors are glad that the long and tumultuous 2009 Presidential elections process might be over, the political classes apparently have not given up their deal-making. The night of his November 1 press conference withdrawing from the race, Dr. Abdullah had [...]	2009-11-02 16:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3500	AFGHANISTAN: POST ELECTION MOMENTUM [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paras 2-4. 2. (S) Immediately following the final certification of the Afghan election November 2, we enter a short period of waiting for any legal challenges to be raised and answered. We expect that the next stage will be the announcement of an i [...]	2009-11-03 08:24:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	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
09KABUL3503	CONFLICTING VIEWS WITHIN AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Contacts within the Afghan National Security Committee (NSC) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) appear ambivalent regarding the overall value of de-listing individuals from UNSCR 1267. FM Spanta's senior advisor said that re-integrating individuals "won't change the Taliban" [...]	2009-11-03 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
09KABUL3505	STOPPING THE PROLIFERATION OF FERTILIZER-BASED [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kabul is implementing an action plan in conjunction with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA),the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and partner embassies to halt the proliferation of fertilizer-based homemade explosives (HME). Ins [...]	2009-11-03 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER ETTC EAGR KDEM MOPS PGOV AF WA PK
09KABUL3506	THE MORNING AFTER: THE KARZAI CAMP LOOKS AHEAD [...] (S) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Eikenberry November 3, the day after being declared the winner of the presidential elections, President Karzai appeared ready to get to work on his second term, buoyed by the call from President Obama. He accepted the need for forward momentum: his i [...]	2009-11-03 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL354	KARZAI AND OPPONENTS SQUARE OFF ON CONTINUITY OF [...] (C) First Vice President Massoud declared at a 2/16 Cabinet meeting his intent to resign as of 5/21. He called on President Karzai to do the same, and hand power to a caretaker government until the 8/20 election. Karzai told the Ambassador strongly and categorically that he would not hand po [...]	2009-02-16 18:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3543	AFGHAN FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT, CANDID ABOUT WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Eikenberry met with Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal to discuss funding mechanisms, efforts to increase revenue, and policy positioning for a second Karzai administration. Zakhilwal expressed optimism and indicated he would work to ensure capable leaders are assigned to [...]	2009-11-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3553	ABDULLAH: NO LEGAL CHALLENGE TO IEC DECISION, [...] (U) Summary: Runner-up in Afghanistan's Presidential election Abdullah Abdullah announced publicly that though he considered the IEC decision declaring Hamid Karzai the winner to be illegal, he would not challenge it in the courts. Instead, he made it clear that he planned to challenge Hamid K [...]	2009-11-04 14:13:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3556	PRESIDENT KARZAI AND GENERAL PETRAEUS DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a October 29 meeting, CENTCOM Commander GEN Petraeus and President Karzai reaffirmed a common commitment to vigorous efforts to combat corruption; they also reviewed the status of counter-insurgency efforts in the South, especially Helmand. Petraeus clarified for Karzai that t [...]	2009-11-05 05:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3557	EMBASSY KABUL VIEWS ON EUPOL EXPANSION IN REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL) hopes to expand its operations into Regional Command East (RC-E),specifically to Jalalabad Airfield and FOB Mehtarlam in Laghman Province. It proposes formalizing this understanding with signed letters of agreement for [...]	2009-11-05 05:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS MARR EUN NATO 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
09KABUL3570	AFGHANISTAN MOVES UP EIGHT PLACES IN THE WORLD BANK'S DOING [...] Summary: While still low-ranked as a place to do business, Afghanistan did ratchet up - from 168 to 160 - among 183 countries ranked by the World Bank in its recent Doing Business Report for 2010. Moreover, Afghanistan was also the only country in South Asia to improve its ranking. Improve [...]	2009-11-05 17:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD EAID EAGR PGOV AF
09KABUL3571	COMMERCE MINISTER ADDRESSES AF-PAK TRANSIT TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Minister Shahrani commented briefly November 4 on the status of the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) and his Ministry's plans to seek World Trade Organization (WTO) membership. Shahrani said he personally proposed to the Pakistan side two sets of dat [...]	2009-11-05 17:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EAID PREL PK AF
09KABUL3573	CONDOLENCE LETTER FROM FM SPANTA TO SECRETARY [...] (U) Embassy Kabul received the following Diplomatic Note and Letter dated October 26 from the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta. The original letter was written in Dari and the following is a translation. 2. (U) Begin Text Her Excellency Hillary Clinton Secretary of Sta [...]	2009-11-07 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPDC OPRC
09KABUL3574	Chinese Firm Again Frontrunner for Major Afghan Mining [...] (C) Summary: China Metallurgical Group (MCC),the Chinese state-owned firm operating the Aynak copper mine, is a leading bidder for the multi-billion dollar Hajigak iron ore mine in Bamyan. If MCC wins the contract, it will have the two largest foreign investments in Afghanistan as well as be runni [...]	2009-11-07 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
09KABUL3587	AFGHAN MFA REBUKES UN SRSG ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) In a sharply-worded statement November 6, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta sharply rebuked UNAMA SRSG Kai Eide for comments at a November 5 press conference. Spanta accused Eide, and "some political and diplomatic circles and propaganda agencies of certain foreign countries" [...]	2009-11-09 04:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3595	PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: PLENTY OF FRAUD BUT [...] (S) Summary: The sustained dispute between the Independent Election Commission (IEC) and the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) over the final percentages in the August 20 Afghan Presidential election appears to have hampered the ability and desire of either organization to investigate wide [...]	2009-11-09 16:42:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL360	MOI ATMAR TAKES ACTION AGAINST CORRUPT OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In a recent meeting of the International Police Coordination Board, Minister of Interior Atmar told the International Community that they should expect to see action against corrupt MOI and Afghan National Police officials over the next few days. Over the past week, Atmar follow [...]	2009-02-17 10:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL AF
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
09KABUL3625	CABINET RUMORS - TEN DAYS BEFORE INAUGURATION [...] (S) Summary: Afghan political circles are abuzz with cabinet rumors, as fake cabinet lists begin circulating again (Ref. A),and clans and individuals lobby Karzai and his team for plum cabinet positions. The "money" ministries offering the most opportunities for graft are attracting the most [...]	2009-11-10 09:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3633	PLANNED SOUTH KOREAN PRT IN AFGHANISTAN: A FEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-11 14:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL KS AF
09KABUL3634	OPTIONS FOR FACILITATING A KOREAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-ISAF message. 2. (S/REL ISAF) Summary: To facilitate the Republic of Korea,s (ROK) efforts to follow through on its offer to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, Embassy Kabul and the International Security Assistance Force for Af [...]	2009-11-11 18:10:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL KS AF
09KABUL3635	OPTIONS FOR FACILITATING A KOREAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-ISAF message. 2. (S/REL ISAF) Summary: To facilitate the Republic of Korea,s (ROK) efforts to follow through on its offer to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, Embassy Kabul and the International Security Assistance Force for Af [...]	2009-11-11 20:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM MOPS PGOV PREL NZ KS AF
09KABUL3638	INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT CORRUPTION TASK FORCE HELPING [...] Current levels of corruption in Afghanistan undermine security, development, and rule of law objectives, damage the legitimacy of the Afghan government, and contribute to the country's illicit narcotics trade. At a recent interagency presentation in Kabul, the work of International Contract Co [...]	2009-11-12 04:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
09KABUL3639	Trans-boundary Water Issues: The Way Forward in Afghanistan [...] (C) Summary: As senior Afghan officials continue calling publicly for large dam and hydropower projects, Afghanistan's downstream neighbors -- Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan -- are watching carefully, concerned that Afghan actions could affect their water inflow and economic sta [...]	2009-11-12 04:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
09KABUL3640	KARZAI'S CHIEF OF STAFF MOVES AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (S) D/Ambassador Ricciardone met November 10 with presidential chief of staff Daudzai to express our deep concern about rumours we heard that convicted drug trafficker Ismael Safed - currently serving a 16 year sentence - might be imminently pardoned. Daudzai said, "not to worry one bit," th [...]	2009-11-12 09:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	DEA JUS PGOV PINR PREL
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
09KABUL366	AFGHANISTAN: UNREGULATED HAWALAS (MONEY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Hawalas or Sarafs represent the primary source of funds transfer within Afghanistan, accounting for an estimated 80-90% of total transfer among individuals and small businesses. While the majority of hawala fund transfers are for legitimate purposes, sensitive reporting continue [...]	2009-02-18 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ECIN ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR KCRM PGOV PINR PTER
09KABUL3661	UNCONVENTIONAL SECURITY FORCES -- WHAT'S OUT THERE? [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the international community works to grow the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF),local communities and the Afghan government (GIRoA) are resorting to various unconventional security forces to protect communities from insurgents. These forces range from the U.S.-supported, [...]	2009-11-12 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PINS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3662	THE GRUNTLED AND DISGRUNTLED - AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Embassy met separately with each of the leading electoral also-rans - Abdullah, Bashardost, Ghani and Yasini -- over the past week to gauge their reactions to the outcome of the election and discuss future plans. Apart from Karzai, these are the only candidates to [...]	2009-11-13 10:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3663	UN IN AFGHANISTAN: SECURITY DRAWDOWN MAY NOT [...] (S) Summary: Two weeks after an attack on a UN guest house in Kabul that left five UN employees dead, top UN officials assert that operations will proceed basically unhindered. The attacks were devastating to the UN community and left many junior and mid-level UN staff debating whether adeq [...]	2009-11-13 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3665	ESTABLISHING SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Ref (A) announced the creation of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command - East (RC-E) and Regional Command-South (RC-S),as well as a new structured civilian presence throughout Afghanistan, to achieve USG and coalition civ-mil unity of effort. Ref ( [...]	2009-11-14 03:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF APER
09KABUL3666	ESTABLISHING SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Ref (A) announced the creation of the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) positions in Regional Command East (RC-E) and Regional Command-South (RC-S),as well as a new structured civilian presence throughout Afghanistan, to achieve USG and coalition civ-mil unity of effort. Ref (A) [...]	2009-11-14 03:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF APER
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
09KABUL3677	WELCOME TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, We warmly welcome you to Afghanistan. Your visit caps a period of political and security challenges here, which we see moving into a new phase of consolidation. The Afghan government and public appreciate our increases in civilian personnel; our continued military pr [...]	2009-11-16 12:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV EAID AMGT PREL ECON AF
09KABUL3678	2010 ELECTIONS: OPEN TO DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decisions must be made rapidly regarding the date for the Parliamentary, District Council, and Mayoral elections scheduled for 2010. The USG, UNAMA, and other donors must debate the pros and cons regarding holding the elections as scheduled in the spring, delaying them until su [...]	2009-11-16 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL3679	SUSPENDED ANIMATION: KABUL'S INAUGURATION AND [...] (C) Summary: In the days before President Karzai's November 19 inauguration, the Kabul political buzz about the future cabinet is relatively subdued, in large part confined to the circulation of fake lists and rumors. In private, the Palace is asking for U.S. input but the real decisions will [...]	2009-11-16 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3700	KARZAI'S INAUGURATION SPEECH: PREVIEW [...] (S) Summary: After weeks of quiet interventions and outright drafting support, the U.S. appears to have gotten most of our priorities into the inauguration speech draft as of November 17. Karzai is capable of undermining this progress by inserting criticisms of the international community th [...]	2009-11-17 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3701	AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND: QUARTERLY DONORS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 11. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the November 10 quarterly review meeting with donors of the World Bank's Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF),Finance Minister Zakhilwal challenged the international community to channel more assistance through t [...]	2009-11-17 14:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON 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
09KABUL371	KARZAI-MASSOUD TENSIONS HIGHLIGHT EXECUTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Karzai and First Vice President Ahmad Zia Massoud clashed over post-May 21 executive authority and Massoud's presidential ambitions during a February 16 Cabinet meeting, shocking those present with the personal nature of their remarks. Karzai pressured Massoud to resig [...]	2009-02-20 02:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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
09KABUL3714	(C) AFGHAN COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Reform-minded Afghan Commerce Minister Shahrani, who hopes for U.S. support to keep a ministerial job, argued on November 15 that President Karzai is under heavy pressure from Afghan politicians to accept less than ideal ministers and urged that the US and other donors talk not onl [...]	2009-11-18 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3719	EXBS ADVISOR OCTOBER 25 to NOVEMBER 10, 2009 MONTH END [...] (U) EXBS Program Coordinator Roohullah Shaikaib accompanied an Afghan delegation to the United States for training and meetings in Washington from October 24 to November 14. EXBS Advisor worked with Allied Machinery Ltd. to service two forklifts, provided by EXBS to the Afghan Customs Service, [...]	2009-11-18 18:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG 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
09KABUL3720	EXBS 2009 PROGRAM PLAN FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Post concurs with reftel's proposed programming but recommends modifications to three items: --Cross Border training for Afghan, Tajik, Uzbek, and Turkmen Customs officers at Towraghundi, Heratan, Shir Kan Bandar, Torkham, and Islan Qalah: Security and lodging concerns at these locations [...]	2009-11-18 18:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EINV KSTC MTCRE PARM PREL AF
09KABUL3721	AGRICULTURE IN PANJSHIR: FERTILE GROUND FOR U.S. [...] (U) Summary: Small family farming is the staple of Panjshir Province's economy, making it a high priority for the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),as well as for Governor Bahlol Bahji, who declared 2009 to be the &Year of Agriculture in Panjshir.8 Local farmers make good use of the vall [...]	2009-11-19 04:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PGOV 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
09KABUL3725	KARZAI'S INAUGURATION - LEGITIMACY, POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's November 19 inuaguration ceremony emphasized his domestic and international legitimacy, possibly laying to rest his government's fears that their troubled electoral victory would come back to undermine his second term. Karzai's strong roots with the "mujahedee [...]	2009-11-19 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF
09KABUL3727	NAWA: ASSASSINATIONS CAST A PALL OVER RECENT GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 31 assassination of the chairman of the newly-formed Nawa District Community Council, and the November 10 assassinations of the deputy chairman and an additional council member, represent serious setbacks in one of Helmand Province,s most important districts. Helm [...]	2009-11-19 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL3729	IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY THIS WINTER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY: Although 2009 saw the largest harvest in Afghanistan in 30 years, food insecurity continues to affect approximately one-third of rural households, with an additional 30% facing periodic food security problems. The lack of purchasing power is now the primary cause of food insecurity, [...]	2009-11-19 18:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON 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
09KABUL3733	HELMAND VIEWS ON U.S. TROOP LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a three-week period in October, PRT Helmand obtained a wide range of Afghans views (more than 75 in all) on the issue of U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan. A majority thought that, under any scenario, the country,s security problems will not be solved soon, with many referen [...]	2009-11-21 11:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF CAN
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
09KABUL3742	PROSPECTS FOR NEXT AFGHAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) In UNAMA's November 21 weekly ambassadorial-level meeting, UK Ambassador Sedwill announced that UK, U.S., French, and German capitals, and President Karzai had all concurred that the next conference on Afghanistan will take place on 28 January 2010 in London. According to the UK and Fren [...]	2009-11-22 07:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UN AF
09KABUL3743	Afghan Clean Energy and Water Supply Programs: Meeting [...] Summary: This message summarizes two new USAID programs addressing critical energy and water needs that will rely on Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers to identify and prioritize specific projects in the field. These two programs are flexible, responding to on-the-ground, demand-dr [...]	2009-11-22 08:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG SENV 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
09KABUL3746	WARDAK GOVERNOR FADAI COMPLAINS TO IDLG ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: During a mid-November conversation with Task Force Spartan leadership, Wardak Governor Fadai said that he has complained in a number of written reports to GIROA,s Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) that Turkish PRT projects are &poor8 and that the PRT does not ex [...]	2009-11-23 13:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID PREL AF TU
09KABUL3748	RC/SOUTH SENIOR CIVILIAN REP MEETS WITH KANDAHAR [...] (C//REL TO ISAF) Summary: Regional Command - South Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero discussed local security and governance issues and introduced U.S. stabilization programs in meetings on November 16 with Kandahar Governor Tooryalai Wesa, Kandahar City Mayor Haider Hamidi [...]	2009-11-24 05:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PTER PREL AF
09KABUL376	PRESIDENT KARZAI PREVIEWS STRATEGIC REVIEW IDEAS [...] (C NF) President Karzai on February 15 told Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Flournoy that his government welcomed the opportunity to join in the USG's strategic policy review. He suggested his team likely would advocate for: 1) greater efforts to target terrorist leaders and sanctuaries in Pak [...]	2009-02-21 04:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF PK IR
09KABUL3765	SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO DELIVER MOU FOR MADRID'S [...] (C/NF) Summary: Assistant Ambassador delivered our proposed Memorandum of Understanding on Life Support, Mobility and Security for U.S. civilians assigned to coalition-led PRTs in Afghanistan (septel) to Spanish Ambassador Jose Turpin Molina on November 22. Ambassador Turpin was pleased to re [...]	2009-11-24 10:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PTER AF SP
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
09KABUL377	FM SPANTA ON HOLBROOKE VISIT, KARZAI INTERVIEWS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Spanta told the Ambassador on 2/17 that the visit of Ambassador Holbrooke led to renewed Afghan commitment to combating threats to the bilateral relationship. He also stressed that recently released press interviews with President Karzai predated the recent agreement to kee [...]	2009-02-21 06:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3772	SETTING THE AGENDA FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: With the date for the next Afghanistan conference set for January 28 in London, ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on November 23 discussed potential agenda items for the London meeting and a number of other Afghan-related conferences anticipated over the next few months. In addition t [...]	2009-11-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN 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
09KABUL378	NANGARHAR KUCHI DIRECTOR: THE KUCHIS NEED [...] (SBU) The Nangarhar Provincial Director of the Kuchi Directorate said in a January 27 meeting that the main problems facing the Kuchi people are: 1) lack of education, 2) insufficient healthcare, 3) lack of potable water, and 4) lack of grazing land and veterinary services for livestock. The [...]	2009-02-21 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL USAID AF
09KABUL3785	NURISTAN,S NEW PROVINCIAL COUNCIL: MURKY POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: The nine Provincial Council members who may be elected in Nuristan Province when results are certified by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) are a clean sweep: neither of the two competing incumbents would return to office. Islamic scholars who support Salafist Governor J [...]	2009-11-25 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL3787	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 1, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-11-25 16:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3788	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 8, 2009. 3. [...]	2009-11-25 16:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL3789	SPANTA PLUGS KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of foreign ambassadors on November 25, Afghan Foreign Minster Rangeen Spanta highlighted the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan's (GIRoA's) request that a high-level conference, hopefully at the ministerial level, be convened in Kabul in early 2 [...]	2009-11-25 17:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3790	POSITIVE SHAKEUP IN KHOST AFTER PROVINCIAL LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first two months in office, acting Governor of Khost Province Tahir Khan Sabari has performed well, successfully restoring a baseline level of government in Khost and taking an active role in public outreach. The former Deputy Governor, Sabari took over from the ineffect [...]	2009-11-27 03:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL3798	POMEGRANATES RIPE FOR COIN: A COUNTERINSURGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: TaGab, a GIRoA critical district and home to thriving Taliban, Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin (HiG),and criminal networks, has been targeted by Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Kapisa as the focus of its counterinsurgency efforts. The initial phase of the effort, &Operation Red, [...]	2009-11-28 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS EAID AF
09KABUL3799	CABINET RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Karzai's inaugural day assertion that "the ministers of Afghanistan must possess integrity and be professionals serving the nation," both Afghans and internationals are awaiting Karzai's announcement of his Cabinet picks. Karzai's candidates must be confirmed [...]	2009-11-28 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL3801	AFGHAN NSA: KARZAI WILLING TO PUBLICLY ENDORSE [...] (C) Summary: Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Zalmay Rassoul previewed President Karzai's next steps on key governance issues in our November 29 meeting. He predicted that Karzai would announce cabinet appointments on or around December 15, followed by appointments to his presidential [...]	2009-11-29 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3802	MORE TROOPS IN KANDAHAR? DEPENDS ON WHAT'S ALREADY THERE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over a two-week period in November, personnel from Regional Platform/South (RP/S) spoke with Kandahari government and security officials, and collected reactions from a range of Afghans across the province to assess whether people felt an increase in U.S. troops in their area wo [...]	2009-11-29 15:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV 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
09KABUL3812	AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]	2009-11-30 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AFIN
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
09KABUL3819	UNAMA SEEKS CLEAR AGENDA FOR LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (C) In the weekly ambassadorial meeting held on November 30 at UNAMA, SRSG Kai Eide began by raising the importance of reaching agreement among the donor countries and UNAMA on the key agenda items for the London Conference, which UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon confirmed would take place on [...]	2009-11-30 16:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL382	PRT NURISTAN: GOVERNOR JAMALUDDIN OFF TO A SLOW [...] (C) Nearly three months after his appointment as governor, Jamaluddin Badr has yet to make an impact on key political, security and development issues in Nuristan. Jamaluddin,s analysis of the situation does, however, demonstrate a critical understanding of the province,s most important issue [...]	2009-02-22 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3820	SRSG EIDE CALLS FOR UNAMA RESTRUCTURING [...] (C) Summary: Speaking privately to a gathering of ambassadors in Kabul on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide confided that he had sent a cable to UN HQ suggesting an overhaul of UNAMA's structure. Eide described the "terrible" recruitment process that has hindered UNAMA's performance in Afghanistan, [...]	2009-11-30 17:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3821	UNAMA: BLEAK PROSPECTS FOR 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Setting the scene for the ambassadors gathered at the weekly meeting at UNAMA on November 30, SRSG Kai Eide said that if Afghanistan's Parliamentary and District Council elections were to be held as scheduled on May 22, 2010, they must be announced by December 27. Therefore, the [...]	2009-11-30 18:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3823	CHALLENGES CONFRONTING NATO TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) was formally declared to be at &initial operating capability8 (IOC) on November 21, when U.S. LTG William Caldwell assumed command of NTM-A and the pre-existing, U.S.-only Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanist [...]	2009-12-01 01:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL3824	2010 Afghan International Women of Courage Nominees [...] Women in Afghanistan face extraordinary circumstances that frequently prevent them from attending school, working outside the home, or even living free from the fear of becoming the victim of domestic violence. However, the number of courageous Afghan women who fight against pervasive cultural [...]	2009-12-01 04:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL383	HELMAND MPS DELIVER THANKS BUT ALSO WARNINGS [...] (SBU) At a February 2, UK-hosted dinner for Members of Parliament from Helmand Province, the MPs collectively delivered four messages. First, they expressed appreciation for the assistance and sacrifices being offered up by the international community, particularly the U.S.; but the mistake [...]	2009-02-22 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM 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
09KABUL3844	AFGHANISTAN'S GHAZNI PROVINCE GOVERNOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In early November, Ghazni Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives met with Governor Usman Usmani to discuss the presidential election outcome and a way forward on our governance agenda. Usmani, a strong Karzai supporter, expressed his support for the Afghan Independ [...]	2009-12-01 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
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
09KABUL3851	REINTEGRATION: LESSONS FROM +MULA SULAIMAN, CASE [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 21 international media Agence France Presse reported that 80 "Taliban militants" led by Mula Sulaiman, a former Border Police Commander, had laid down their arms in Herat and joined the Afghan National Police (ANP). In fact, the First Deputy Interior Minister [...]	2009-12-02 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3852	KOREA MOVES AHEAD WITH PLANS FOR PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary and comment: During his five-day visit to Afghanistan, November 12-17, Korean Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Lee Yong-joon solidified Korean plans to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in eastern Afghanistan's Parwan Province. In meetings at I [...]	2009-12-02 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV KS AF
09KABUL3853	US-AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP CREATES NEW INSTITUTIONS TO FIGHT [...] Summary: Seven Ministerial level speakers joined the Ambassador and UK Ambassador in stressing the importance of reducing corruption in Afghanistan at an Embassy-organized media event in Kabul on November 16. At this event highlighting growing bilateral and multilateral engagement in this sph [...]	2009-12-02 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
09KABUL3854	MIXED INITIAL REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] (U) Summary: President Obama's Afghanistan strategy speech aired early the morning of December 2 in Kabul, leaving Afghan politicians, political analysts, and government officials the day to both praise and criticize the President's strategy. While some commentators praised Obama's renewed [...]	2009-12-02 16:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3863	Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police [...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...]	2009-12-03 09:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AF
09KABUL3864	Corruption Threatens Mobile Money Pilot Program for Police [...] (C) Summary: Corruption threatens to subvert a mobile money (m-money) pilot program to pay Afghan National Police (ANP). Roshan, the company providing the service, recently reported that an ANP commander in Wardak province had sought a cut of his subordinates' salaries from an M-Paisa agent. [...]	2009-12-03 09:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AF
09KABUL3865	KARZAI LOOKS FORWARD [...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 2, Ambassador Eikenberry met twice with President Karzai. At the first meeting, the Ambassador and General McChrystal discussed President ObamaÂ´s December 2, speech with Karzai and his national security team. Ambassador Eikenberry advised that at the national level, the [...]	2009-12-03 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PROG AF
09KABUL3867	AUSTRALIANS EXPAND AUSAID, INCREASE CIVILIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his pre-departure outcall December 3, Australian Ambassador Martin Quinn made no indication of a possible troop increase but noted Australia plans to increase civilian contributions, including by increasing police advisors from three to twenty-five. The Australian Special Ops t [...]	2009-12-03 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO 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
09KABUL3870	CHARGE PRESENTS MOUs ON LIFE, SECURITY AND MOBILITY SUPPORT [...] This message contains an action request in para 5. 2. Summary: Over the past week, Charge Mussomeli presented a draft Memorandum of Understanding on Life, Security and Mobility Support to the ambassadors of all coalition countries that have Provincial Reconstruction Teams in which the USG [...]	2009-12-03 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL EAID 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
09KABUL3873	FIRST VP FAHIM PRAISES OBAMA STRATEGY [...] (C) First Vice President Marshal Fahim Khan praised President Obama's December 1 strategy announcement during a December 3 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne. Commenting that "the strategy benefits the United States, but [...]	2009-12-03 15:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3874	ELECTORAL FRAUD --"IS ANYONE LISTENING OUT THERE?" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The inability of a Provincial Council candidate to obtain redress for his allegations of voting fraud highlights the breakdown of Afghan electoral watchdogs and the absence of any backup mechanism to right these wrongs. Recently, Eqbal Safi, an MP representing Kapisa Province, [...]	2009-12-04 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3876	INTERIOR MINISTER DETAILS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE IDEAS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Atmar welcomed intensified USG focus on sub-national governance (SNG),calling it essential to the survival of Afghanistan's central government. He criticized international contractors for knowing little about the subject, sub-national governance, and proposed [...]	2009-12-04 12:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF
09KABUL3877	Minister of Interior Promotes Alternative Plan for Community [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Wayne, Interior Minister Atmar agreed with the basic U.S. proposal to fund and expand the Community Defense Initiative (CDI) intended to support villages that have demonstrated resistance to insurgents [...]	2009-12-05 04:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3878	UNAMA: POSSIBLY POSTPONING ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Addressing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 2, SRSG Kai Eide reported that he had held a "very productive" meeting with President Karzai on November 30, and that Karzai was clearly open to postponing district elections, but would need additional persuasion to postpone p [...]	2009-12-05 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3888	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST CIVILIAN UPLIFT: THE NEW, INTEGRATED [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of a series of messages that will outline important innovations in our operational paradigm in Regional Command East (RC/E),one of the more volatile areas along Afghanistan's Pakistan border, to improve stability and demonstrate near and medium term progress. A k [...]	2009-12-06 06:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PROP AF
09KABUL389	CODEL BOEHNER DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH HELMAND [...] (C) House Republican Leader John Boehner and five other members of Congress visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on February 8, and were briefed by Helmand Governor Mangal on developments in the province. Mangal stated that additional U.S. security and development are needed in Helmand, an [...]	2009-02-22 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL3890	KANDAHAR POLITICS COMPLICATE U.S. OBJECTIVES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: As we step up engagement with GIRoA leadership in Kandahar, it is important to understand the dynamics of political power and how fundamental Kandahar is to the fortunes of the Karzai regime. It is from Kandahar that President Karzai's claim to national legitimacy originates and from t [...]	2009-12-06 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PTER AF
09KABUL3894	SUBJECT: HELMAND: A REINTEGRATION ASSESSMENT [...] (S/REL to USA, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Helmand Province, particularly in parts of the south, is already undergoing de facto reintegration of some Taliban forces on an informal basis, with no involvement from coalition forces or GIRoA. Both Nawa and Garmsir Districts have community councils, comp [...]	2009-12-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL390	CODEL BOEHNER DISCUSSES CN AND CORRUPTION WITH [...] (C) House Republican Leader John Boehner and five other members of Congress visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province on February 8, and were briefed on provincial developments by Helmand Governor, UK Senior Civilian Advisor Hugh Powell and members of Task Force Helmand, and Poppy Eradication Fo [...]	2009-02-23 03:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS AF
09KABUL3906	Interior Minister Welcomes More Support for the Counter [...] (C) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Interior Minister Atmar called "Afghanization" of the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) a major goal of his possible next term and asked for USG support to develop its intelligence gathering and air asset capabilities. He [...]	2009-12-06 15:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3907	ENABLING THE GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN TO GIVE ITS CITIZENS [...] (U) Summary: With one of the lowest literacy rates and some of the worst health statistics in the world, the lack of an educated and healthy population is a severe impediment to social and economic progress and stability in Afghanistan. Enabling the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afgha [...]	2009-12-06 15:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SOCI 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
09KABUL3918	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI CALLS FOR A STRONGER INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 5 event opening a Women's Police Training Center in Jalalabad, Nangarhar Governor Sherzai called for the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) to be strengthened and given authority over provincial governors, the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),Cu [...]	2009-12-07 14:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR KWMN SNAR PREL AF
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
09KABUL393	HUMAN RIGHTS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN: FINDING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG Kai Eide told 35 gender donors group representatives at their 2/10 retreat that he would like to speak out more on human rights issues but frequently remains silent because he fears unintended negative consequences of a public statement. Eide's comments reflect frustration am [...]	2009-02-23 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AF KDEM
09KABUL396	OPPOSITION LEADERS SAY THEY SUPPORT UNITY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. First Vice President Massoud and United Front leader Burhanuddin Rabbani back a unified effort to resolve the issue of President Karzai's status following the 5/22 constitutional expiration date of his term. In separate and recent conversations with the Ambassador, each: (1) sup [...]	2009-02-23 08:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL3961	ABDULLAH FADES, RABBANI EMERGES; STRONG OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Although former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah rose from virtually nothing to prominence during the elections, he has since noticeably faded from the Afghan political scene, as Rabbani moves out of the shadows to exert his influence with President Karzai for ministe [...]	2009-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL3963	DUTCH MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS GIVE THE HARD SELL TO REMAIN IN URUZGAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch soldiers and civilians currently posted at the Dutch-led PRT Uruzgan are the strongest advocates for continued Dutch presence in Afghanistan after August 2010. They attempt to influence their many visitors and policy makers in The Hague by focusing on the positive imp [...]	2009-12-09 06:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL397	KARZAI REOPENS ELECTION DATE TIMING [...] (C) On 2/23, President Karzai informed a group of western and developed country embassies that he would announce on 2/27 his decision either to comply with the Constitution (i.e., declare that the election should be advanced to the spring) or seek a political agreement that would result in his [...]	2009-02-23 16:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM 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
09KABUL3973	KARZAI SAYS NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTERS WILL STAY [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told us on December 7 that he was considering a change in the Ministry of Interior, but after consulting with Ambassador Ricciardone, he assured us he would keep the National Security ministers in place (Defense, Interior, and NDS). Karzai reassured us again of [...]	2009-12-09 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3974	HARD WORK AHEAD TO COMPLETE APTTA AT DECEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Wahidullah Shahrani reiterated to CDDEA Amb. Wayne the Afghan Government,s desire to conclude the APTTA agreement during the upcoming fourth round in Islamabad on December 19-21. Shahrani and Wayne exchanged ideas on how Afghanistan could a [...]	2009-12-09 15:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID PK AF
09KABUL3975	FINANCE MINISTER PUSHES ECONOMIC AGENDA FOR LONDON [...] (C) Summary: In a December 7 meeting with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, Finance Minister Zakhilwal discussed his goals for the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) to be held in mid-January and the 28 January London Conference, emphasiz [...]	2009-12-09 16:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EAGR PTER AF
09KABUL3976	HELMAND: MARINES PARTNERING WITH AFGHANS -- MORE [...] (CONFIDENTIAL//REL US ISAF NATO) SUMMARY: Additional Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) units have deployed to Helmand Province and the 2d Marine Expeditionary Brigade (2d MEB) Area of Operation (AO) to work with U.S. Marines. Last July, when Operation Khanjar commenced in the Central Helm [...]	2009-12-10 04:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL3977	LONDON CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON KARZAI INAUGURATION [...] (C) Briefing ambassadors gathered at UNAMA on December 9, British Ambassador Mark Sedwill said that the agenda for the London conference has been broadened beyond security, as originally planned, and will instead focus on all of the most important items President Karzai outlined in his inaugura [...]	2009-12-10 07:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL3979	UN SRSG PROPOSES RESTRUCTURING OF UNAMA [...] (C) Summary: SRSG Kai Eide provided ambassadors in Kabul on December 9 a copy of his proposed changes to the UN structure in Afghanistan, entitled "SRSG Proposal for Strengthening Consultation and Coordination Mechanisms for Afghanistan." Key elements of the proposal include: embedding expert [...]	2009-12-10 08:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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

09KABUL3980	NEW UN MANDATE NEEDED FOR UNAMA ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with ambassadors, UN SRSG Kai Eide reported that President Karzai had initially been very angry to learn that ambassadors had discussions the possibility of postponing the 2010 parliamentary and district council elections, but that after seeing the UN paper [...]	2009-12-10 08:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
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
09KABUL4	PAKTIKA GOVERNOR FRUSTRATED BY CONFUSION OVER [...] (C) Paktika Governor Khpalwak expects IDLG to name Kandahar NDS Chief Abdul Qayum Kattawazai as Paktika's new governor in the near future. In a December 26 meeting, Khpalwak, who returned that morning from hajj, told TF Currahee's Colonel Johnson and PRT Commander Wheeler that he would resig [...]	2009-01-03 10:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL40	SCENE-SETTER: GENERAL PETRAEUS VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your return visit to Afghanistan. Your presence at the Afghan National Military Academy,s first graduation will significantly enhance this milestone event. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential elections, and from i [...]	2009-01-08 12:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PREF 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
09KABUL4001	ABDULLAH: THIS IS AFGHANISTAN'S LAST CHANCE TO [...] (S) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah (reftel) shared his plans to announce his new "Compact for Reforms" movement. Abdullah's broad-based initiative will focus on common national goals, including electoral reform, good governance, and national unity, and will al [...]	2009-12-14 07:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4002	BAMYAN PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR SARABI ON HER [...] (C) Summary: Despite rumors about possible cabinet-level positions, Bamyan Provincial Governor Habiba Sarabi confided to Bamyan Provincial Reconstruction Team representatives that, unless offered something higher profile than Minister of Social Affairs, she intends to remain in her current po [...]	2009-12-14 17:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4010	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 21, 2009. 3 [...]	2009-12-15 09:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL402	KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...]	2009-02-24 08:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KHUM KDEM 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
09KABUL4024	SUBJECT: BUILDING A STRATEGY ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (S) Summary. Cross-border issues have a fundamental impact on U.S. objectives in southern Afghanistan, and improved control of the southern border -- at the Spin Boldak crossing in particular -- is a critical path to international coalition and GIRoA success. This message assesses the key cha [...]	2009-12-16 05:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS ELTN CAN PK AF
09KABUL4025	ADDRESSING AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY CONCERNS OVER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone visited Parliament's Upper and Lower Houses December 11 and 12 to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and specific MP concerns regarding President Obama's December 1 speech. In the two meetings, MPs expressed broad support for President Obama's [...]	2009-12-16 05:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL4027	KARZAI ON ANSF, CABINET, AND 2010 ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai reiterated to Admiral Mullen and Ambassador Eikenberry on December 14 his commitment to Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) development, Interior Ministry (MOI) reform, and to obtaining sufficient security force recruits and training. Although Karzai's reported cabi [...]	2009-12-16 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4029	Afghanistan's Hajj 2009: Transport Ministry and Ariana [...] Summary: In a marked improvement from last year's Hajj, logistics for the 2009 Afghan pilgrimage proceeded smoothly, due to extensive planning by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA). State-owned Ariana Airlines transported about 35,000 pilgrims, thanks to a last-minute deal b [...]	2009-12-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL4030	EVIDENCE LACKING OF ROSHAN TIES TO IRAN [...] (S) EmbOffs have heard informally for some time that Roshan, Afghanistan's largest telecommunications provider, is partially owned by an Iranian entity and, possibly the Iranian government, including Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps organizations. Reports to this effect have been circulating [...]	2009-12-16 13:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ECPS PREL PINR IR AF
09KABUL4031	JCMB prep-meeting(s) for London Conference [...] (U) This cable reports the draft agenda, as of December 14, for the 13th session of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) scheduled for January 20, 2010. The 27 Heads of Mission for Afghanistan's major donors will gather at this session, co-chaired by Finance Minister Zakhilwal an [...]	2009-12-16 15:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AF
09KABUL4039	SUBJECT: SPIN BOLDAK: A STABILITY AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar enjoys a reputation for stability and security in a region of the country otherwise known for insurgent violence. Encompassing the Weesh border crossing with Pakistan and astride strategic Highway 4, Spin Boldak occupies valuable turf on the fro [...]	2009-12-17 05:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS CAN 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
09KABUL4040	TALIBAN SHADOW GOVERNANCE IN HELMAND PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: There is no coherent structure to Taliban shadow governance in Helmand, but there is a relevant presence of Taliban in large parts of the province which competes with GIRoA for local loyalty. While local Taliban leaders work under broad strategic direction from the Quetta shura [...]	2009-12-17 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4041	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 21, 2009. 3 [...]	2009-12-17 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL4053	EXBS ADVISOR NOVEMBER 11 TO DECEMBER 14, 2009 MONTH END [...] (U) EXBS inspected and approved renovations to two rooms at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry'S (MoCI) main building in Kabul. The rooms were renovated to provide secure storage for the servers and other EXBS donated IT equipment for the MoCI export licensing system. The renovations includ [...]	2009-12-17 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
09KABUL4056	URGING AFGHANS TO CONCLUDE APTTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 11:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL ECON PK AF
09KABUL4057	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by December 21, 2009. 3 [...]	2009-12-17 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL406	IEC PREDICTS KARZAI WILL SOON CALL FOR MAY 11 [...] (C NF) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on 2/24 said he expects President Karzai soon will publicly call for a 5/11 date for the 2009 presidential election (REF A.) Najafi reports Vice-President Khalili has persuaded Karzai that the Pre [...]	2009-02-25 11:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4060	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REBUTS MP'S ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: An MP publicly accused the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),including Chairperson Sima Samar, of corruption, and repeated these allegations (without providing proof) in a follow-up meeting with Embassy officials. AIHRC Commissioner Nader Nadery has publicly [...]	2009-12-17 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4062	2010 ELECTIONS: SETTING THE DATE BY ESTABLISHING [...] (C) Summary: The United States cannot afford to expend additional vital resources and risk losing political and security space to support future Afghan elections unless fundamental reforms are enacted in advance of the Parliamentary and District Council elections, at present scheduled to be [...]	2009-12-17 18:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4066	FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN OFF TO A ROCKY [...] (C)Summary: Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi's recent release on bail pending appeal of his conviction for misuse of public funds caused a media firestorm that has intensified public perceptions of Karzai administration corruption. President Karzai,s public defense of Sahebi coincides with repor [...]	2009-12-18 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KCOR KJUS PGOV PINR PREL 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
09KABUL4070	THE NEW CABINET: BETTER BUT NOT BEST [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai sent most of the cabinet list to the Parliament on December 19 with the notable exception of National Directorate for Security (NDS) Chief Saleh. Although we judge many of the ministers are acceptable and qualified, this list represents only a modest upgrade in Karzai' [...]	2009-12-19 16:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4079	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - EMBASSY KABUL [...] (C) Summary: In view of the Washington and London planning meetings on the London conference, following are Embassy Kabul's thoughts on six key U.S. policy guidelines for the conference. End Summary. 2. (C) First, we recommend a return to the security focus as the most appopriate one for a [...]	2009-12-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF
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
09KABUL4088	GHAZNI GOVERNOR FIRES TWO DISTRICT GOVERNORS, [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of central Afghanistan's Ghazni Province, Usman Usmani, has fired two district governors due to corruption and dereliction of duty. Governor Usmani told us that he was considering firing other district governors for similar reasons. One of the dismissed officials, [...]	2009-12-21 04:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS AF
09KABUL4089	SHAHRANI REFUTES CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (S) Summary: As he awaited President Karzai's announcement of the cabinet, and his expected move from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry to Mines after the new year, Wahidullah Shahrani categorically denied the corruption rumors against him. Reports are circulating in Kabul that Shahrani w [...]	2009-12-21 06:37:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ETRD 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
09KABUL410	NAD ALI DISTRCIT UPDATE - STABILIZATION EFFORT [...] (C) Six weeks after ISAF and the Afghan Army liberated Nad Ali from enemy forces (EF),stabilization efforts are moving forward and many residents have returned to their homes. A District Administrator has been appointed and elders selected a District Council whose members received training [...]	2009-02-25 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS 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
09KABUL4129	AFGHANISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Kabul's submission for the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism. Begin Text: In 2009, an Afghan presidential election year, Afghanistan continued to confront the challenges of building a stable, democratic government in the face of a sophisticated, multi-fa [...]	2009-12-22 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
09KABUL413	VICE PRESIDENTS AND PARLIAMENT LEADERS HOLD FIRM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In 2/25 meetings with the Charge, the two vice presidents and the speakers of each house of Parliament welcomed U.S. efforts to assist the country to reach a consensus on post-5/22 executive authority, but most held firm to their insistence that President Karzai step down in f [...]	2009-02-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4137	AFGHAN CABINET CONFIRMATION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: The Lower House of the Afghan Parliament began the cabinet approval process on December 21, and announced they would not vote on ministers until after all of the confirmation hearings. Most MPs think this process will end before mid-January; meanwhile, acting ministers are limi [...]	2009-12-23 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL414	CHIEF JUSTICE AZIMI: TRANSITIONAL AUTHORITY IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Supreme Court Chief Justice Azimi told the Charge on 2/25 that the election date and presidential continuity issues were political and not legal disputes. Constitutionally, the election had to be held before 5/22, but Afghan political leaders have ignored the Constitution numerous [...]	2009-02-25 16:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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
09KABUL4146	HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE U.S. STRATEGY: AFGHAN CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Since President Obama's December 1 strategy speech, members of Afghan civil society have repeatedly voiced concern that the President's scant mention of human rights signaled to the Afghan government that the international community is no longer concerned with protecting human [...]	2009-12-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL415	ELECTIONS CRISIS ON THE BOIL [...] (C) Per ref instructions, I pressed the leaders of Afghanistan's three branches of government to reconfirm their commitment to August elections, proposing that President Karzai's term of office formally end on May 22, but that he and most of his government remain in caretaker status through e [...]	2009-02-25 17:21:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL4150	ABOVE THE LAW: CORRUPT GOVERNOR THWARTS GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: Paktya Governor Juma Khan Hamdard has the skills and charisma to be a successful politician. However, his Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (HiG) connections, alleged meddling in political affairs in Balkh Province, leadership of a province-wide corruption scheme, and suspected contacts with ins [...]	2009-12-27 11:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PINR AF KDEM
09KABUL4151	SOME POLITICAL FACTIONS WANT A 2010 DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Although key presidential staff claimed to us that Parliament was "unanimous" in its view that the 2010 Parliamentary elections must proceed on time (reftel A),privately, many MPs have told us they would support a delay if it meant there would be electoral reform (and since they [...]	2009-12-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	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
09KABUL4153	PAKTIKA GOVERNOR: ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) officers met on November 22 with Paktika Province Deputy Governor Juma Mohammed at his request to discuss corruption in general and specific allegations of corruption involving Paktika Governor Abdul Quyum Katawazay. Mohammed detailed what he [...]	2009-12-28 10:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL416	HELMAND GOVERNOR SEES SOME PROGRESS BUT BLAMES [...] (C) En route to a visit in the UK, Helmand Governor Mangal met with the Ambassador on 17 February to provide an update on developments in his province. He was especially pleased with progress on the counter narcotics front as well as with the continuing, positive effects being felt in Garms [...]	2009-02-26 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL4181	PROPOSED ISAF REORGANIZATION IN ZABUL PROMPTS [...] (C/REL US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: Recent planning by Regional Command-South (RC-South) to reorganize ISAF deployments in Zabul by withdrawing forces from districts not along Highway 1 prompted an outcry by Zabul's political and security leadership. In response, Provincial and district leaders [...]	2009-12-28 15:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4182	PERVASIVE CORRUPTION UNDERMINING GHAZNI PROVINCEâ€™S [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 15:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL4183	STRENGTHENING AGRICULTURAL CREDIT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: There is broad agreement within the Afghan government and among donors that a dramatic increase in the availability of agricultural credit is critically needed to rebuild Afghanistan's agricultural sector. Recognizing this goal, the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock ( [...]	2009-12-28 16:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO EAGR EAID ECON AF
09KABUL4186	"SHAPING FOR SUCCESS": NANGARHAR, KUNAR, LAGHMAN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Regional Command East (RC-E) recently released the results of its October 2009 development survey representing the views of nearly 2,400 residents of the Command's critical focus provinces of Nangarhar, Kunar and Laghman ("NKL"). The survey's results can be interpret [...]	2009-12-29 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL4187	NAD ALI-MARJA STABILIZATION PLANNING: MOVING [...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Summary: UK-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Lashkar Gah hosted a Marja stabilization civ-mil planning conference on December 16, with members of Task Force Helmand (TFH),Task Force Leatherneck (TFL) and RC-South. This was a complete review of the previous sta [...]	2009-12-29 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
09KABUL4188	KARZAI INSISTS ON 2010 ELECTIONS: AFGHANS' [...] (S) Summary: In a contentious yet polite meeting with CDA Ricciardone, President Karzai insisted December 28, that he feels compelled to order the holding of elections "on schedule" (reftel) because the delays and deficiencies of the 2009 Presidential contest have left Afghan people suspicious [...]	2009-12-29 15:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
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
09KABUL421	CHARGE DELIVERS MESSAGE ON AUGUST ELECTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On 2/26, the Charge met separately with United Front (UF) leader Burhanuddin Rabbani, Lower House Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni, Hazara leader and MP Haji Mohammad Mohaqqeq, and UF member, and grandson of the late king, Mustapha Zahir Shah to inform them of U.S. support for th [...]	2009-02-27 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
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
09KABUL4218	2010 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: AFGHAN AND [...] (C) Summary: IEC officials claim they are powerless to change the election date and that few, if any, reforms can be enacted in the compressed timeline before May 2010 elections. While requesting U.S. assistance, the officials appeared unmoved by our concerns over reform. Separately, UNDP EL [...]	2009-12-31 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL423	AFGHANS SEE ENGLISH TRAINING AS ROAD TO FUTURE [...] Summary: "English + Youth = Jobs + Hope," Afghanistan's former Minister of Education, Mohammad Atmar, concisely formulated. With an unemployment rate hovering around 40%, Afghans view English language training as an opportunity for better jobs and pay; PA views it as an opportunity to offer al [...]	2009-02-28 09:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL AF
09KABUL424	READY TO SERVE: KABUL FEMALE POLICE GRADS, [...] (SBU) Triumphantly waving their diplomas in the air and yelling out their dedication to service, twenty-two female police recruits graduated from an eight week US-funded police training in Kabul on 2/25. From Kabul, Herat, Takhar, Khost, Bamyian, and Dai Kundi, most of the women had prior pol [...]	2009-02-28 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AF
09KABUL425	GAILANIS DESCRIBE UNITY GOVERNMENT PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pir Gailani and son Hamed Gailani, the Upper House Deputy Speaker, told Ambassador Holbrooke they are organizing a unity movement of political leaders that could lead a post-May 22 caretaker government or stand for election in August. They identified two acceptable alternatives f [...]	2009-02-28 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL426	RABBANI TELLS HOLBROOKE PARLIAMENT, SUPREME COURT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-28 10:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL427	FM SPANTA-HOLBROOKE: WELCOME U.S. COMMITMENT, NEED [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Spanta told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/14 that Afghanistan welcomed the United States' ongoing commitment to Afghanistan, most visibly exemplified by the proposed increase in U.S. troops. Spanta urged the United States to take an active part in seeking a solution to the transit [...]	2009-02-28 10:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL428	SRSG KAI EIDE: KARZAI STILL THE PERSON TO BEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. SRSG Kai Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke on 2/13 that Karzai, with all of his political vulnerabilities, was still the strongest political figure and would likely win reelection. Karzai still on top ------------------- 2. (C) Eide told Ambassador Holbrooke that he had develop [...]	2009-02-28 10:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL429	FORMER FM ABDULLAH LOOKING LIKE A CANDIDATE. [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL432	POLITICAL LEADERS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY OPTION [...] (C) Afghan political leaders and opposition groups held a series of meetings this week ahead of Karzai's expected 2/28 announcement of his intentions regarding the election date and issue of presidential continuity. After consultations with the Palace, international community, and each other, [...]	2009-02-28 14:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV 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
09KABUL434	MARSHALL FAHIM SUPPORTS KARZAI AS CARETAKER [...] (SBU) Former Defense Minister and Northern Alliance commander Marshall Fahim told the Charge on 2/28 that he supported President Karzai remaining in office as a caretaker president following the 5/22 constitutional expiration of Karzai's term. Fahim broke significantly with his United Front c [...]	2009-03-01 08:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL435	IEC SAYS "YES WE CAN" FOR AUGUST 20 ELECTION DATE [...] (C) The morning after President Karzai's ambiguous decree on the date of the presidential election (text septel),the leadership of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) remained firmly committed to August 20, 2009 for voting day. Senior IEC Commissioner Dr. Azizullah Ludin told PolCoun [...]	2009-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF
09KABUL44	GENERAL MCKIERNAN'S JANUARY 4, 2009 BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: GEN McKiernan briefed the ISAF (plus Japan) ambassadors January 4 on the pilot &Afghan Public Protection Force8 (APPF). He explained in detail how APPF is an Afghan-led initiative to achieve local security by having the district-level communities set up public guard forces under [...]	2009-01-08 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC 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
09KABUL455	TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28 PRESIDENTIAL DECREE ON [...] (U) Below is the text of the decree President Karzai issued February 28 on elections. The Independent Election Commission on March 1 provided the text and translation. 2. (U) Begin text: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Presidential Decree on Upcoming Presidential, Wolesi Jirga, Pr [...]	2009-03-01 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL457	DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY ON KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the international community agreed with the Charge in a 3/1 meeting to react calmly to President Karzai's election date decree, one day after the Karzai instructed the Independent Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitu [...]	2009-03-01 14:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL46	AFGHANS PROTEST ISRAEL, U.S. OVER GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thousands of Afghans took part in protests this week over Israeli military operations against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Some protesters voiced anger at perceived U.S. support for the Israeli government and over Palestinian civilian casualties, two themes that also resonated in in [...]	2009-01-10 09:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPAL AF IS IR GZ
09KABUL460	TRIBAL VENGEANCE AND HONOR IN THE MOUNTAINS OF [...] (C) On February 7, Nangarhar's Provincial Council (PC) Secretary was shot and killed, and the Goshta district administrator was killed by a roadside bomb. A Taliban spokesman took credit for both attacks. After the PC Secretary was killed, hundreds of local villagers mobilized to find the g [...]	2009-03-02 07:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM 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
09KABUL466	UPPER HOUSE REPSONDS TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DATE [...] (C) Upper House MPs issued a statement on 3/1 supporting the Independent Election Commission's (IEC) earlier announcement of an 8/20 election date, and called on President Karzai to step aside in favor of a caretaker government after 5/22 or not stand for re-election. The Upper House statemen [...]	2009-03-02 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL467	NEGATIVE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN KARZAI ADVISORS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Individuals formerly close to President Karzai attribute blame for Karzai's recent unpredictable behavior to the influence of a trio of Palace advisors. Critics say Palace Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai, Education Minister Farooq Wardak, and Information and Culture Minister Abdul K [...]	2009-03-02 13:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL47	ANNUAL OSAC CRIME & SAFETY REPORT - AFGHANISTAN [...] Post, in accordance with REF B, submits its annual Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) crime and safety report for 2008. Responses are keyed to REF B. 2. 2008 OSAC Crime & Safety Report: I. OVERALL CRIME/SAFETY SITUATION - Criminal and terrorist activity in Kabul, the capital of [...]	2009-01-10 11:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC KCRM CASC AF
09KABUL471	SCATTERED REACTION TO KARZAI'S ELECTION DECREE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's political establishment reacted with a wide range of opinions following President Karzai's 2/28 decree instructing the International Election Commission (IEC) to set an election date in accordance with the Constitution (ref A). The vagueness of the decree's wording [...]	2009-03-02 15:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL48	THE NETHERLANDS TO HOST FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) In response to our joint U.S., Dutch and Russian demarche (ref B),the Afghan MFA has advised Post that Foreign Minister Dr. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta will attend the fifth conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),scheduled to be held in The Hague in June 2009. [...]	2009-01-10 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER AF
09KABUL495	IRANIAN INFLUENCE AT PARLIAMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian government officials routinely encourage Parliament to support anti-Coalition policies and to raise anti-American talking points during debates. Pro-Western MPs say colleagues with close Iranian contacts accept money or political support to promote Iran's political agenda. S [...]	2009-03-03 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF IR
09KABUL498	SAYYAF: KARZAI CALLED OPPOSITION'S BLUFF [...] (C/NF) MP Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf (Kabul, Pashtun) told the Charge on 3/3 that President Karzai's 2/28 election date decree (reftel) came only in response to opposition criticism that the president was ignoring the Constitution. That groups like the United Front had now switched their public pos [...]	2009-03-03 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL499	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AHADI PONDERS TERMS FOR AN [...] (C) Presidential candidate and former Finance Minister Anwarulhaq Ahadi on March 3 told the Charge he could reluctantly accept the President as head of an interim government if certain changes served to check Karzai's "abuses" of the power of incumbency. Ahadi suggested replacements for two [...]	2009-03-03 14:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL500	IEC PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS AUGUST 20 AS VOTING DAY [...] (SBU) Dr. Azizullah Ludin, senior Commissioner of the Independent Election Commission (IEC),on March 4 announced that, after the IEC had reviewed the President's February 28 decree, the date of presidential and provincial council elections remained August 20. For a packed audience of inter [...]	2009-03-04 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL501	TEXT OF IEC MARCH 4 PRESS STATEMENT CONFIRMING [...] (SBU) As reported septel, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) on March 4 held a press conference to re-confirm that, in the wake of President Karzai's ambiguous decree on the election date (reftel),presidential and provincial council elections will indeed be held August 20. The text o [...]	2009-03-05 02:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL510	MINISTRY OF HAJJ AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS: EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs (MHRA) Deputy Minister Shafiq Samim and Senior Advisor Sharif Robaty said in a 2/4 meeting that the MHRA educates the public on a variety of secular and religious issues. The MHRA has used its influence over government-funded mosques to call on th [...]	2009-03-05 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
09KABUL514	NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI'S SOFT PURGE [...] (C) Summary: Nangarhar Governor Sherzai has proposed leadership changes in eight of the province's 21 districts. Although the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) is legally charged with selecting district administrators, Sherzai has a history of making unilateral decisions on [...]	2009-03-07 04:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
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
09KABUL522	CIVILIAN-MILITARY SUCCESS STORY IN EASTERN [...] (C) Cooperation and coordination between civilian agencies and military commanders have evolved considerably over recent months in the area of operations (AO) for Task Force Duke in eastern Afghanistan. The AO includes the provinces of Kunar, Nangarhar, Nuristan, and Laghman. The preceding Br [...]	2009-03-08 10:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV AF EAID
09KABUL525	PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER [...] (SBU) Declining security in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province affected residents, access to health care, education and employment opportunities in large parts of the province. Exceedingly low levels of education, combined with limited means of information and communica [...]	2009-03-10 05:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL528	PAKTIKA PROVINCE: SECURITY CHALLENGES HINDER [...] (C) Security worsened in the second half of 2008 in Afghanistan's Paktika province, affecting governance, development, and the work of the PRT. The PRT faced increasing limitations in its mobility and ability to reach the people. PRT construction projects saw cost increases, delays, and ove [...]	2009-03-10 07:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL533	YASENI PICKS UP SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENTIAL BID [...] (C) Lower House 1st Deputy Speaker Mirwais Yaseni (Nangarhar, Pashtun) is attracting support for his presidential bid from some fellow parliamentarians. Lower House 2nd Deputy Speaker and United Front member Ammanullah Payman (Badakhshan, Tajik) told PolOff the UF's inability to settle on a s [...]	2009-03-10 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL535	MORE FRACTURES IN THE UNITED FRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition United Front coalition has faced a series of setbacks in recent weeks jeopardizing the group's unity and its plans to defeat Karzai in this year's presidential election. Karzai has remained one step ahead of his chief rivals through a handful of savvy political ma [...]	2009-03-10 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL543	SHERZAI TELLS CHARGE HE WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Nangarhar Gov. Gul Aqa Sherzai told the Charge on 3/10 that he would run for the presidency in this year's election. Sherzai said he has been approached over the past year by Members of Parliament, political and religious leaders, tribal elders, and academics urging him to run for the off [...]	2009-03-11 04:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL544	KHOST-GARDEZ PASS ROAD SHURA IN KHOST [...] (U) Khost Governor Qalandarzai hosted over 800 elders and leaders from Khost, Paktya and Paktika provinces at a March 4 shura to showcase the benefits of USAID's $120 million paved road from Khost City to Gardez, Paktya. Qalandarzai, along with the Paktya and Paktika governors, emphasized the [...]	2009-03-11 06:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
09KABUL549	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty two (32) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals with the exception of t [...]	2009-03-12 02:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL552	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING II [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training II. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully reque [...]	2009-03-12 04:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL553	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MCN STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) Afghan national for MCN Staff Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individual. Post respectfully requests expedite [...]	2009-03-12 04:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL556	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MCN STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) Afghan national for MCN Staff Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individual. Post respectfully requests expedite [...]	2009-03-12 06:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL557	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD OFFICERS TRAINING III [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of nineteen (19) Afghan nationals for MOD Officer Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. 3. Following is the [...]	2009-03-12 06:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL567	CANADIAN EMBASSY SEEKS ENHANCED CIVILIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9 2. (C) Summary: Canadian Deputy Head of Mission (DHOM) Ben Roswell and senior Canadian reps from Kandahar, invited U.S. Embassy officers from PRT-SNG, USAID and Pol-Mil for a March 12 discussion aimed at improving civilian coordination betw [...]	2009-03-12 16:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF CA
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
09KABUL57	PRT KHOST: A FRONTLINE "HUMAN CAPITAL" STRATEGY: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Counter-insurgency (COIN) efforts in Khost Province include new programs specifically targeted at building Afghan "human capital." Three primary initiatives have been designed for ex-Taliban fighters and their families (wives and children),madrassa students, and university grad [...]	2009-01-12 07:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL574	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU I TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty five (25) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]	2009-03-15 03:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL575	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU II TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty five (25) individuals selected for DEA NIU II training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depa [...]	2009-03-15 03:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER 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
09KABUL587	BRITISH IN HELMAND KEEN TO IMPROVE CIV-MIL [...] (C) Summary: British Deputy of Mission in Helmand Kevin McGurgan and British Political Counselor Mark Bryson Richardson visited the embassy's State PRT section on March 13 to discuss plans for heightened civilian-military cooperation in Helmand. In light of the impending lay down of thousands [...]	2009-03-15 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MOPS NATO PK AF UK PGOV
09KABUL588	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU III TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty four (24) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]	2009-03-15 09:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL590	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU IV TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twelve (12) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-03-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL593	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU IV TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty three (23) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Depar [...]	2009-03-15 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL594	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU VI TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (7) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Department's [...]	2009-03-15 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
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
09KABUL605	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MCN III STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of one (1) Afghan national for MCN Staff Training. Post possesses no derogatory information on this individual. Post respectfully requests expedite [...]	2009-03-16 03:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL609	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON GOVERNANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Jamaluddin Badr, who took office in late November, is beginning to assert his presence in Nuristan and implement personnel changes. His efforts to date are generally being met with optimism. However, most provincial officials continue to live and work outside of Nurista [...]	2009-03-16 08:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL610	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU VII TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eighteen (18) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Departmen [...]	2009-03-16 09:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR 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
09KABUL619	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU VIII TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty one (21) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Departm [...]	2009-03-17 05:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL620	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU IX TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty two (22) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Departm [...]	2009-03-17 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL621	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ONSECURITY, JULY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of increased violence in Nuristan, Governor Jamaluddin, appointed in November 2008, articulated his vision for security in the Province. Security has improved in western Nuristan, but a power vacuum in the province, resulting in large part from the lack of a provincial [...]	2009-03-17 06:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL622	NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though development in Nuristan remains predominantly limited to those areas most accessible by the rudimentary road system, access to basic health care and education continued to slowly improve throughout the province. Afghan government and Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) [...]	2009-03-17 06:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL623	KEY OPIUM SMUGGLING ROUTE THROUGH DAI KUNDI,S [...] (C) Summary. Dai Kundi Provincial Council (PC) member Ramani (protect) from Kijiran district told Bamyan PRT on March 4 that the Taliban and other anti-government entities are promoting instability in the district because it is a key opium smuggling route northwest from Uruzgan province to a [...]	2009-03-17 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
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
09KABUL625	SUCCESSFUL WOMEN'S DAY EVENTS HELD ACROSS AFGHANISTAN [...] In honor of International Women's Day (IWD) on March 8, many of Afghanistan's provincial governors hosted events focused on the role of women in Afghan society. Activities included speeches by prominent politicians and women, roundtable discussions, handicraft fairs, choral performances, yout [...]	2009-03-17 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL629	ISOLATION OF SEBARI BEGINS [...] (C) The Sebari District in north-central Khost remains one of the most insecure in the province, and a February security shura in Sebari highlighted the challenges the Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) faces in establishing a relationship with local elders to stem the violence. Despite repeate [...]	2009-03-17 12:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL636	KAPISA GOVERNOR CALLS FOR UNIFIED TAGAB SHURA, MISSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four shuras of conflict-ridden Tagab in Kapisa province met on March 10 to discuss forming a single unified shura that would address local security issues and bring peace and stabilization to the district. Shura members agreed generally with the proposition, but discussion q [...]	2009-03-18 06:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL637	UPDATE ON GOVERNOR-LED RECONCILIATION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) We recently received, on a close-hold basis, a copy of the first draft of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance's (IDLG) "program outline" for its governor-led Reconciliation Program. This document follows up on the "concept note" produced last fall by IDLG Deputy Director Bar [...]	2009-03-18 07:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL638	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS TRANSPORTATION MINISTER; [...] (C) Parliament confirmed Hamidullah Farooqi as Minister of Transportation in a March 16 vote. Farooqi received 131 yes votes, easily surpassing the 85 necessary for confirmation. Hajj Minister Nominee, Sediq Chakari, however, failed to gain Parliament's nod, receiving support from only 52 MPs. [...]	2009-03-18 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL639	SAYYAF: U.S. SHOULD PUBLICLY SUPPORT KARZAI [...] (C) MP Abdul Rassoul Sayyaf told the DCM on 3/17 the U.S. should publicly support Karzai remaining in office through the inauguration of the new president. Most Afghans support Karzai remaining because he is a known quantity, and they fear the unpredictable effects of a loya jirga or a caretak [...]	2009-03-18 09:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL640	INSECURITY DELAYS AFGHAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR has suspended operations to assist Afghan refugees repatriate from Pakistan. Repatriation from Peshawar is suspended until at least April 1, pending an assessment that it is safe for UNHCR personnel and refugees to participate. Repatriation from Quetta is suspended indef [...]	2009-03-18 10:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF UN AF PK IR
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
09KABUL653	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU X TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty (20) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Department' [...]	2009-03-19 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL654	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU XI TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty two (22) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departme [...]	2009-03-19 06:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL655	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU XII TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty five (25) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]	2009-03-19 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL658	DUTCH EMPHASIZE HEALTH AND EDUCATION IN URUZGAN [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Ambassador hosted a lunch on March 16 to help shape the perspective and situational awareness of Regional Command South (RC-S) for the three incoming Dutch senior civilian representatives who are preparing to arrive in Uruzgan in August 2009. Attendees also included a [...]	2009-03-19 08:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS NATO PREL PK AF CA UK NL PGOV
09KABUL66	LOCAL VIEWS ON THE IRANIAN CONSULATE IN JALALABAD [...] (S) Since Iran re-opened its Jalalabad Consulate in March 2008, Iranian Consul Mihran Khurasanie has been active in establishing contacts with some Nangarharis, in an attempt to build Iranian influence in the mostly Pashtun region, according to local leaders and officials. While most influen [...]	2009-01-13 08:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR AF
09KABUL661	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU XIII TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty (20) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's [...]	2009-03-19 12:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL68	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of five (5) Afghan nationals for female tech search training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Departm [...]	2009-01-13 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL685	AFGHANISTAN: POST ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT [...] (U) This is an action request ) see paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends the immediate release of Night Vision Devices (NVDs),specifically 2,410 pairs of American Technologies Network Corporation,s ATN NVG7-21 and ATN NVG70CGTI from case B6-B-AAK to the Government of the Islami [...]	2009-03-22 06:35:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL690	DSRAP JONES DISCUSSES ELECTIONS AND CONTINUITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings on 3/15-16 with Deputy Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP) Paul Jones, Afghan presidential candidates and opposition political leaders discussed the upcoming election and the options for continuity of leadership between the end of P [...]	2009-03-22 08:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL692	ABDULLAH WILL RUN; IC SHOULD QUICKLY PROVIDE INPUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Foreign Minister Dr. Abdullah Abdullah told Paul Jones, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (DSRAP),3/15 he will publicly announce his candidacy for president within a week. He counted on the support of several influential United Front party member [...]	2009-03-22 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
09KABUL70	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 11 MEETING WITH NATO SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 11, NATO Rep to ISAF Gentilini sought Ambassador Wood,s views on a proposed Military Technical Agreement (MTA) between Afghanistan and NATO that he had received from Defense Minister Wardak earlier in the day to transmit to the NATO Secretary General (SYG). The Ambass [...]	2009-01-14 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS 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
09KABUL71	FRUSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN SANGIN DISTRICT [...] (SBU) The UK PRT/Task Force Helmand (TFH) transported Helmand Governor Mangal, several of his staff and members of the local media to the Sangin District for an extensive outreach program. January 5, 2009. The visit lasted six hours and included visits to the District Center, Sangin School, Sangin [...]	2009-01-14 11:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL715	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS AT [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for Senior Service College training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests D [...]	2009-03-24 15:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL717	BADGHIS: SEIZING A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY IN BALA [...] This is an action request. See para 11. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badghis province's Bala Murghab district (BM) is fertile ground for immediate engagement and is emblematic of the opportunities for enhanced security, governance and development in the North and West of Afghanistan, even [...]	2009-03-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL718	MARCH 16-18 VISIT OF THE NAC TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 18, the NATO Senior Civilian Representative (NATO SCR) in Afghanistan reviewed key themes discussed by the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with senior Afghan figures for the Kabul NATO Caucus during the NAC's recent visit. In the NAC meeting with cabinet ministers, Interio [...]	2009-03-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV NATO AF
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
09KABUL721	KARZAI RAISES QUESTIONS ON U.S. ROLE IN AFGHAN [...] (C) In his March 19 meeting with Deputy Special Representative Paul Jones, President Karzai cited certain rumors assertint that some Afghans were suspicious of U.S. objectives in the upcoming election. He added that a number of Afghan politicians claimed U.S. backing for their candidacies. J [...]	2009-03-25 06:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
09KABUL722	KAPISA GOVERNOR REPLACES ALASAI DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kapisa Governor Abu Baker is moving aggressively to establish political control in concert with a major military operation reestablishing Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) presence in Alasai Valley after more than a year of Taliban control. On March 11, [...]	2009-03-25 07:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
09KABUL723	GHAZNI PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER DESCRIBES ANDAR [...] (S/REL ISAF) On March 14, Ghazni Provincial Council member Dr. Mohammad Ghani gave PRT State Rep and Polish Task Force White Eagle CIMIC Officer an overview of Andar district in Ghazni province. He described the developmental needs of the district, especially in the agricultural sector, and pr [...]	2009-03-25 07:09:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL725	GHAZNI PROVINCE - SIX MONTH REVIEW SECURITY, [...] (S/NF) The security situation in Ghazni province has generally improved over the past six months, with the security along Highway One increasing substantially since summer 2008, and with a seventy-five percent decrease in overall kinetic activity in the province from November 2009 to mid-March [...]	2009-03-25 11:03:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL727	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING FOR AFGHAN NATIONALS PPS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for medical training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests ex [...]	2009-03-25 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL728	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty (30) Afghan nationals for medical training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post respectfully requests ex [...]	2009-03-25 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL751	FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY: FRANCE TO INCREASE ITS [...] (C) French Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Pierre Lellouche visited Kapisa province on March 24 where he participated in a shura of Afghan leaders and received briefings on the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and combined US-French military operations. Lellouche indicated tha [...]	2009-03-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF AADP FR
09KABUL753	AFGHANS DEBATE RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent media reports speculating on the pros and cons of the Afghan government negotiating with moderate Taliban have revived internal debate on this issue, with Afghan civil society, politicians, and religious leaders weighing in. Those leaning in favor of negotiations argue th [...]	2009-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL PHUM KDEM
09KABUL754	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for MOI staff training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's r [...]	2009-03-28 11:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL755	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for Senior Service College training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests D [...]	2009-03-28 12:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL756	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of sixteen (16) individuals selected for Army Air Corps training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depa [...]	2009-03-28 12:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL76	PATH TO A PROVINCIAL GOVERNOR,S POLITICAL REBIRTH [...] (C) Uruzgan Governor Hamdam narrowly escaped dismissal by President Karzai. As recently as September 2008, the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) told Hamdam that he had three months to improve his performance or face termination. With strong backing from the IDLG and PRT, [...]	2009-01-15 07:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PINR PTER KDEM AF
09KABUL765	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: CNPA INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty-five (25) individuals selected for CNPA Intelligence Officers training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. If [...]	2009-03-29 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL766	AFGHAN MEDIA, OFFICALS PRAISE NEW U.S. STRATEGY [...] Summary: Afghan media coverage of the new U.S. Afghan-Pak strategy has been uniformly very positive, and even typically anti-government newspapers and TV channels have been optimistic in their initial coverage. Criticism has been limited to calling for additions to the strategy, such as support [...]	2009-03-29 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO AF
09KABUL767	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: DEA NIU XIV TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of fifty-five (55) individuals selected for DEA NIU training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post request's Departm [...]	2009-03-29 14:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL768	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOI AND MOD STAFF TRAINING [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of seven (7) individuals selected for MOI and MOD staff training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Depa [...]	2009-03-30 03:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
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
09KABUL78	DEMARCHE TO AFGHANISTAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS PREL
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
09KABUL784	AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION, TRADE, HOT TOPICS IN TEHRAN [...] (SBU) The Tehran-hosted Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit saw Afghan reconstruction and regional trade issues highlighted earlier this month. The March 11 summit meetings resulted in agreement among participants to contribute USD one million each to a reconstruction fund. But rat [...]	2009-03-30 13:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON EINV EFIN AF IR
09KABUL789	OPPOSITION LEADERS ANNOUNCE TWO OPTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 28 opposition leaders announced that they had agreed among themselves on two possible options for resolving the post-May 22 presidential continuity issue to a gathering of diplomatic representatives: a transitional mechanism based on political consensus or a caretaker go [...]	2009-03-30 15:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL KHUM
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
09KABUL791	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF PROSECUTORS FOR NEW [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of thirty one (31) Afghan nationals selected for training for the new Anti-Corruption Unit in the Government of Afghanistan. The training will be c [...]	2009-03-31 05:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL792	HELMAND MP KILLED BY AN IED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 an IED explosion killed Helmand MP Dhad Mohammad Khan (DMK) as his motorcade traveled through Kandahar Province en route to Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province. His killing sparked a parliamentary hearing on the Afghan government's efforts to protect MPs and to investigate an [...]	2009-03-31 06:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF
09KABUL793	AFGHANISTAN Q MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHARES [...] DCM and USAID Deputy Mission Director met with the Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL) Muhammad Asif Rahimi on March 19, 2009 to discuss the recent USG strategic review and the increased emphasis on agriculture. The DCM highlighted the increased role for agriculture in o [...]	2009-03-31 07:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON EAID AF FAS
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
09KABUL798	PROVINCIAL-LEVEL ELECTION POLITICKING [...] (C) A review of provincial-level election preparations indicates that in most provinces politicking is not yet underway, with many officials indicating they do not expect such activity to jump into high gear until June. Support for President Karzai appears soft, with many governors hedging [...]	2009-03-31 14:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
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

09KABUL809	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul warmly welcomes your visit. 2. (SBU) The coming year will take its identity from the Afghan presidential election, and from increased US military deployments. Implementing the new strategy will require significant resources to enhance our current diplomatic support plat [...]	2009-04-01 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ABLD APER CVIS AF
09KABUL810	Chaghcharan: Security, Development and Governance Update [...] Summary. Ghor is relatively secure by Afghanistan standards. Security concerns arise from anti-government elements moving into Ghor from neighboring provinces Farah and Helmand, from drug smuggling (and the accompanying corruption),and from violent tribal conflicts. Ghor's new governor is sa [...]	2009-04-02 04:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL811	KHOST: DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary. Khost Governor Hamidullah Qalandarzai announced the swap of district administrators in several districts the week of March 23. Qalandarzai indicated shortly after his January arrival in Khost that he would spend some time assessing the district administrators in Khost before mak [...]	2009-04-02 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL812	Afghanistan's Sub-National Governance Director Looks into [...] Summary: During the Ambassador's March 30 farewell call on Jelani Popal, Director of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),Popal both predicted President Karzai's re-election and also laid out changes he believes the President will need to make in a next, final period in offi [...]	2009-04-02 06:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV 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
09KABUL837	KARZAI SIGNS ANTI-WOMEN SHIA LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19 President Karzai signed the Shia Personal Status Bill into law, regulating only the affairs of Shia citizens, a minority comprising about 15 percent of the population. Although the law has been in draft form for years, public backlash against the more extreme measures [...]	2009-04-02 17:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM
09KABUL838	AFGHAN AUTHORITIES ARREST WOULD-BE SUICIDE BOMBERS [...] (C) Summary: April 1 Afghan border officials intercepted and arrested militants, camouflaged as repatriating refugees, transporting a truckload of explosives through the Torkham border crossing. The militants appear to have coordinated the timing and manner of transporting the explosives with [...]	2009-04-03 03:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER UN AF PK
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
09KABUL841	SUBJ: ZABUL GOVERNANCE ADRIFT [...] (C) Governor Mohammed Ashraf Naseri arrived to his new post in Zabul on April 1. He arrives in a province adrift, with little economic or commercial possibilities to boost the hopes or expectations of its subsistence farmers. Tensions among more than 20 tribes make Zabul,s political landscap [...]	2009-04-04 07:00:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL843	AFGHAN RECONCILIATION INITIATIVE POSSIBLY BUILDING [...] (C) Summary. The Afghanistan Peace and Reconciliation Commission (APRC) has been engaged in reconciliation discussions with Taliban elements following a combined Coalition Force (CF) and Afghan National Army (ANA) operation to regain control of the Alasay Valley in Kapisa Province. At the sa [...]	2009-04-04 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL846	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S APRIL 2, 2009 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 2, Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob Lew, D (L),met with Afghan Interior (MOI) Minister Hanif Atmar. Atmar provided an account of the April 1 Ankara trilateral summit with Pakistan and Turkey. He said the presidential level talks were positive, but the [...]	2009-04-05 02:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
09KABUL855	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TRAINING OF AFGHAN NATIONALS FOR DOD [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of two (2) individuals selected for DOD training. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's expedit [...]	2009-04-05 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL862	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of twenty (20) Afghan nationals for the D10 VIP course for the Presidential Protective Service (PPS). Post possesses no derogatory information on t [...]	2009-04-05 12:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
09KABUL863	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: D-10 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR AFGHAN [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of eleven (11) Afghan nationals for the D10 Medical Course for the Presidential Protective Service (PPS). Post possesses no derogatory information [...]	2009-04-05 12:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
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
09KABUL867	AFGHAN AUTHORITIES CONCUR WITH DETENTION AND [...] (C) Per reftel instruction, Political Counselor called on Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim Spenzada on April 5, to obtain concurrence of Afghan authorities for the April 7 detention and transfer of two DoD contractors to face criminal charges in the U.S. District Court for the [...]	2009-04-05 14:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM 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
09KABUL891	REVIEWING THE CANDIDATE NOMINATION PROCESS [...] SUMMARY. On April 25, the nomination period opens for Presidential and Provincial Council candidates (ref A). All candidates for the August 2009 elections must register before the May 8 closure. In preparation, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has revealed its plans for implementi [...]	2009-04-09 11:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
09KABUL895	KARZAI CONSIDERS LEVEL PLAYING FIELD OPTIONS [...] (C) President Karzai told the Charge on April 9 that he had already begun enacting measures to create a level playing field for all presidential candidates in this summer's election. He would provide us a decree prohibiting involvement by security forces in electoral activities, pointing to a [...]	2009-04-09 16:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
09KABUL897	LOGAR GOVERNOR TALKS OF NEEDED COOPERATION; [...] (C) Summary: Logar Provincial Governor Atiqullah Lodin shared a sober view about the direction of Afghanistan governance and security, lamenting that the Government of Afghanistan is becoming increasingly weak. He predicted that President Karzai will be reelected despite increases in corrupt [...]	2009-04-10 02:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER 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
09KABUL900	KUNAR AND NURISTAN PROVINCES HOLD JOINT SHURA [...] Summary. Kunar Governor Wahidi and Nuristan Governor Jamaluddin convened in Asadabad the first-ever joint shura of some 250 tribal elders and local officials representing the border districts in both provinces. The gathering focused on the serious security challenges along the Kunar-Nuristan [...]	2009-04-11 04:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL901	NANGARHAR,S BATI KOT RESIDENTS END BOYCOTT OF [...] (S) Summary: On March 30, residents of Bati Kot district in Nangarhar province ended an 11-day boycott of local schools and the district center. The boycott, launched in protest of two joint U.S.-Afghan nighttime raids that left two residents dead and several locals detained, was ended throug [...]	2009-04-11 07:36:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL907	URUZGAN,S SHIFTING SANDS [...] (C) Infighting between key leaders in Uruzgan Province has diminished the hope for improved security and increased development in Uruzgan that was generated in late 2007 by the appointment of "strong governance" (reftel) in the form of Governor Hamdam and Provincial Chief of Police Juma Gul He [...]	2009-04-12 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL910	GOVERNOR MANGAL TELLS CHARGE OF HELMAND'S SECURITY [...] (C) ChargQ dQ,Affaires Ricciardone and Helmand Governor Gulabuddin Mangal discussed Helmand's pivotal place in the broader Afghan strategy, security and policing, governance, and development, in an April 8 meeting in Kabul. Governor Mangal told the Ambassador that he had proposed to Indepe [...]	2009-04-13 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL917	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH COMISAF [...] (SBU) On April 2, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Jacob Lew met with Commander International Security Assistance Forces (COMISAF) General David McKiernan, to discuss COMISAF,s plans for creating a permissive environment for civilian activity in Regional Command-South and [...]	2009-04-13 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PINS PTER PGOV 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
09KABUL919	KARZAI DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM SHIA FAMILY LAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, Codel Kyl delivered a strong message to President Karzai that while the U.S. respects Afghanistan,s autonomy, international support of the new strategy for Afghanistan is undermined by any perception that Karzai supports the arcane provisions for women included in the [...]	2009-04-14 05:23:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
09KABUL921	KARZAI DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM SHIA FAMILY LAW, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AFIN MOPS
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
09KABUL935	AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US POLICY [...] (C) On April 6, potential presidential election candidates opposed to President Karzai strongly welcomed, but were openly skeptical of, SRAP Richard Holbrooke's clear statement of US neutrality in the upcoming election. Accompanied by JCS Chairman Adm. Mullen, Holbrooke emphasized that the US [...]	2009-04-15 05:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL936	KARZAI, AFGHAN OPPOSITION LEADERS WELCOME US [...] (C) SUMMARY. In April 5 and 6 conversations, President Karzai warmly welcomed SRAP Richard Holbrooke's statement of US policy toward the forthcoming elections: The US neither supports nor opposes any candidate, including Karzai, and will work with the government, the political opposition, the [...]	2009-04-15 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL937	SRAP HOLBROOKE, CJCS ADM MULLEN DISCUSS RECONCILIATION, [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Holbrooke and CJCS Admiral Mullen discussed security and reconciliation with the Ulema Council and, in a separate meeting, with Pashtun tribal elders. In both meetings, SRAP Holbrooke began the meeting by articulating the U.S [...]	2009-04-15 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
09KABUL954	COIN SUCCESS IN ALASAY VALLEY PROVIDES LESSONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: Ongoing military operations in the Alasay Valley of Kapisa Province have produced rapid and meaningful effects, not just in pushing out insurgents, but also opening important political and governance opportunities. Despite a continued insurgent threat, the Afghan National Security [...]	2009-04-16 09:28:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF
09KABUL955	AFGHANISTAN WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV 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
09KABUL969	THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT, 4/10-4/16: CIVILIAN [...] Outrage against civilian casualty incidents in Khost and Kunar provinces dominated Parliamentary debate and action (or in some cases inaction),stalling most other legislation in Parliament during the week of April 10-16. MPs in both houses tabled work on laws or resolutions concerning private [...]	2009-04-18 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09KABUL971	SHIA FAMILY LAW: OFFICIAL TELLS MP TO DROP [...] (C) Upper House MP Rida Azimi (Parwan, Tajik) told PolOff on April 16 that Office of Administrative Affairs Director and Karzai advisor Sadiq Mudabir threatened that he would urge Karzai to remove her from Parliament unless she dropped her opposition to the Shia Family Law. (Azimi is one of the [...]	2009-04-19 04:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN 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
09KABUL974	AFGHANISTAN TO SUPPORT US BID TO UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 13:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUH 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
09KABUL976	PRESSING KARZAI ON DECREE TO PROHIBIT OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) President Karzai is considering, but has not yet signed, a draft decree to prohibit political interference by Afghan security forces in the upcoming presidential and provincial council elections. In separate meetings last week with SRAP Richard Holbrooke and the Charge, Karzai promised [...]	2009-04-19 13:50:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV 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
10EFTOKABUL597	AWCC BETS ON DRAMATIC MARKET EXPANSION [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC),one of the Afghanistan's largest cellular providers, plans to invest millions of dollars in dramatic infrastructure expansion in 2010. The company will build nearly 400 new towers, mostly utilizing its own capital, but 40 will [...]	2010-02-17 13:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID PGOV PREL AF
10EFTOKABUL668	Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]	2010-02-23 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL10	2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...]	2010-01-03 07:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL102	Semi-annual Assessment for Badghis Province: July - [...] This is a Semi-annual assessment of Badghis Province. 2. (SBU) Summary. July - December 2009. Security in Badghis Province continued to deteriorate, as insurgents stepped up attacks on military convoys on main roads and overran several police checkpoints. Insurgents control large areas [...]	2010-01-12 10:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
10KABUL103	AFGHAN FIRST: UNAMA MEETING STRESSES AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the January 28 London Conference and the feasibility of preparing for and securing funding for the scheduled May 2010 parliamentary election were discussed at a meeting of key ambassadors assembled at UNAMA on January 11. The British ambassador emphasized the nee [...]	2010-01-12 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
10KABUL104	AFGHAN MOMENTUM ON REINTEGRATION PLANNING [...] (S/Rel UK) At President Karzai,s direction, the Afghan Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) has taken on the task of interagency coordination of reintegration planning, forming an Interagency Policy Working Group (IPWG) which produced a draft &National Reconciliation Policy and Reintegrat [...]	2010-01-12 18:24:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
10KABUL113	SECURITY MINISTERS PRESS FOR ARMY/POLICE GROWTH TO [...] (C/REL ISAF) During a January 6 meeting with CODEL McCain, Afghanistan's Defense and Interior Ministers pressed for continued growth in the army (ANA) and police (ANP) to a combined total of 400,000 personnel. Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar also noted his Ministry's progress in figh [...]	2010-01-13 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
10KABUL115	KARZAI VISIT TO HELMAND [...] (SBU) Summary: During a January 2 visit to Helmand Province, President Karzai engaged warmly with Helmandis, demonstrating leadership as a wartime President. In the provincial capital Lashkar Gah, regional government officials gave the Afghan President, accompanied by ISAF Commander General M [...]	2010-01-13 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
10KABUL12	MILITIAS IN KUNDUZ; A TALE OF TWO DISTRICTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Kunduz authorities helped stand up pro-GIRoA militia forces in early Fall 2009, the forces have evolved in very different directions. In Qala-e-Zal district, a well-disciplined force has brought about a marked improvement in security, while the picture in the Aqtash areas of Khan [...]	2010-01-03 07:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS AF
10KABUL120	ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY--POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tagab District, Kapisa Province, remains unstable with continued attacks on coalition forces. Several remote valleys in the district are insurgent sanctuaries. However, a series of recent incidents have combined to provide real opportunities to turn the tide. Most promising are [...]	2010-01-14 11:14:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS FR AF
10KABUL122	AFGHANISTAN: THE DYSFUNCTIONAL WORLD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir, with its unrivaled security, has never been the object of &clear and hold8 operations by U.S. forces. Instead, the U.S. moved straight to "build," with the establishment of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in 2005. Today, 65 million dollars worth o [...]	2010-01-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL125	CHIEF AFGHAN FINANCIAL REGULATOR: "GOOD PEOPLE UNDER ATTACK" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat met with Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne to discuss the Afghan Central Bank's efforts to promote macroeconomic stability and expand key projects. The Governor stated he has not met with President Karzai in more than two months and is uncertain [...]	2010-01-15 13:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL AF
10KABUL126	BMTF/DHS meeting with Finance Minister Zakhilwal [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 20, 2009 meeting, Border Management Task Force Director Ortiz met with Finance Minister Zakhilwal and Deputy Minister Sabit to provide an overview of the current mission set and incoming DHS elements and to discuss the Minister's vision to take the Customs Departmen [...]	2010-01-16 05:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL AF
10KABUL127	AFGHAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 7, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) E. Anthony Wayne and Treasury Attache met with Da Afghanistan Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat to discuss the M-Paisa pilot project, which uses mobile banking technology to pay Afghan National Polic [...]	2010-01-16 05:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL13	2010 ELECTIONS: IEC ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Details about the 2010 elections came slightly more into focus on January 2 as the Independent Election Committee (IEC) announced the date and UNAMA convened international stakeholders. The IEC announced at a press conference the May 22 date for the Parliamentary elections and ex [...]	2010-01-03 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL130	INDIAN, PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS FORECAST LIMITED ROLE [...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan reportedly intend to play a limited role in Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections, both in advising Afghanistan on a preferred election date and in providing support for the elections themselves, according to Kabul-based diplomats of those nations. Acco [...]	2010-01-16 14:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL131	SEVEN MORE MINISTERS APPROVED -- TEN REJECTED [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) has voted to accept 7 of 17 Cabinet nominees presented in President Karzai's second tranche of candidates. The Parliament has not yet decided if it will recess until mid-February, or continue until the new Cabinet is complete. Presidential Pal [...]	2010-01-16 15:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL138	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: DONORS LIKELY TO FUND BUT [...] (C) Summary: While Kabul-based donor nation representatives have not reached consensus on the level of support the international community (IC) should provide for the upcoming Parliamentary elections, some donors had already committed funds to UNDP's Enhancing Legal and Electoral Capacity fo [...]	2010-01-18 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL143	SPOT REPORT: MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN KABUL CITY [...] (U) Summary: Multiple suicide bomber explosions shook downtown Kabul on January 18 in a complex, coordinated attack in the vicinity of major Afghan government centers, including the Presidential Palace, Central Bank, and Ministries of Justice, Foreign Affairs, Education, Economy, and Interior [...]	2010-01-18 13:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	FBI PREL PTER
10KABUL170	SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...]	2010-01-19 05:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL174	REQUEST FOR ELECTIONS SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY KABUL'S [...] (U) Embassy Kabul requests the services of S/CRS in support of the upcoming Provincial Elections May 2010. The Political Section is creating an interagency team and would like to request that up too three positions be created and filled by S/CRS for the period March-September 2010. 2. (U) T [...]	2010-01-19 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT PGOV AF
10KABUL175	GIROA INDICTS THREE SENIOR OFFICIALS IN GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9, Kabul-based prosecutors filed charges against three prominent Ghazni officials: Ghazni City Mayor Hakim Ghazniwal, Refugees Director Abdul Mamid Wafa, and Reconstruction and Rural Development Director Sanai Mayel, in a 2005 case involved the illegal appropriation of [...]	2010-01-19 06:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF
10KABUL187	AFGHAN MPS PUSH FOR ELECTORAL REFORMS, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: Immediately before going on recess until February 20, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) voted to approve a list of necessary conditions for 2010 Parliamentary elections. The MPs designated WJ Speaker Yunus Qanooni to represent the legislative branch and meet with the E [...]	2010-01-19 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL189	IDLG LEADS SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE STRATEGY; WILL GET ITS [...] (C) Summary: Director General of the Independent Directorate for Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal is spear-heading the Afghan Government's renewed sub-national governance efforts, with the first test of this initiative to come in Helmand's Nad-Ali District in February. The new sub-national [...]	2010-01-19 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL MOPS UK AF
10KABUL20	DUBAI PROCESS: SLOW AND STEADY COOPERATION BETWEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth round of the Canadian-led Dubai Process meeting 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-tuning of exist [...]	2010-01-03 13:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN PREL EAID AF
10KABUL200	EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...]	2010-01-20 05:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF

10KABUL201	EXBS ADVISOR DECEMBER 14, 2009 to January 13, 2010 MONTH [...] (U) EXBS staff worked daily with a systems engineer to install a licensing system at the Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry in Kabul. The installation and configuration of this phase of the project will be completed by February 3, 2010. The Licensing Department will be linked with the A [...]	2010-01-20 07:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL KG AF
10KABUL202	SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS: [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Jelani Popal, head of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),met with the integrated command element of Brigade Combat Team Task Force Mountain Warrior in Jalalabad on January 14 before lunch with Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and a walking [...]	2010-01-20 08:56:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL208	PAKTYA PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN: SMALL STEP FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Paktya Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives participated in a December celebration of the International Days on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Gardez, Paktya, a heavily Pushtun province. The event was attended by more than 60 women an [...]	2010-01-20 15:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AF
10KABUL21	PARLIAMENT REJECTS MOST OF KARZAI'S CABINET [...] (S) Summary: On January 2, the Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga) voted to accept seven of President Karzai's 24 Cabinet nominees and to reject 17 others. Two nominees were not voted on as their ministries are newly proposed by the President and not yet approved by Parliament. Karzai will lik [...]	2010-01-03 16:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL211	JANUARY 19 UNAMA MEETING: LONDON CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) Summary: At the UNAMA meeting on January 19 SRSG Eide led a discussion on the JCMB, the London Conference, and the Parliamentary elections. The British do not yet have a formal agenda or speakers list for the London Conference and will work to circulate a draft communiqu in advance of t [...]	2010-01-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV AF TU IR UK
10KABUL213	U.S. - ITALIAN COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN'S HERAT PROVINCE [...] SUMMARY Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador Wayne January 19 that Italy was prepared to support funding of the 330 km "east-west" road, specifically the Chesti Sharif to Chagcharan portion. Gla [...]	2010-01-21 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD EAID IT AF
10KABUL214	UN STAFFING SHORTAGES HINDER SUPPORT AS AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: At the onset of Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections season, the UNDP election support program in Afghanistan is crippled by significant staffing shortages, including in key leadership positions. These shortages, coupled with UN headquarters' lengthy hiring process, has l [...]	2010-01-22 14:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF
10KABUL215	UN STAFFING SHORTAGES HINDER SUPPORT AS AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: At the onset of Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections season, the UNDP election support program in Afghanistan is crippled by significant staffing shortages, including in key leadership positions. These shortages, coupled with UN headquarters' lengthy hiring process, has l [...]	2010-01-22 14:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF
10KABUL216	FEBRUARY 16 CIV-MIL ROC DRILL IN DOHA: PURPOSE AND [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the February 16 CENTCOM/SRAP/ISAF/Embassy Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) civ-mil planning exercise in Doha, post has consulted extensively with ISAF over format, content, participation, and logistics. Post [...]	2010-01-22 18:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON NATO AF
10KABUL217	Hajigak Iron Mine Tender Likely to be Canceled [...] (C) Summary: The World Bank's Mining Advisor Craig Andrews (strictly protect) reports Mining Minister Shahrani is planning to contact the short-listed bidders for the massive Hajigak iron ore mining project (ref A) to inform them not to send in bids due February 15. The Hajigak tender package [...]	2010-01-23 04:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
10KABUL219	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 3, 2010. 3. [...]	2010-01-23 11:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL22	AFGHANISTAN: "TEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY" LEAVING [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the U.S. Treasury Attache and a representative of the Border Management Task Force participated in an impromptu meeting between Afghan Minister of Finance Zakhilwal and Central Bank Governor Fitrat. The Minister and Governor discussed Minister Zakhilwal,s recent p [...]	2010-01-04 05:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL220	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by January 31, 2010. 3. [...]	2010-01-23 11:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL221	UNDERSTANDING THE AFGHAN SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: The Afghan Supreme Court is the highest court in the land, but rarely functions as a constitutional interpreter and in fact such a role is challenged by some experts. It mainly serves as an appellate court which exercises the fact-finding jurisdiction of a primary court. President [...]	2010-01-23 17:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV
10KABUL222	APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: SUMMIT ASSOCIATES AFGHANISTAN [...] This message responds to reftel request for Embassy input on potential OPIC financing to Summit Associates Afghanistan, to support the expansion of its dairy operations with a 5000MT multi-purpose storage facility in Kabul and a 2000MT dry storage warehouse in Kunduz. Both units will store fin [...]	2010-01-24 03:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN AF
10KABUL228	AFGHANISTAN: FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVTS. [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2005, Afghanistan has made steady progress in fulfilling its commitment to fiscal transparency, reinforced by the passage of a Public Expenditure and Financial Management Law (PEFML - 2005),a Procurement Law (2005),the publication of a Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF [...]	2010-01-24 07:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL229	BORDER ACTIVITY UPDATE: CUSTOMS, BORDER STRUCTURES, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Effective control of its borders is critical to Afghanistan's security and economic prosperity. The Embassy's Border Management Task Force (BMTF) plays a significant role in building Afghan capacity to manage its borders, creating institutions for coordinating border plans; harmo [...]	2010-01-24 09:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EAID ETRD PREL EFIN EAIR AF
10KABUL23	MINISTER SPANTA OFFERS TO DISCUSS HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 07:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP KDEM AF
10KABUL231	OPIC FINANCE APPLICATION: AFGHAN GROWTH FINANCE, [...] This message responds to reftel request for Embassy input on potential OPIC financing to Afghan Growth Finance Company (AGF),a non-bank financial institution operating in Afghanistan. AGF is dedicated to providing debt financing to Afghan small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) with a focus [...]	2010-01-24 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN AF
10KABUL237	KARZAI LINKS SECURITY TO AGRICULTURAL SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 10 meeting, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Ambassador Eikenberry discussed U.S. and Afghan goals and objectives in the agricultural sector with President Karzai and Agriculture Minister Asif Rahimi. President Karzai called agriculture one of the top two de [...]	2010-01-25 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL24	MINISTER SPANTA OFFERS TO DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) On December 30, Charge d'Affaires Ricciardone briefed Foreign Minister Spanta on Frontline's upcoming program investigating "bacha bazi" in Afghanistan. Charge Ricciardone told FM Spanta that the program, which will air on January 19, would draw increased world attention and criticism to [...]	2010-01-04 09:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP KDEM AF
10KABUL245	IEC POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission (IEC) announced on January 24 that the Parliamentary elections would be postponed until September 18 due to lack of funding, security, and logistic support. On January 23 the President held a meeting at the Palace with Ambassador Eikenberry and [...]	2010-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL246	THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE AFGHAN JOINT COORDINATION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) is the central platform for strategic coordination, joint policy formulation, problem solving and mutual accountability between the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the international community (IC). Th [...]	2010-01-25 15:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV AF
10KABUL25	COMMERCE OFFICIAL ON CABINET DEAL-MAKING IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 1 meeting, Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) Chief Negotiator (and former Commerce Deputy Minister) Adib Farhadi expressed serious concerns about the Afghan Ministerial confirmation process to Coordinating Director for Development and Economic A [...]	2010-01-04 11:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL26	AFGHAN HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) In his second week as the new Deputy Director General for Policy and Oversight for the HOO, Qaseem Ludin met with Ambassador Wayne, the USAID Rule of Law Advisor and the US Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator on January 3, 2010 to discuss the HOO's current anti-corruption activities. Ludin d [...]	2010-01-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF
10KABUL323	NEW GOVERNMENT POSITIONS FOR MOJADIDI SENIOR AND JUNIOR [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, January 15, Ambassador Eikenberry met with Dr. Najibullah Mojadidi, the Special Advisor to the President of Afghanistan on Health and Education. Dr. Mojadidi said he would possibly be nominated to serve as Ambassador to the United States. He also suggested possibility o [...]	2010-01-26 08:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL328	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's meeting with new Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul on January 23, they concurred that the London Conference will serve as a symbol of a new start for Afghanistan and deliberated how to further emphasize reintegration and reconciliation. Rassoul confirm [...]	2010-01-26 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD AF EG AE XF
10KABUL332	GIROA TO RELEASE 4 GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Afghan government officials told us January 19 they plan to release four Afghan detainees whom DoD had transferred from Guantanamo as soon as possible.,, GIRoA has been holding these detainees in the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) since December 20, asking that t [...]	2010-01-26 14:19:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL335	Analysis of UNAMA's Proposed New Donor Coordination [...] (U) Summary: In preparation for the London and Kabul Conferences, outgoing United Nations SRSG Kai Eide recently submitted a proposal to the Afghan Government (GIRoA) and international community partners to improve consultation and coordination of assistance in institution building and economic [...]	2010-01-26 16:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL336	2010 ELECTIONS: ESTABLISHING "CONDITIONALITY" FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Independent Election Commission's (IEC) postponement of Afghanistan's 2010 Parliamentary elections until September 18 (Reftel) provides the GIRoA more time to implement electoral reforms. While all donors may not yet agree on which reforms to promote, or on how best to press [...]	2010-01-26 16:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
10KABUL337	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST: NANGARHAR PROVINCE TRIBAL [...] (S/REL USA/NATO) On January 21 approximately 170 Shinwari tribal elders convened to endorse a robust anti-Taliban and anti-corruption collective defense agreement in Nangarhar Province, a key focus of the Regional Command-East (RC(E)). These tribal areas span critical terrain in southeastern [...]	2010-01-26 16:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PK AF
10KABUL339	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 8, 2010. 3. [...]	2010-01-27 09:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL343	Ambassador Meets Minister of Mines Shahrani [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne, and USAID Mission Director Frej met with recently-confirmed Minister of Mines Shahrani on January 24 to underscore Mission support for the Ministry and the Mining sector. Ministe [...]	2010-01-27 10:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV ENRG PREL SENV AF
10KABUL348	Afghanistan's Anti-Corruption Unit Obtains First Conviction [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Afghan Attorney General's Office on January 25 obtained its first conviction since its establishment in April 2009. This marks a milestone for a country internationally criticized for its lax attitude toward endemic corruption and inadequate efforts [...]	2010-01-27 16:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KJUS AF
10KABUL352	NEW MINISTER OF RURAL REHABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 26 courtesy call on Jarullah Mansoori to congratulate him on his recent confirmation as MRRD Minister, Ambassador Eikenberry solicited Mansoori's initial views and plans for the ministry, provided a brief overview of the President's Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy and [...]	2010-01-28 07:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV AF
10KABUL360	ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER SURVEYS TRADE POLICY PRIORITIES [...] (U) On January 26, USAID's Economic Growth Team and the Economic Counselor met with newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce Ghulam Mohammed Aylaki to assess his support for trade liberalization and introduce the USG's new Trade and Accession Facilitation for Afghanistan (TAFA) project desi [...]	2010-01-28 15:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL361	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF HAJI AND [...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 26 meeting with the new Afghan Minister of Haji and Islamic Affairs (MHIA),Dr. Mohammad Yousef Niazi, they discussed ways the Ministry could promote respect for fundamental human rights, peace, justice, and national unity through Afghanistan's netwo [...]	2010-01-30 12:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EAIR AP
10KABUL376	Embassy Kabul Clarifications to Sweden's Interim Reply on [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Embassy Kabul recommends that Department instruct Embassy Stockholm to deliver the following points in response to Stockholm 796 and reftels: -- The U.S. Government is pleased that your Government welcomes the expansion of USG civilian presence in the Swedis [...]	2010-01-31 13:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL EAID AF SW
10KABUL377	2010 ELECTIONS: IEC AND ISAF PRELIMINARY PLANS [...] (S/REL) Summary: In recent conversations, Independent Election Commission (IEC) officials speculated that they were behind on 2010 election preparations and expressed doubt that the IEC could operate without international assistance. Meanwhile, ISAF contacts confirmed that ISAF is beginning p [...]	2010-01-31 16:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL382	NEW AFGHAN MINISTER OF LABOR CITES CHILD LABOR AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, Ambassador Eikenberry and a team from the Embassy paid a courtesy call on the newly appointed Minister of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs, and the Disabled (MOLSA),Ms. Amena Afzali. Of the three female Cabinet members President Karzai put forward in the second r [...]	2010-02-01 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM USAID AF
10KABUL388	Rail Projects Underway, But a Uniform Network Remains [...] (U) Summary: While two rail construction projects in Afghanistan are underway and several more are under discussion, the dream of a nationwide rail network remains remote. Small-scale projects sponsored by neighboring countries require different rail gauges, matching those of the countries these pr [...]	2010-02-01 15:09:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ELTN EINV ECON PGOV AF IR
10KABUL407	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST--BAMYAN AND BAGHLAN [...] (SBU) Bamyan Provincial Governor Sarabi and Baghlan Provincial Governor Barakzai recently co-hosted a jirga of approximately 50 community leaders from the border region of their two provinces to resolve a range of issues contributing to increasing violence there. Community leaders on both sid [...]	2010-02-03 04:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL408	SPIN BOLDAK POWERBROKER ENCOURAGES MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero discussed border control and development issues on January 28 with Colonel Abdul Razzik, a controversial commander of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the de facto political and security chief of Spin Boldak. Ra [...]	2010-02-03 05:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL433	AVIPA PLUS PROGRESS IN RC-SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary. The visibility of the USAID-funded Afghanistan Vouchers for Increased Production in Agriculture Plus (AVIPA Plus) program is growing in Regional Command-South (RC-South),and we are seeing progress in seven key districts in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. AVIPA Plus is a key s [...]	2010-02-03 09:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR PREL AF
10KABUL436	AFGHANISTANâ€™S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDERâ€™S [...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...]	2010-02-03 13:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL IR AF
10KABUL437	Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...]	2010-02-03 15:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL439	POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: KEY TO [...] (U) Summary: Functioning political parties may be critical to Afghanistan's long-term democratic development and stability but they are generally unpopular and misunderstood, prompting most Afghan politicians to avoid affiliation. The USG provides some technical assistance to political parti [...]	2010-02-04 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL441	REINTEGRATION AND RECONCILIATION - AFGHAN [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: Now that President Karzai has launched his broad Peace and Integration policy themes, his government's next political task, even as it must devise a program to advance the policy, is to develop nation-wide acceptance of the policy. An inclusive and transparent approach co [...]	2010-02-04 10:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL442	Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]	2010-02-04 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL443	Trans-boundary Water Issues: Slow but Sure Progress [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) in concert with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is leading an effort to address trans-boundary water rights. While Afghanistan remains reluctant to engage fully with its neighbors on this issue, USG-supported training is imp [...]	2010-02-04 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV EINV EAID PREL AF
10KABUL454	AFGHAN BORDER AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: MINISTER IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Acting Minister for Border and Tribal Affairs, Arsala Jamal, says he is attempting to transform a demoralized and weak ministry into one that will play an important and creative role both in developing the poorer border regions and in encouraging reconciliation and reintegra [...]	2010-02-06 10:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PCON PBTS PGOV PINR PK AF
10KABUL455	Afghan United Bank CEO Stresses his Humanitarian Activities [...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Haji Mohammed Jan, CEO of Afghan United Bank (AUB) and Naqebullah, Chairman of Afghan United Petroleum, discussed with Ambassador Wayne and Treasury Attache AUB's plans for expansion. Their primary interest, however, was to describe their support for devel [...]	2010-02-06 14:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER KCOR AF
10KABUL459	INDONESIAN AMBASSADOR ENVISIONS INCREASED ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia can play a more significant role in Afghanistan, especially in negotiating with the Taliban, Indonesian Ambassador Erman Hidayat told Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone on January 28. Hidayat said he hoped that Indonesia's religious leaders could play a part in bringing Tali [...]	2010-02-07 03:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IN
10KABUL46	KEY AMBASSADORS IN KABUL DISCUSS REVIEW OF COMMAND [...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Begin Summary. In a New Year's Day briefing by Generals McChrystal and Rodriguez for the embassies most active in the South and Southwest of Afghanistan ) Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States ) the Generals outlined the co [...]	2010-01-05 12:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK CAN IT NL AS AF
10KABUL463	BEDLAM AND CORRUPTION PERMEATE CUSTOMS PROCESS AT [...] (C) Summary. On January 28, the Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for Regional Command ) South (RC-S) met with Deputy Customs Director Sardar Ashraf Weesa, the lead customs officer for Spin Boldak and brother of Kandahar Governor Weesa. Weesa candidly reported a sorry state of affairs and [...]	2010-02-07 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL465	ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER ENDORSES PRIVATE SECTOR AND TRADE [...] (U) Summary: In a January 31 meeting, newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce and Industries (MoCI) Ghulam Mohammed Aylaqi told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne that the Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) is his "highest priorit [...]	2010-02-07 11:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF
10KABUL466	NAD ALI/MARJAH OPERATION: STABILIZATION PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Planning for the stabilization effort that will follow upcoming military operations in Helmand's Nad Ali District is entering the final phase. The PRT is nearing completion of plans to expand the existing GIRoA footprint in Nad Ali North (U.K. area of operations) and in Nad Ali So [...]	2010-02-07 11:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
10KABUL467	POWERBROKER AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN SPIN BOLDAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar Province and its major border crossing point to Pakistan at Weech-Chaman have become the focus of a number of high profile coalition efforts given the upcoming military operations in Regional Command-South (RC-S). Although there is a high potential [...]	2010-02-07 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL468	The Places In Between: Afghanistan Dreams of an East-West [...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Works (MPW) recently presented donors a formal proposal for an east-west highway, one of the most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects proposed in the post-Taliban era. The road would create a trade and development corridor stretching fr [...]	2010-02-07 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN EMIN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL47	ROUND TWO FOR CABINET SWEEPSTAKES UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: After meeting with his cabinet, advisors and MPs on January 4, President Karzai issued a Presidential decree late in the day calling an extraordinary session of Parliament to finish the task of cabinet confirmation. Parliament Speaker Qanooni presided January 5 over a contentiou [...]	2010-01-05 14:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL470	US-JAPAN WORK TO ADVANCE COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wayne, USAID Mission Director Frej, and Embassy representatives met with Japanese Ambassador Shigeyuki Hiroki and his team on February 4 to solicit views on how Japan plans to disburse $5 billion in assistance to Afghanistan over the next five years. Ambassador Wayne en [...]	2010-02-07 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV AF
10KABUL472	Post London Conference Dinner with Dr. Ghani - Discussing [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne hosted a dinner with Dr. Ashraf Ghani, who led GIRoA in drafting its final Anti-Corruption Concept Paper presented at the London Conference. The attendees discussed the way forward for Afghanistan following the London Conference. Dr. Ghani responded to specific [...]	2010-02-07 15:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF
10KABUL475	WHITHER BALKH PROVINCE GOVERNOR ATTA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Balkh Governor Usted Mohammad Noor Atta told us that the decision as to whether he stays on as Governor of Balkh or moves on to some opposition role lies with him, as well as President Karzai. Atta named Junbesh Party Chairman Sayed Noorullah as his most likely replacement, shoul [...]	2010-02-08 04:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AF
10KABUL476	Energy Minister Provides Update on Electricity Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, met with Acting Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Ismail Khan on February 6 to discuss cooperation in Afghanistan's energy sector and to strategize on a path forward that would improve elec [...]	2010-02-08 05:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG EINV AF
10KABUL477	Agriculture: Preparing for military to civilian [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 06:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR AF
10KABUL478	UN SRSG: ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS BEHIND [...] (C) Summary: Recently returned from the London Conference, SRSG Eide led an upbeat meeting of ambassadors of major JCMBou arned, however, that both the UN and GIRoA were "much further along" at this stage in preparations in 2009 and that their relative progress this time is lagging significant [...]	2010-02-08 06:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL UN
10KABUL479	Preparing U.S. Military Ag Programs for Civilian [...] (U) Summary: At a CENTCOM-initiated and sponsored January 29-31 workshop, military and civilian representatives developed a plan for transitioning assistance from Agribusiness Development Teams (ADT)to civilian expertise over the next several years. Stakeholders from the Embassy, United State [...]	2010-02-08 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV AF
10KABUL482	AFGHAN PUBLIC PROTECTION FORCE ENROLLS [...] (C/REL) On 21 December the Afghan government placed a charismatic former mujahideen commander, Ghulam Mohammed Hotak, in charge of the Ministry of Interior,s Afghan Public Protection Program (AP3) in Wardak province, resulting in an influx of volunteers. 2. (C/REL) Ghulam Mohammed and hi [...]	2010-02-08 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MCAP AF
10KABUL488	AFGHANISTAN REPORTS BETTER THAN EXPECTED ANNUAL REVENUES [...] (U) On January 23, 2010, the Deputy Minister of Revenues and Customs, Mr. Gul Sabit, unofficially reported that annual revenues for Afghan fiscal year 2010 are likely to be in excess of the 54.5 billion Afghanis (USD 1.09 billion) target set by the IMF. Estimates from the Ministry of Finance pr [...]	2010-02-09 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN PGOV AF
10KABUL490	CURRENT STATUS AND NEXT STEPS ON AGRICULTURE CREDIT [...] (SBU) Members of the Embassy Interagency Agriculture Team met with the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (MAIL) on February 3 to discuss the current status and next steps on addressing the agriculture credit constraints facing the small commercial farmer. MAIL reiterated its [...]	2010-02-09 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR ECON SNAR PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL494	MINISTER OF EDUCATION COMMITS TO CONTINUING STRONG USG [...] (U) Summary: During Ambassador Eikenberry's February 1 courtesy call on recently confirmed Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak, the Minister provided a detailed presentation on Afghanistan's education crisis. The presentation was filled with well-documented statistics on the lack of education [...]	2010-02-09 08:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ESTH SOCI AF
10KABUL500	KARZAI DELIGHTED AT SAUDI ARABIA VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is "very happy" with his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, according to Karzai Chief of Staff Daudzai and reconciliation advisor Masoom Stanekazai, each of whom described the high-level attention Karzai received from Saudi leaders as a boost for Karzai and GIRoA's sta [...]	2010-02-09 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL AF SA
10KABUL502	IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR: MOVING [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 10:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL503	MULLAH ZAEEF: PEACE NOW A NECESSITY [...] (S) Summary: Former Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef advocates peace as "the only option now" for Afghanistan. While encouraged by the latest attention to achieving peace in Afghanistan, he believes action and sincerity, not talk and good intentions, are required to make progress. H [...]	2010-02-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL504	KARZAI COS: NO NATIONALIZATION OF ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff Daudzai claimed there is no presidential decree in the works to nationalize the Electoral Complaints Committee (ECC) and that the law remains as it stands to allow for international observers to remain on the ECC. However, we have learned that nat [...]	2010-02-09 10:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL
10KABUL509	DEPARTING WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER GHAZANFAR SUGGESTS [...] SUMMARY: Departing Women's Affairs Minister Hussan Ban Ghazanfar told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne on January 5 that her successor's priorities as Minister should include: building inter-ministerial coordination on women's issues (inc [...]	2010-02-10 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KWMN AF
10KABUL512	NATIONAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR AHADI OUTLINES HIS PLANS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai's newly named National Economic Advisor (NEA),Dr. Anwar ul-Haq Ahadi, discussed his new role with Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Tony Wayne and Treasury Attache on February 7 and requested Embassy and other donor assistance [...]	2010-02-10 12:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV AF
10KABUL537	KEEPING OUR PEOPLE SAFE: INSTITUTING PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT [...] Service in Afghanistan is both physically and mentally challenging. This is particularly true of service in the field - at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs),District Support Teams (DSTs) and at the numerous entities throughout Afghanistan where civilian personnel are co-located with mili [...]	2010-02-11 12:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT AMED AFSI AF
10KABUL538	Afghan Government Requests Intervention in Contract Dispute [...] (SBU) This is an action request for U.S. Mission to ICAO, U.S. Mission to NATO and FAA. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Transportation and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) is increasingly agitated by the performance of contractors working for the International Civil Aviation Organi [...]	2010-02-11 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL539	GUESS WHO'S NOT COMING TO DINNER? [...] (C) Summary: We have learned that President Karzai has decided to leave unfilled the Upper House's 34 seats allocated to District Council members in the next legislative session, which will convene on 20 February. Because District Council elections have never been held, the 34 MPs reserved [...]	2010-02-11 13:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL540	2009 AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Parliament struggled to find relevance in 2009 to both serve as a springboard for legislative activity and as a counterweight to the Palace. Chronic absenteeism among Lower House MPs during the latter half of the year further limited Parliament's legislative effectiveness. Sim [...]	2010-02-11 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL541	2007 AMNESTY BILL EXITS THE TWILIGHT ZONE, DRAWS [...] (C) Summary: The controversial Amnesty Law, passed by Afghan Parliament in early 2007, resurfaced in late January after three years of uncertain legal status. The law grants "general amnesty" to anyone involved in hostile conflict before the interim administration and to current armed oppon [...]	2010-02-11 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL542	REGIONAL COMMAND EAST -- TALIBAN REINTEGRATION IN [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With the express purpose of establishing acceptable dispute mechanisms and connecting the Seyadabad District government to the people of the extremely volatile Tangi Valley in Wardak Province, acting District Sub-Governor (DSG) Hajji Niematullah convened a s [...]	2010-02-13 07:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS UK AF
10KABUL543	FULL SUPPORT BY LOCAL SHURA FOR OPERATION MOSHTARAK [...] (C) Summary. On February 11, Helmand Governor Mangal and Minister of Interior Atmar hosted a well-attended shura, consisting of tribal elders from Nad Ali district and neighboring villages, to discuss the upcoming military operations in Marjah (Operation Moshtarak). The elders showed strong [...]	2010-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
10KABUL544	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL545	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 18, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL546	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 18, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL547	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 27, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL548	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL549	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL550	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 1, 2010. 3. F [...]	2010-02-13 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL551	AFGHANISTAN BANKING SECTOR VULNERABILITIES: EXPOSURE TO [...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Attache Office in Afghanistan has met with multiple bank officials, financial sector experts, and a Washington Post reporter in recent weeks to discuss growing rumors that Kabul Bank and Azizi Bank are highly exposed to the Dubai property market. Together, Kabul Bank a [...]	2010-02-13 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AF
10KABUL554	OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 13, [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the blessing by President Karzai on the evening of 12 February, the operations in Nad Ali (Operation Moshtarak) started at 0200 on the morning of 13 February. Most of the day's activity took place in the northern half of the district, and although not yet secure, Marja [...]	2010-02-14 08:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL561	LAUNCHING QUICK RESPONSE FUNDS FOR FIELD OFFICERS [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2, 9 and 10. 2. Summary and Action Request: Embassy Kabul Interagency Provincial Affairs (IPA) and the Financial Management Office (FMO) have been working to design a mechanism to disburse USD30 million in 2009 Supplemental Economic Support Funds (E [...]	2010-02-15 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN EAID AF
10KABUL564	Afghan Banking Sector Booms but Concerns Remain about [...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Attache Office met with officials from six of the seventeen banks operating in Afghanistan in January to gather views on the health of the sector. These meetings were held with a broad range of formal financial institutions, including large (Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, [...]	2010-02-15 05:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON AF
10KABUL566	EFFECT OF SIV PROGRAM ON LES STAFFING IN MISSION [...] Summary: The Afghan Allies Protection Act of 2009 allotted 1500 Special Immigrant Visas per annum for Afghan nationals under threat who have worked for the US government for at least one year. In addition to more general immigrant eligibility requirements, applicants must present a letter from [...]	2010-02-15 06:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PGOV AF
10KABUL567	OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 14, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations continued on February 14, with the heaviest activity taking place in northern Marjah, but media reports have remained extremely positive about the current status of Operation Moshtarak. Governor Mangal convened a budget conference in Lashkar Gah to develop line-item o [...]	2010-02-15 09:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL570	CORRECTED COPY: IDLG DIRECTOR POPAL MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the course of a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Independent Director of Local Governance (IDLG) Jelani Popal previewed his upcoming visit to Helmand to help finalize preparations for the rollout there of the District Delivery Program (DDP). He indicated he can work [...]	2010-02-15 10:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL571	NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND [...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...]	2010-02-15 10:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL572	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ALARMED DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Convening a meeting of key ambassadors on February 11, UN SRSG Kai Eide sought counsel on how to avoid a potential stand-off with President Karzai on the issue of appointing international observers to the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC),in light of rumors that Karzai int [...]	2010-02-15 10:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF

10KABUL575	ATMAR UNDER PRESSURE FOR NEW ANSARI HAWALA CASE [...] (C) In a February 2 courtesy call on Interior Minister Hanif Atmar by visiting Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Gil Kerlikowske, Ambassador Wayne thanked Atmar for his firmness on recent money laundering cases (Ref B). Atmar responded that the January 14 search of [...]	2010-02-15 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KTFN KCOR KCRM SNAR AF
10KABUL576	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HOPEFUL FOR SOLUTION TO [...] (C) Summary: After his cabinet approved on a decree that would strip the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) of all foreign observers, President Karzai is considering UN SRSG's request to allow for two international observers (septel) to be appointed to the ECC, UN SRSG reported to a gatherin [...]	2010-02-15 16:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL
10KABUL577	GIROA APPEARS TO RETREAT ON ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai's Cabinet of Ministers has voted to approve an electoral decree that would "nationalize" the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) by removing the ECC's three international commissioners. If Karzai signs the decree, it will almost certainly hinder fraud preven [...]	2010-02-15 16:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL582	OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operation Moshtarak continued on February 15 in Nad Ali district; however, reports throughout the operational area indicate that the situation was relatively quiet. ISAF Commander, along with Ministers of Defense and Interior, visited the northern Nad Ali area of Showal where t [...]	2010-02-16 09:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL584	ABDULLAH REFLECTS ON HIS COALITION, NATIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently shared with the Ambassador his perspectives on the need for independent electoral bodies, the security situation, and the mixed messages the Afghan people are receiving on reconciliation and reintegration. While Abdu [...]	2010-02-16 10:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL589	KANDAHAR: CORRUPTION REFORMS BY THE MASTER OF SPIN? [...] (S) Summary: On February 9, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero and Regional Command-South (RC-S) Commander Major General Nick Carter (UK) met with Colonel Abdul Razziq, 4th Afghan Border Police (ABP) Director and a well-known powerbroker based in the border town of Spin Bolda [...]	2010-02-17 05:16:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL590	OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 16, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 16, as ISAF continued to find high numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operational area. Governor Mangal attended a security shura today to look at Nad Ali security, and he traveled to Camp Bastion to visit [...]	2010-02-17 06:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL593	AN UNDEFINED MISSION AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, newly-appointed Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandewal discussed his plans for the Ministry with Ambassador Eikenberry and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne. Minister Arghandewal indicated that he would deve [...]	2010-02-17 09:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL594	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-17 11:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL595	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL596	REFORMING USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission is developing a new, coordinated approach for providing salary support and technical assistance to key Ministries and offices of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). We are designing programs to reduce ministerial stove-piping and enhance th [...]	2010-02-17 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PREL AF
10KABUL601	OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17, [...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 17 and Governor Mangal paid his first visit to Marjah with ISAF military leadership. High numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) challenge progress in the operational area but the District Stabilization Team (DST) hop [...]	2010-02-18 09:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL606	KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]	2010-02-18 10:37:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF PREL
10KABUL619	SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT KARZAI SHARES VISION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Economic Advisor to President Karzai Dr. Anwarul Haq Ahadi told USAID Mission Director Bill Frej on February 11 that he planned to set up a functioning structure to advise President Karzai on economic affairs and to carry out inter-ministerial coordination on economic iss [...]	2010-02-18 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF
10KABUL62	A TALE OF TWO KABUL MAYORS [...] Summary: (C) President Karzai has appointed a new mayor of Kabul, Engineer Mohammad Yunos Novandish. This follows the December 7, 2009 'mismanagement of authority' conviction and the December 8, 2009 release pending appeal of former Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi (Reftel.) The Novandish appointme [...]	2010-01-07 13:20:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	FBI JUS PGOV PINR PREL
10KABUL621	KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]	2010-02-18 13:26:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV AF PREL
10KABUL628	MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVIEWS POLICE TRAINING, CN POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske joined by Ambassador Wayne, discussed a range of current issues with Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar. Atmar expressed satisfaction with the steady developm [...]	2010-02-18 16:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL PINS PK RU AF
10KABUL631	LAGHMAN GOVERNOR REFLECTS ON TENURE, PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Looking back at his 22-month term as Laghman governor, Lutfullah Mashal claimed slow but obvious progress in the province, including more children in schools and a bustling economy in Mehtarlam. He expressed concern about renewal of violent factional conflict if a new governor wa [...]	2010-02-20 06:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MOPS AF PK
10KABUL633	DONORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S [...] (U) Summary: On February 7, 2010, the USAID Mission Director along with the USG Education Team attended a donor conference in support of the Ministry of Higher Education's (MoHE) new National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP). Five years in the making, involving close collaboration betwe [...]	2010-02-20 10:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL635	ASSISTING AFGHANS WITH CULTURAL RESTORATION AND REVIVING [...] Summary: Embassy met a key benchmark in support for Turquoise Mountain Trust (TMT) with the February 16 graduation of 30 students from a three-year program sponsored by the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, the premier institution of its kind in the country. The e [...]	2010-02-21 06:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SCUL ECON AF
10KABUL636	INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S MATURING [...] (SBU) Afghanistan's long-moribund Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) has shown new vitality over the last three months by first reorganizing itself, and then by choreographing GIRoA's interagency response to the threat posed by Ammonium Nitrate-based explosives (reftel A). Under [...]	2010-02-21 06:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS AF
10KABUL637	CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT DEMARCHE POINTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the request (Ref B) to inform our host government of the provisions of the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) and its impending implementation, Embassy Kabul delivered demarche points to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to review the prog [...]	2010-02-21 07:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI KTIP
10KABUL639	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-21 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL645	"EMERGENCY" PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AMENDS ELECTORAL [...] (C) On February 17 President Karzai signed a Presidential decree enacting sweeping reforms to the 2005 electoral law. It was sent to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on February 18 for review and gazetting. The exact text of the reforms was only available to Karzai's Cabinet and members of Parlia [...]	2010-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL648	AFGHAN OFFICIAL REPORTS PAKISTAN SEEKS TO LIMIT GOODS [...] (SBU) Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Director of International Trade told us February 20 that the Government of Pakistan's Revenue Division has invoked a clause of its 1969 Customs Act which allows it to restrict the transit of 22 categories of goods destined to Afghanistan thr [...]	2010-02-22 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL AF PK
10KABUL656	SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]	2010-02-22 13:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PRE EAI TU AF
10KABUL657	FARYAB: A VIEW FROM MAIMANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Shafaq, local Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) leaders, PRT Maimana military and civilian representatives all regard insurgency as the principal challenge facing Faryab province. They express their strongest concerns about Ghormach district, but see the entire "Pa [...]	2010-02-22 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TU AF
10KABUL664	Energy Minister Khan Undermines Utility Progress [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Jalil Shams, CEO of the Afghan national utility DABS, has called for President Karzai's help in maintaining the utility's independence in the face of increasing interference from Acting Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan. Dr. Shams tells us that President Karzai was r [...]	2010-02-23 07:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG SENV AF
10KABUL665	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-23 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL666	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]	2010-02-23 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL668	Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]	2010-02-23 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL67	MP'S BELIEVE CABINET LIST MAY BE DELAYED, SOME [...] (C) As of January 8 MPs considered it an open question as to whether Karzai will present a complete list of cabinet choices to the National Assembly (NA) on the agreed-upon January 9 date, despite Karzai's call for an extraordinary NA session (reftel). Pro-Karzai MP Khalid Pashtun (Pashtun, [...]	2010-01-08 08:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL672	ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI [...] (C) Begin Summary. In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our [...]	2010-02-23 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL673	KANDAHAR'S POWERBROKER: GUL AGHA SHIRZAI: TEEING [...] (S) Summary. Kandahar uber-powerbrokers Gul Agha Shirzai and Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) teamed up February 16-17 for an unprecedented show of political togetherness in Kandahar City (KC) to showcase plans for a southern Afghanistan regional peace and reconciliation jirga. Shirzai told the Kandaha [...]	2010-02-23 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL674	KARZAI ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai addressed a joint session of Parliament on February 20, on the occasion of the opening of the final session of Parliament. Karzai spoke for 40 minutes to a poorly-attended, subdued joint session of Parliament that also included members of the Supreme Court and [...]	2010-02-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL675	NEW AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS MINISTER ZARAR OUTLINES HIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske, joined by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, met with Afghanistan's new Minister of Counternarcotics, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel. [...]	2010-02-24 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL677	NANGARHAR RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) A two-day provincial justice conference in Nangarhar February 1-2 brought national justice representatives together with their Nangarhari counterparts to discuss systemic justice challenges in the province. A small-group format resulted in frank discussions of provincial government corrupt [...]	2010-02-24 06:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AF PK
10KABUL681	AFGHANISTAN: SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. The U.S. Mission in Afghanistan is looking for the Department's best Senior Officers to serve as Senior Civilian Representatives (SCR). SCRs serve as the U.S. Ambassador's direct representative to a specific region of Afghanistan (South, So [...]	2010-02-24 09:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AMGT AFSI AF
10KABUL684	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (SBU) During a February 10-11 visit to Kabul, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wolin promoted sound public financial management and governance in meetings with senior Afghan officials, including Central Bank Governor Fitrat and Finance Minister Zakhilwal and in a speech at the American University of A [...]	2010-02-24 10:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV KCRP AF
10KABUL688	PROPOSED AFGHANISTAN DETAINEE MONITORING STRATEGY [...] (U) This cable includes an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: In response to the President's executive order banning torture, the Washington interagency Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies recommended that Embassy Kabul develop a plan to [...]	2010-02-24 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL692	NEW AFGHAN ELECTION LAW DECREE: AREAS OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai signed a legislative decree on February 17 with sweeping amendments to the 2005 Electoral Law, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitution to issue legislative decrees during Parliamentary recess "in case of an immediate need." While some of the decre [...]	2010-02-24 18:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL693	AHMED WALI KARZAI: SEEKING TO DEFINE HIMSLEF AS U.S. PARTNER? [...] (S//Rel NATO, ISAF) Begin Summary. Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero met one-on-one with Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) on February 23. SCR informed AWK that coalition attention will turn to Kandahar in the next phase of Operation Moshtarak (Together) and the United States will play a fa [...]	2010-02-25 04:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL694	INTERIOR MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSSES POLICE TRAINING; [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting, Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar told Ambassador Holbrooke, Ambassador Eikenberry, and General Caldwell that: -- he wants to train 2,000-3,000 police officer candidates outside of Afghanistan, each year for the next five years. Atmar is looking at Jordan [...]	2010-02-25 05:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
10KABUL695	OPERATION MOSHTARAK MOVING TO GOVERNANCE PHASE [...] (C//Rel NATO, ISAF) Summary: Afghan and Coalition Forces carrying out Operation Moshtarak ("Together" in Dari) in Helmand Province are facing stiff challenges, but are on track to bring the "clearance" phase to closure. The Operation's success, however, will be measured in the coming "hold" [...]	2010-02-25 07:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM MOPS PREL PINS UK CAN AF
10KABUL696	AMBASSADORS CONCEDE ELECTORAL CHANGES, UN PUSHING [...] 1. (C) Summary: While the decree recently signed by President Karzai to amend the electoral law (ref. A) was roundly decried by ambassadors at the weekly UNAMA meeting in Kabul on February 22, they concurred that the international community would not at this point make public statements con [...]	2010-02-25 07:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF PREL
10KABUL698	WOMEN ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR INCLUSION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Afghan Women's Network met February 23 with Masoom Stanekzai, the Afghan government's current lead on reintegration efforts, at his invitation, to voice their concerns over GIRoA's reintegration and reconciliation plans. Stanekzai opened the meeting by [...]	2010-02-26 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL699	PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...]	2010-02-26 11:38:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL700	GIROA STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KABUL [...] The Afghan government swung into action to publicly and strongly condemn Taliban suicide and car bomb attacks in central Kabul the morning of February 26 that killed at least 13 people and wounded approximately thirty-two. Demonstrating an unprecedented degree of intergovernmental cooperation [...]	2010-02-26 14:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	FBI PREL PTER AF
10KABUL701	ELECTORAL REFORM: DON'T COUNT ON QANOONI [...] (C) Summary: I met with Lower House Speaker Qanooni to learn what Parliament's legislative priorities will be in the next session, to understand Speaker Qanooni's views on President Karzai's Presidential Decree on the Electoral Law, and to ask what his views were on how we could jointly str [...]	2010-02-26 18:34:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL702	GHANI SAYS STABILITY OBTAINED WITH BALLOTS, NOT BOMBS [...] Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on February 23, 2010 to discuss his views on the military operation in Marjah, the plans for the Peace Jirga and the Kabul Conference, and other issues. Ghani expressed skepticism that the c [...]	2010-02-27 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL703	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 13, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL704	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]	2010-02-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL705	Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports [...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...]	2010-02-28 06:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL706	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 17, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL707	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 15, 2010. 3 [...]	2010-02-28 06:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL711	CORRECTED COPY: Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks [...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen strongly encouraged the Afghan banking sector to implement stronger controls against money laundering and terrorist f [...]	2010-02-28 06:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL725	Afghanistan: Telecommunications Policy Officer [...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Kabul's Telecommunications Policy Officer is Anne Benjaminson (+93-700-10-8367; BenjaminsonAW@state.gov) until her departure in August 2010. The TPO from 2010 - 2011 will be Carter Wilbur (same phone number; WilburCW@state.gov). EIKENBERRY [...]	2010-02-28 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AF
10KABUL726	CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING MARJAH [...] (S/REL ISAF, NATO) Summary. As Operation Moshtarak within Nad Ali district began in mid-February, rumors of criminal allegations surrounding the Marjah Sub-District Governor Haji Zahir and his time in Germany began to surface. Upon hearing these allegations, Regional Platform)South (RP-S) and [...]	2010-02-28 15:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV KDEM KCRM MOPS PREL AF
10KABUL85	KARZAI AND CODEL MCCAIN ON PROGRESS, ELECTIONS, [...] (S) Summary: In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about the progress in Afghanistan since 2002 and the positive role of the international community. On the timing of parliamentary election [...]	2010-01-10 09:12:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL96	NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...]	2010-01-11 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL97	COORDINATING UN AND UK VIEWS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has begun discussions with the GIRoA and coordination with UN and UK on policies regarding the 2010 Parliamentary elections. The UN and UK are essentially in line with U.S. views, and the UN plans to lead the dialogue with the GIRoA on a reform agenda. Some differen [...]	2010-01-12 04:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNSC AF
78KABUL3619	FIRST CONVERSATION WITH NEW AFGHAN PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	1978-05-06 16:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PINT PTER US

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