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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09KABUL3963 | DUTCH MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC OFFICERS GIVE THE [...] (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 |
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 |
09KABUL4016 | Kandahar Governor Highlights Governance and Development [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 12 meeting, Kandahar Governor Weesa briefed Ambassador Wayne on governance and development challenges in his province. Weesa highlighted the need to improve capacity at the district level, strengthen the judicial sector, and improve power generation and distributi [...] | 2009-12-15 13:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM CA AF |
09KABUL4023 | HELMAND: DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INFORMAL JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The absence of any formal Afghan government (GIRoA) justice infrastructure in many districts of Helmand province has created a legal vacuum that enables "insurgent justice" to hold sway. In order to help the Afghan government (GIRoA) compete with the Taliban's shadow justice s [...] | 2009-12-16 05:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINS PHUM AF UK |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 PROVINCE’S [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09KABUL866 | MAJORITY OF MPS SUPPORT COURT STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A majority of MPs in both houses of Parliament voiced support for the Supreme Court's March 31 statement backing President Karzai's remaining in office following the May 22 constitutional expiration of his term. An overwhelming number of Upper House MPs and a majority of Lower [...] | 2009-04-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AF |
09KABUL868 | SHIA FAMILY LAW DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The US Embassy has translated some 15 articles of concern in the Shia Family Law signed on March 31 by President Karzai (ref A). See para 4 for that translation. The basis for such a law is found in Article 131 of the Afghan Constitution. At an April 4 meeting between the di [...] | 2009-04-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV AF PREL PHUM |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
09KAMPALA1024 | UGANDA: AN OPPOSITION CANDIDATE'S RETURN FROM EXILE [...] (C) Summary: Ending 23 years in exile, opposition figure Olara Otunnu recently completed a two-week tour of Uganda to drum up support for a potential presidential bid. Otunnu is angling to take over the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) party from relatives of UPC founder and former Ugandan Pre [...] | 2009-09-10 06:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR UG |
09KAMPALA1044 | VIOLENT RIOTS IN KAMPALA AFTER MUSEVENI SNUBS [...] (C) Summary: Riots in Kampala erupted on September 10 after Ugandan security forces prevented senior Buganda Kingdom officials from traveling to the town of Kayunga less than 50 miles north of Kampala. Police, military and the notorious "Black Mamba" squads used tear gas and live bullets to [...] | 2009-09-11 11:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA1045 | EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON KAMPALA CONFRONTATIONS [...] (SBU) The Mission's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened at 1000 hours to coordinate its security posture in response to ongoing violence and riots in Kampala (reftel). 2. (SBU) The RSO noted that rioting was spreading as unemployed youths and others take advantage of the deteriorating [...] | 2009-09-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PINS ASEC PGOV MOPS UG |
09KAMPALA1046 | UGANDA UPDATE: RIOTS CONTINUE FOR SECOND DAY IN [...] (C) Summary: Violent demonstrations in Kampala resumed on September 11 with reports of sporadic gunfire, burning tires, and looting. The Buganda Kingdom's Attorney General told the Mission that the King may indeed postpone tomorrow's visit to Kayunga to avoid further loss of life and property [...] | 2009-09-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ASEC PHUM PINR UG |
09KAMPALA1055 | UGANDA: DEATHS, DETENTIONS, AND DISTRUST AFTER KAMPALA [...] (SBU) Summary: Calm returned to Kampala on September 12 after the King of Buganda cancelled his trip to Kayunga district. At least 21 people were killed and over 100 wounded during the September 10-11 riots (ref. A). Negotiations between the government and the Buganda remain at an impasse, wi [...] | 2009-09-14 11:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS UG |
09KAMPALA1069 | UGANDAN PARLIAMENT: "PATRIOTISM CLUBS" SPARK OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's Parliament passed the 2009/10 budget on September 9 after opposition MPs walked out over a provision allocating $5.25 million for the promotion of "Patriotism Clubs" in schools. Noting that these funds were earmarked for the Ministry of Security rather than the Ministry [...] | 2009-09-17 04:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1074 | UGANDA: ABDUCTED AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST CHARGED [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan authorities released radio host Robert Kalundi Sserumaga on bail on September 15 after charging him with six counts of sedition for comments made during a live September 11 television show. Sserumaga was abducted and imprisoned by the Police Criminal Investigation Divisio [...] | 2009-09-17 14:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1075 | MUSEVENI BLAMES BUGANDA, OPPOSITION, AND FOREIGNERS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour speech to Parliament on September 15, Uganda's President Museveni blamed the opposition, the Buganda Kingdom, and foreign "meddlers" for the riots that killed 24 people from 10-13 September (reftels). The President defended the actions of security forces, reinforce [...] | 2009-09-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI ECON UG |
09KAMPALA1078 | UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...] | 2009-09-18 10:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA1079 | UGANDA: MFA EXPLAINS GOVERNMENT VIEW OF KAMPALA [...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 briefing for foreign Ambassadors, the Foreign Minister and Inspector General of Police stressed that Ugandan police adhered to international norms and exercised restraint during the riots that rocked Kampala September 10-12. They noted that if police had fir [...] | 2009-09-18 10:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA1096 | UGANDA: NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT INSIDER SEES [...] (C) "Captain" Mike Mukula, disgraced former Ugandan Health Minister and current National Resistance Movement (NRM) vice-chairman for eastern Uganda, warned that the 2011 presidential elections will be worse than the deeply flawed 2006 presidential contest. Mukula, whose political reputation w [...] | 2009-09-23 06:08:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1097 | UGANDA: NRM LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP REGISTRATION DRIVE [...] (C) Summary: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) recently embarked on a nation-wide campaign to register all card-carrying party members. The program is spearheaded by NRM Secretary General Amama Mbabazi, who doubles as Museveni's Cabinet Minister for Security. Having fused the [...] | 2009-09-23 06:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UG |
09KAMPALA1098 | SCENESETTER FOR OGAC AMBASSADOR GOOSBY SEPTEMBER 26-30 [...] (SBU) Summary: You are visiting Uganda when the long-running war against the HIV/AIDS pandemic is at a crossroads. Under the leadership of President Yoweri Museveni, Uganda was a pioneer in recognizing and taking tangible action against HIV/AIDS in the 1990s. Prevalence rates plunged from ne [...] | 2009-09-23 12:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KHIV SOCI TBIO PHUM EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1112 | UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH AND CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: The local representative for Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the organization will soon release a report which concludes that Ugandan security forces used disproportionate force to quell the September 10-12 riots. The riots left over 20 people dead and more than 100 wounded. HRW [...] | 2009-09-28 07:31:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA112 | MISSION KAMPALA CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Mission Kampala has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Uganda to help build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Mission K [...] | 2009-01-29 04:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER |
09KAMPALA113 | UGANDA DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF NORTHERN RECOVERY PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has announced a delay in the implementation of the Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan (PRDP),its framework for rehabilitation and recovery in war-ravaged northern Uganda. On December 22, 2008, Prime Minister Apollo Nsibambi informed donors in [...] | 2009-01-29 07:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1139 | NORTHEN UGANDA'S PEACE, RECOVERY, AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN [...] Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) recently released the first tranche of funding for its three-year, USD 600 million Peace, Recovery, and Development Plan (PRDP). GOU commitment to live up to its PRDP promises is a recurring concern for the USG, other donors, development partners, and [...] | 2009-10-02 08:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAID PHUM ECON UG |
09KAMPALA1158 | UGANDA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Country: Uganda 2. Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. Country Background Summary: After two decades of broad-based economic growth and political stability, Uganda is now confronting a range of economic and governance challenges as it tries to sustain and deepen economic growth and deve [...] | 2009-10-07 09:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD EINV PHUM PGOV AGOA KCOR |
09KAMPALA116 | UGANDA/DRC: JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST LRA [...] (C) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are picking up momentum. The operation was extended on January 22 for another three weeks. Military and political coordination among Uganda, DRC, and southern Sudan rem [...] | 2009-01-30 12:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM UG SU CG |
09KAMPALA1164 | UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND BUGANDA KING MEET TO DEFUSE [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held direct talks with the Buganda King for the first time in four years on September 30. The meeting helps to reduce tensions between Buganda and the central government following the September 10-12 riots that left as many as 27 dead, but report [...] | 2009-10-08 08:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1166 | UGANDA: DONOR GROUP STATEMENT ON TRANSPARENCY OF 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, local newspapers prominently published a statement by international donors on the importance of free, fair and peaceful elections in Uganda in 2011. The statement was drafted by the British High Commission on behalf of the Partners for Democracy and Governance Grou [...] | 2009-10-08 13:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM UG |
09KAMPALA1196 | UGANDA: OPPOSITION PARTIES WARN OF TROUBLE AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Mission on October 5, opposition party and National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders shared their views of the 2011 presidential election process. Opposition parties warned of civil disobedience and renewed violence if the Government of Uganda (GOU) [...] | 2009-10-16 06:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1197 | UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ASSISTANT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM EAID KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1218 | UGANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ISSUES 2008 REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Human Rights Commission's (UHRC)recently released 11th annual report highlighted human rights violations perpetrated by individual, poorly trained police officers and members of the military operating at the local level. The UHRC called on the Ugandan government to [...] | 2009-10-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI UG |
09KAMPALA1219 | UGANDA: PRESIDENT SIGNS ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] Summary: On October 1, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the long-awaited "The Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act" which contains provisions to protect victims, prosecute traffickers and prevent trafficking in Uganda. By criminalizing human trafficking, the Act places Uganda in co [...] | 2009-10-22 11:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KWMN KCRM UG |
09KAMPALA122 | MISSION KAMPALA'S COMMENT ON DRAFT LIST OF PRODUCTS MADE [...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of commodities it "has reason to believe are produced by forced or child labor" (ref A). We share Embassy Buenos Aires' concerns about methodology of putting countries on the list without corrobora [...] | 2009-02-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID EIND ETRD UG |
09KAMPALA1229 | UGANDA AND THE NILE: UPSTREAM STATES EAGER FOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 6, members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Secretariat based in Entebbe told PolOff that the NBI Technical Advisory Committee meeting held September 28-29 in Uganda had failed once again to achieve a cooperative breakthrough with their two northern neighbors. Upstre [...] | 2009-10-27 04:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SENV EAGR EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1247 | UGANDA: FOOD SECURITY INTIATIVE AND CAADP COMPACT UPDATE [...] Summary: The Ugandan Minister of Agriculture met with Development Partners to discuss plans to sign a Comprehensive African Development Plan (CAADP) Compact that had been scheduled for October 29, 2009. She agreed to postpone the signing ceremony of the Compact until it is linked with the [...] | 2009-10-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EAGR UG |
09KAMPALA1249 | UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND NRM SPEAK OUT AGAINST TORTURE [...] (C) President Museveni vowed on October 14 to "severely" punish any Ugandan security officials guilty of torture, and a senior National Resistance Movement (NRM) spokesperson also condemned the use of torture. While Ugandan officials continue to say the right things, their willingness to restr [...] | 2009-10-27 13:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA1269 | UGANDA: SUDAN STRATEGY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-02 13:48:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU UG |
09KAMPALA1271 | UGANDA: PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZING HOMOSEXUALITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A Member of Parliament belonging to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) submitted draft legislation criminalizing homosexuality on October 14, with very extreme penalties for offenders. A local gay and lesbian NGO told Poloff that the legislation, even in draft form, [...] | 2009-11-03 05:22:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI UG |
09KAMPALA1272 | UGANDA'S CUT FLOWER INDUSTRY IS WILTING [...] Summary: Uganda's cut flower industry, once seen as a potential engine of economic growth, is suffering a major downturn due to the global financial crisis and domestic challenges. Industry experts are calling for government intervention to revive Uganda's flower industry, as the domestic rip [...] | 2009-11-03 08:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AGOA ETRD EAGR EIND ECON UG |
09KAMPALA1275 | UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...] | 2009-11-04 08:38:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG |
09KAMPALA1276 | UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 08:39:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG |
09KAMPALA1278 | UGANDAN ELECTIONS: PROFITS FIRST, TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary: The Electoral Commission's (EC) recent announcement that it is postponing award of a $15 million biometric voter ID contract - for which one U.S. company is short listed - has sparked concerns about the priorities of the Commission, and the competing business interests of preside [...] | 2009-11-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1304 | UGANDA: THE CONTINUED DECLINE AND FALL OF THE LRA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PINR PHUM PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA1309 | UGANDA: HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: The regional representative of the Ford Foundation, the Chairman of Sexual Minorities of Uganda (SMUG),and the leader of a local women's rights association thanked the U.S. for its opposition to Uganda's draft "anti-homosexuality" legislation (ref. A),expressed concern over th [...] | 2009-11-13 05:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1322 | UGANDA: DAGNE STAFFDEL MEETINGS WITH MFA AND [...] (C) Summary: The Congressional Research Service's Africa Specialist Ted Dagne discussed northern Uganda, the 2011 elections, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),and Somalia with the Minister for International Affairs and the Minister of Defense on November 9. The Minister for International Affa [...] | 2009-11-17 05:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PTER EAID UG |
09KAMPALA1323 | UGANDA: ALLEGATIONS OF "GHOST" VOTERS HAUNT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-17 06:30:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1326 | UGANDA: DISTRICT PROLIFERATION AS POLITICAL PATRONAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, Uganda revealed plans to create seven new administrative districts in addition to the 14 districts already proposed for 2009 and 2010. Opposition parties and civil society groups have demanded a halt to creating new districts until after the February 2011 electi [...] | 2009-11-20 05:08:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1344 | UGANDA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee reviewing Uganda's draft anti-homosexuality legislation told PolOffs he is opposed to the bill and that his committee has more important issues to consider. Chairman Stephen Tashobya said the legislation would likely pass if it reaches t [...] | 2009-11-25 12:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UG |
09KAMPALA1348 | UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...] | 2009-11-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS UG |
09KAMPALA1349 | PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY CANCELS VOTER ID CONTRACT [...] (C) Summary: Uganda,s Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority (PPDA) canceled a tender issued by the Electoral Commission for a voter registration and biometric ID system on November 6 due to irregularities in the bidding process. The Electoral Commission had suspended the [...] | 2009-11-30 12:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KCOR KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1356 | UGANDA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ACCOMPANY ARRIVAL [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil interest in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations, and Italian oil giant ENI's attempt to purchase Heritage Oil's local holdings, mark a clear shift from exploration to the beginnings of production. The remote location of Uganda's oil wells, the difficult chemistry of the oil with [...] | 2009-12-03 06:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET ECON EINV ENRG KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1364 | UGANDA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) PolOff informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Child Soldiers Prevention Act (CSPA) provisions and impending implementation per reftel demarche on November 27 (ref. A). The United Nations removed Uganda from the list of countries that actively recruit children into the armed forces in [...] | 2009-12-07 07:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PREL SMIG |
09KAMPALA1365 | UGANDA: NEW LAND REFORMS TARGET BUGANDA KINGDOM [...] (C) Summary: Parliament ratified Uganda's controversial Land Amendment Bill on November 26, after more than two years of wrangling between the Ugandan government and the Buganda Kingdom. The bill now awaits President Museveni's signature. Museveni revived the legislation in September after th [...] | 2009-12-07 14:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EINV PINR UG |
09KAMPALA1381 | UGANDA: DONORS NOT AMUSED AS ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY [...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with U.S. EmbOffs, UN Special Envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka criticized Ugandan leaders for trying to criminalize homosexuality instead of curbing rampant health sector corruption. Mataka traveled to Kampala to raise concerns about Uganda's d [...] | 2009-12-08 12:32:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1391 | POLICE ARREST MAYOR (AGAIN) AND TEAR GAS [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, police arrested the Mayor of the western Ugandan town of Hoima and senior member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Francis Atugonza, for alleged abuse of office. Atugonza recently sued the Chief of Military Intelligence for torture following his previ [...] | 2009-12-10 08:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1396 | UGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL REMAINS UNCHANGED, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 10, Member of Parliament and sponsor of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill David Bahati said a Bloomberg newswire report misquoted Ethics Minister Nsaba Buturo and that provisions on the death penalty and life imprisonment for homosexuals remain in the bill. A separate [...] | 2009-12-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1399 | UGANDA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON 2002 GULU PRISON INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The following information responds to reftel questions regarding the 2002 death of Peter Oloya at Gulu Central Prison. In 2003, the Ugandan High Court described Mr. Oloya's death as "a blatant case of extra judicial killing." Relying on the testimony of one eyewitness, and the Ugandan [...] | 2009-12-17 07:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA1401 | UGANDA: TULLOW SEES CORRUPTION IN OIL SALE [...] (C) Summary: Tullow Oil claims senior Ugandan government officials were "compensated" to support the sale of a partner/rival firm's exploration and production rights to Italian oil company ENI (ref. A). Tullow Vice President for Africa Tim O'Hanlon identified Security Minister and National Res [...] | 2009-12-17 11:37:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PREL EPET ECON EIND PGOV KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA1407 | UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL CONTENDER BESIGYE FORESEES ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye, who won 37% percent of the vote in the 2006 presidential election and is President Museveni's most formidable challenger for 2011, told PolOffs on December 15 that government officials and security forces are actively obstr [...] | 2009-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1409 | UGANDA: INTERNAL OPPOSITION TO ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL [...] (C) Summary: Three domestic opponents of Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill received significant local press coverage during the December 12-13 weekend. The government-owned newspaper published a column against the bill by senior presidential advisor John Nagenda. Nagenda had earlier told PolOf [...] | 2009-12-21 08:34:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1411 | UGANDA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OTUNNU ESCAPES UNHURT FROM [...] (C) Summary: Former UN diplomat and presidential hopeful Olara Otunnu escaped unhurt from a road accident with vehicles belonging to the Presidential Guard Brigade (PGB) on December 21. Police and the PGB declared the incident an accident and blamed Otunnu's driver. Otunnu said the "sequence [...] | 2009-12-24 08:09:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA1413 | UGANDA: HOMOPHOBE EXTREMISTS AND HOMOSEXUAL SCAPEGOATS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL UG |
09KAMPALA163 | UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009 [...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...] | 2009-02-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV |
09KAMPALA175 | UGANDAN IGG'S AMBITIONS THREATEN ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni granted Uganda's controversial Inspector General of Government (IGG),Faith Mwondha, another four-year term in office. Mwondha launched an all-out effort to keep her job, which included actions that jeopardized important corruption investigations. In the lea [...] | 2009-02-19 05:20:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA181 | UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: CHISSANO SUPPORTS CONTINUATION [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano fully supports continued military action against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and is willing to weigh in as needed to ensure the operation is completed, according to Nuno Tomas, the head of Chissano's office in Kampala. Tomas confirmed that [...] | 2009-02-19 11:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA184 | UGANDA'S NEW CABINET [...] President Museveni named a new cabinet on February 16. Vice President Gilbert Bukenya and Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi remain in place. The list of ministers follows: Eriya Kategaya, First Deputy Premier/East African Affairs Henry Kajura, Second Deputy Premier/Public Service Kirunda Kive [...] | 2009-02-20 08:56:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR UG |
09KAMPALA185 | UGANDAN CABINET RESHUFFLE SETTING STAGE FOR 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told audiences in the opposition stronghold of West Nile that he would not reward areas that voted against him as he announced his new cabinet on February 16. There were few significant changes, with old timers and south-westerners dominating t [...] | 2009-02-20 09:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA207 | UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA SUMMIT SET FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila will meet on March 1 in Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. The two heads of state will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the extension of Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT). The extension r [...] | 2009-02-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG |
09KAMPALA241 | UGANDA/DRC: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DISCUSS OLT AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 private meeting on their common border, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and Congolese President Joseph Kabila agreed to strengthen bilateral relations in accordance with the Ngurdoto Accord reached in Tanzania in September 2007. We do not yet have the details of [...] | 2009-03-05 13:29:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG |
09KAMPALA27 | UGANDAN ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN HIGH GEAR; OVER 2,000 POLICE [...] Summary: Over the past six months, the Government of Uganda has made impressive strides in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons. The Bill for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons moved to the floor of Parliament and will be voted on when Parliament returns from recess in February [...] | 2009-01-12 07:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG ASEC UG |
09KAMPALA271 | STATE OF COUNTERTERRORISM IN UGANDA [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GoU) is a willing partner in the fight against terrorism and an important member of the East African Regional Security Initiative (EARSI). Uganda is responsive when terrorist threats are identified, but could improve its capabilities with better coordin [...] | 2009-03-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KE UG |
09KAMPALA279 | UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER [...] (S NF) Summary: Joint military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),codenamed Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT),now entering their fourth month, have gained significant momentum after initially stumbling out of the gate. The Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and Armed F [...] | 2009-03-17 12:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA281 | UGANDA PRIORITIZES ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT SO FAR PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has made road works its top priority for the 2008-2011 period, spending more on the sector than on education, health, energy, or public sector management. Despite unprecedented funding allocations, recent budget figures show that the GOU spent onl [...] | 2009-03-17 13:01:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN PGOV PREL ETRD UG |
09KAMPALA288 | UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: A first-of-its-kind USG inter-agency delegation visiting Uganda's northeast Karamoja region in February found unrelenting drought, desperate poverty, and wrenching economic and cultural change. Karamojong leaders and civil society representatives acknowledged that they must mo [...] | 2009-03-18 11:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA289 | UGANDA/DRC/SUDAN: UN SPECIAL ENVOY DISCUSSES OLT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni and UN Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joachim Chissano discussed the ongoing military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) on March 16. Chissano also met with Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir, who was in Kampala o [...] | 2009-03-18 12:44:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG |
09KAMPALA290 | UGANDA'S KARAMOJA REGION: THE FINAL FRONTIER FOR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission is moving forward with a series of activities to address sustainable security and development in Karamoja, Uganda's poorest region. The current environment of improved security and renewed domestic and international interest in addressing dire humanitarian and [...] | 2009-03-18 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EAGR ECON MASS PREL SENV PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA311 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER MOVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan officials told the diplomatic corps in a briefing on March 24 that Operation Lightening Thunder (OLT) had moved from Phase I to Phase II. OLT's Phase I had reduced the Lord's Resistance Army's (LRA) core strength and demonstrated that regional partners could cooperate [...] | 2009-03-25 10:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA312 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTENING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the first of periodic updates on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot [...] | 2009-03-25 14:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF MARR MOPS UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA338 | GOU CONSIDERS REQUEST TO LEAD ON PRST ON COUPS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL AU UNSC UG |
09KAMPALA341 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...] | 2009-04-03 09:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG |
09KAMPALA352 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information [...] | 2009-04-07 13:18:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG |
09KAMPALA366 | UGANDA OIL: PLANS TAKING SHAPE, BUT PUBLIC REMAINS IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is proceeding with plans to develop its oil industry, with recent discoveries showing ever-larger recoverable reserves. The public remains largely ignorant of the government's intentions, however, spurring widespread suspicion that officials are seeking to structure the [...] | 2009-04-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EAID ECON KCOR PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA380 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) previously known as Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Now under Congolese command, it is known as "Rudia II." This report is not meant to provide an overarching narra [...] | 2009-04-15 13:18:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PREF UG CG |
09KAMPALA423 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (APRIL 24, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...] | 2009-04-24 10:06:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM UG CG |
09KAMPALA442 | UGANDA CONTINUES TO MAKE ANTI-TIP PROGRESS [...] Summary: The Ugandan Government continues to make progress in combating trafficking in persons. On April 2, the Ugandan Parliament passed a comprehensive anti-trafficking bill that will now enable law enforcement institutions to more effectively combat trafficking. The Office to Monitor and [...] | 2009-04-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRIM KTIP KWMN EAID UG |
09KAMPALA444 | UGANDA: ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT SUCCESSFULLY TRIES TWO GLOBAL FUND CASES [...] Summary: The investigations into the theft of money from the Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (the Global Fund) have taken years to produce results, but the recent convictions of two suspects have demonstrated the potential of Uganda's newly established Anti-Corruption Divi [...] | 2009-04-30 05:05:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM EAID UG KCOR |
09KAMPALA454 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of OLT, but rather offers spot information gleaned in Uga [...] | 2009-05-04 13:15:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA482 | UGANDAN PERSPECTIVE ON MIGINGO ISLAND BORDER ISSUE [...] Summary. The Ugandan Government will accept the outcome of a joint border verification team, which is determining whether Uganda or Kenya owns tiny Migingo Island in Lake Victoria. The border verification team began work on May 6 and is expected to report its findings in mid-to-late June. Th [...] | 2009-05-08 09:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KA UG |
09KAMPALA489 | UGANDA DE-LISTED FOR RECRUITMENT OF CHILD SOLDIERS [...] Summary: The United Nations has removed Uganda from its list of countries that actively recruit children into armed forces. The Ugandan Government initially brushed off the UN listing as politically-motivated, but recently allowed a formal verification team to inspect all of its military faci [...] | 2009-05-12 12:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PHUM PGOV KWMN UG |
09KAMPALA492 | UGANDA: PRESIDENT MUSEVENI GOES TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Uganda has confirmed that President Yoweri Museveni will visit Iran May 16-18. Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary James Mugume said in a briefing with U.S. Mission staff that the trip had been delayed several times over the last two years and that its timing has [...] | 2009-05-14 11:59:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR UG |
09KAMPALA504 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (MAY 15,2009) [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...] | 2009-05-15 08:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA523 | GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS AS THE GLOBAL FUND RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is poised to resume disbursement of funding for previously approved grants in Uganda that for the most part have been on a three-year hiatus caused by the illegal diversion of Global Fund monies in 2005. The resumption of [...] | 2009-05-22 03:17:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR KHIV UG |
09KAMPALA551 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 1, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...] | 2009-06-01 13:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA561 | UGANDAN PRESIDENT SEEKS OIL SECTOR SUPPORT IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Iran agreed to provide funding and expertise to Uganda's fledgling oil industry during a visit by Ugandan President Museveni from May 15-18. Museveni raised the issue of Iran's nuclear program, arguing that the trouble it was causing Iran internationally was doing more harm tha [...] | 2009-06-04 11:12:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UG IR |
09KAMPALA571 | UGANDA/DRC: LRA ABDUCTS 135 IN RETALIATORY RAIDS [...] (C) Ugandan military and U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC) officials confirm press reports that the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) may have abducted up to 135 people south of the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) border with Central African Republic (CAR). The attacks occurred on June 2 and 3 i [...] | 2009-06-08 13:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU CT |
09KAMPALA576 | LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS IN UGANDA SIGNAL TROUBLE IN 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's road to achieving genuine multiparty democracy remains rocky at best, with recent nationwide local elections indicating that the Electoral Commission and political parties are unprepared for the next presidential and parliamentary elections in 2011. The lack of progress [...] | 2009-06-10 07:19:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA586 | LACK OF POLITICAL WILL UNDERMINING ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A joint review of Uganda's Millenium Challenge Corporation Anti-Corruption Threshold Program (MCC ACT Program) found the program to be largely on track. However, there has not been substantial progress towards improving broader anti-corruption measures and indicators. Governme [...] | 2009-06-11 13:26:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA587 | UGANDA: GAMES THE ACHOLI DIASPORA CONTINUE TO PLAY [...] (C) Summary: The Ugandan Government is investigating the latest attempt by Acholi diaspora to mobilize support for a new rebellion in northern Uganda. The arrest of low level participants continues while the Government decides its next steps, which may include a public outing of Acholi diaspo [...] | 2009-06-11 13:36:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA595 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...] | 2009-06-15 12:35:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA628 | MUSEVENI APPOINTS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Museveni named four commissioners to the Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) on May 7, finally filling the vacancies after six crippling months of inactivity. The appointments will allow the UHRC to resume hearing cases of human rights violations, which had stalled a [...] | 2009-06-18 08:13:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV UG |
09KAMPALA67 | NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS DESIGNATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-14 13:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UG SU |
09KAMPALA679 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JUNE 29, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gleaned [...] | 2009-06-29 13:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA687 | UGANDAN REBEL GROUP: MAKING MOUNTAINS OUT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan media attention to the arrests of low-level participants in a nascent rebel group in northern Uganda continues to spin out of control, more an indication of lack of government coordination and poison politics than any real threat to national security. Government officia [...] | 2009-07-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM UG |
09KAMPALA70 | UGANDAN GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DECLARE VICTORY [...] Summary: In a landmark ruling, the Uganda High Court on December 22 declared that constitutional rights apply to all people, regardless of their sexual orientation. The Court ruled that the Government of Uganda (GOU) violated the rights of members of the Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG),a loc [...] | 2009-01-15 09:40:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA771 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 15, [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information glea [...] | 2009-07-15 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA788 | UGANDANS APPLAUD POTUS MESSAGE; ASKS WHAT'S NEXT? [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission held a series of public outreach activities surrounding the President's July 11 speech in Accra, Ghana. Overall, Ugandans were very receptive to the President's message on democracy and good governance, combating corruption, and building a brighter future for all A [...] | 2009-07-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM RREL UG |
09KAMPALA815 | UGANDA'S ATTENDANCE AT AGOA FORUM [...] On 14 July, Econoff delivered reftel letter to Uganda's Finance Ministry, Trade and Industry Ministry, and Foreign Ministry regarding the upcoming AGOA Forum in Nairobi, Kenya. The Government of Uganda confirms that Minister of Agriculture Hope Mwesigye, Minister for Trade and Industry Kahind [...] | 2009-07-29 12:50:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON XA UG |
09KAMPALA830 | UGANDA/DRC: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (JULY 31, [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...] | 2009-07-31 10:16:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA84 | UGANDA: IRREGULARITIES PLAGUE ANOTHER BY-ELECTION [...] Summary: On January 7, Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) regained two seats which the courts had earlier declared vacant due to election fraud committed by the winning candidate in one case, and to non-compliance with the electoral law in the other. Electoral malpractices wer [...] | 2009-01-21 09:58:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM UG |
09KAMPALA846 | UGANDA: OFFICE BREAK-IN LINKED TO SUCCESSFUL GLOBAL FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Two more Ugandans were sentenced to five years imprisonment and ordered to pay 30 million Ugandan shillings ($14,000) in restitution in the latest Global Fund conviction. As news of the conviction spread, several suspects rushed to repay stolen funds in hopes of negotiating imm [...] | 2009-08-04 07:46:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EAID KCOR UG |
09KAMPALA922 | UGANDA/DRC/CAR: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE (AUGUST [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information gl [...] | 2009-08-14 09:27:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA94 | UGANDA/DRC: ADDRESSING JOINT MILITARY OPERATION'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks against Congolese residents in retaliation for joint Ugandan-Congolese-Sudanese military operations have raised concerns about the protection of civilians. Several assessment teams have traveled to the area of operations to make recommendat [...] | 2009-01-23 06:47:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UG SU CG |
09KAMPALA946 | MUSEVENI MIXES TOXIC BREW OF ETHNICITY AND OIL IN [...] (C) Summary. An internal July 15 memo from Ugandan President Museveni has deepened the ethnic divide between groups living atop newfound oil reserves in Uganda's Western Region. The memo, which was leaked to the press on August 2, instructs the Minister for Presidential Affairs to consider r [...] | 2009-08-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EPET UG |
09KAMPALA955 | POPULATION GROWTH: UGANDA'S TICKING TIME BOMB [...] (SBU) Summary: Population trends in Uganda are creating a demographic time bomb that is undermining the country's recent gains in economic and social development and threatening its longer-term political, economic, and environmental viability. Few countries in the world are growing as fast as [...] | 2009-08-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG |
09KAMPALA979 | UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND PARLIAMENT RE-APPOINT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a hastily arranged August 12 hearing timed to beat an impending constitutional deadline, the Ugandan Parliament confirmed President Museveni's recommendation to renew the tenure of Uganda's Electoral Commissioners. Uganda's "new" Electoral Commission now closely resembles th [...] | 2009-08-25 13:07:00 | Embassy Kampala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR UG |
09KAMPALA997 | UGANDA/DRC/CAR/SUDAN: OPERATION RUDIA II UPDATE [...] (SBU) Background: This cable is a periodic update on the regional military operation against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) known as Operation Rudia II. This report is not meant to provide an overarching narrative or polished analysis of the operation, but rather offers spot information g [...] | 2009-08-28 06:41:00 | Embassy Kampala | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS MARR UG CG SU |
09KAMPALA999 | UGANDA: MCC ANTI-CORRUPTION THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Director for Threshold Programs, Malik Chaka, visited Kampala August 20 - 21 to review Uganda's Anti-Corruption Threshold (ACT) program. Although the ACT registered important achievements at the institutional level, lack of investmen [...] | 2009-08-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCOR EAID UG |
09KARACHI102 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BALOCHISTAN GOVERNOR [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfiqar Khan Magsi suggested targeting new USG development assistance at improving water resources and agricultural productivity. Magsi, a tribal chief, downplayed the benefit of building schools and hospitals for [...] | 2009-03-30 01:58:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
09KARACHI105 | BALOCHISTAN - AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INSPECTOR [...] (S) During a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador and Rear Admiral Michael LeFever, Chief of the Office of the Defense Representative in Pakistan (ODRP),Major General Saleem Nawaz Khan, Inspector General of the Frontier Corps Balochistan (IGFC-B) said he needed additional resources and time [...] | 2009-03-30 05:56:00 | Consulate Karachi | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL PK |
09KARACHI111 | BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALISTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT ZARDARI OFFER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-02 08:40:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PREL PTER |
09KARACHI113 | KARACHI EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS THREATS IN KARACHI. [...] (C) Summary: The Consulate Karachi Emergency Action Committee met on April 3 to discuss threat reporting pertaining to U.S. Diplomats in Pakistan and Karachi, as well as changes in the security profile at the hotels used by the Consulate. Present were ACG/MGT, POL/ECON/CON, RAO, RSO, IMO, CLO [...] | 2009-04-03 11:27:00 | Consulate Karachi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PTER PK |
09KARACHI12 | KARACHIITES PROTEST ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11, a group of protestors estimated to number at least 700, gathered to express disapproval of recent Israeli military actions in Gaza. Police clashed with the demonstrators and were able to disperse the crowd before they approached the Consulate. Further protests aga [...] | 2009-01-12 10:10:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PK |
09KARACHI130 | SINDH - ETHNIC TENSIONS BREWING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-14 04:15:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK PTER |
09KARACHI131 | BALOCHISTAN - PROTESTS ROIL PROVINCE AFTER [...] (C) The mutilated bodies of Baloch National Movement (BNM) General Secretary Ghulam Mohammad and two other Baloch nationalists were found near the southern Balochistan city of Turbat on April 8. The discovery sparked violent unrest in many urban centers throughout Balochistan, including prote [...] | 2009-04-14 04:38:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09KARACHI136 | SINDH - MARINE LIFE ALONG PAKISTAN'S COAST IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) Industry and government officials are concerned over the state of Pakistan's marine life, an issue that could affect the livelihoods of thousands along the country's coast. They claim that the fisheries are threatened by increased toxic waste, illegal fishing, mangrove deforestation, an [...] | 2009-04-18 06:59:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIS SENV EIND PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI138 | SINDH - THE GANGS OF KARACHI [...] (S) Summary: The police in Karachi are only one of several armed groups in the city, and they are probably not the most numerous or best equipped. Many neighborhoods are considered by the police to be no-go zones in which even the intelligence services have a difficult time operating. Very f [...] | 2009-04-22 11:52:00 | Consulate Karachi | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV PK |
09KARACHI139 | SINDH - PAKISTAN INNAUGURATES FIRST WIND FARM [...] (SBU) On April 19, Prime Minister Gilani officially inaugurated the Zorlu Wind Power Project, Pakistan's first wind farm. Located in Jhimpir, Sindh this commercial project is currently capable of generating 4.8 megawatts (MW) of power, but is expected to generate 300 MW by the end of 2010. [...] | 2009-04-24 04:48:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EINV PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI145 | BALOCHISTAN - WHAT MAY BE BEHIND THE CURRENT [...] (C) Often violent unrest over the killing of three Baloch leaders continued in Balochistan over the past week. Nationalist political parties led protest rallies and militant nationalist groups claimed credit for violence, including a rocket attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) camp. Some nationali [...] | 2009-04-27 05:04:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MARR PK |
09KARACHI152 | SINDH - ETHNIC VIOLENCE ESCALATES [...] (SBU) Ethnic violence erupted again in Karachi and has left at least 30 people dead and more than 50 injured. The fighting between the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) and Awami National Party (ANP) has sent tremors throughout the city as more violence is anticipated. Schools remained closed o [...] | 2009-05-01 05:35:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PK |
09KARACHI168 | KARACHI --- ALL QUIET ON MAY 12 [...] (SBU) Summary: After weeks of tense negotiations and anticipation of violence, May 12 appears to be passing without incident. The local holiday declared by the Provincial government, coupled with a heavy visible police presence throughout the city has effectively kept the peace. End Summary [...] | 2009-05-13 02:37:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI173 | BALOCHISTAN: AALI BUGTI NAMED SARDAR OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After three years of a leadership vacuum, the Bugti tribe has a new leader. Aali Bugti, the grandson of the late Nawab Akber Bugti, returned to Dera Bugti after three years of exile and was named Sardar in a ceremony held May 19. His return and ascendancy to leadership of th [...] | 2009-05-20 03:34:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI18 | TALIBAN INFLUENCE IN BALOCHISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-20 04:30:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09KARACHI194 | KARACHI - POLITICAL KILINGS INCREASE [...] (SBU) Almost fifty political workers, mainly from MQM-H, have been killed in what appear to be targeted assassinations, in Karachi over the past week. On Sunday alone, ten workers from various parties, but mainly Mohajir Qaumi Movement-Haqiqi (MQM-H) died. Political parties blame Muttahida [...] | 2009-06-10 08:53:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI222 | SINDH/KARACHI: LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO BE DISSOLVED [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Gilani's announcement that Local Government (LG) will be dissolved in August and Administrators appointed, with the understanding that the government will hold elections when the law and order situation permits, has changed the political landscape in Karachi and S [...] | 2009-07-14 08:43:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PK |
09KARACHI255 | BALOCHISTAN - Baloch Nationalists Threaten Hostage Lives [...] (SBU) Summary: A Baloch militant nationalist organization, the Baloch Republican Army (BRA),kidnapped eleven laborers and nineteen policemen on July 30, 2009. The hostages were taken in retaliation for an alleged Frontier Corps (FC) crackdown and arrest of several hundred Baloch youth agit [...] | 2009-08-05 02:14:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI PK |
09KARACHI26 | BALOCHISTAN - TERRORIST GROUP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU).Sunnai extremists from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for the January 14 killing of four Shi'a police officers and the wounding of three others in Quetta. Six of the officers were members of the minority Shi'a Hazara community, whose leaders claim that viol [...] | 2009-01-28 03:24:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PK |
09KARACHI27 | SINDH - IRAN SEEKS TO ESTABLISH EXPORT BANK IN [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian Consul General in Karachi told the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) that his country plans to establish an export promotion bank in the city, a move that appears to have KCCI support. According to a media report, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) would [...] | 2009-01-28 03:24:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL PK |
09KARACHI28 | BALOCHISTAN FACING ENERGY SHORTAGE [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan is facing a severe energy shortage that threatens to impact agricultural production and businesses. Many Baloch lack confidence in the GOP to resolve their problem, even as the GOP formulates plans to tackle it. Beset by energy crises in other, more populated and w [...] | 2009-01-28 12:41:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENGY SOCI PGOV PK |
09KARACHI330 | BALOCHISTAN - HR COMMISSION DESCRIBES TARGETED KILLINGS, [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's Human Rights Commission (HRCP) told Pol Off the situation in Balochistan is deteriorating, with continued reports of targeted killings, political kidnappings, and an increasingly present and powerful Taliban. The HRCP has publically called for a "demilitarization" of Ba [...] | 2009-10-23 02:44:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK |
09KARACHI34 | BALOCHISTAN - AMERICAN UNHCR OFFICIAL KIDNAPPED [...] (SBU) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Quetta Office Director John Solecki was abducted near his residence in Quetta by armed attackers at around 9:15 AM on the morning of February 2. Solecki, a U.S. citizen, was leaving for work when assailants fired upon his vehicle, mortally [...] | 2009-02-03 06:47:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV UNHCR PK |
09KARACHI349 | BALOCHISTAN - MEETING WITH QUETTA-BASED TRUCKING FIRM [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 16 meeting in Quetta, trucking firm GSM said a majority of their shipments go to Iran, with Pakistani rice the most common of a limited range of goods. Conversely, Iran ships a wide range of goods to Pakistan, including paraffin, kerosene, and industrial chemicals [...] | 2009-11-05 11:36:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELTN ETRD MARR PGOV IR PK |
09KARACHI361 | KARACHI STOCK EXCHANGE - REFORMS, HOPES, CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Pakistan's 2008 financial collapse, the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is introducing viable leverage products and debt liquidity, implementing stringent safeguards against market manipulation, and pursuing demutualization - through decoupling exchange ownership and tr [...] | 2009-11-16 04:33:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI362 | KARACHI - MQM'S STUDENT-WING AS LEADERSHIP TRAINING GROUND [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs met November 6 with Syed Waheeduzzaman, Chairman of APMSO, which he described as the "mother-wing" of MQM. APMSO provides traditional student support in schools and Universities across Sindh and plays a major role in the day to day operations of MQM by identifying and prov [...] | 2009-11-16 04:47:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK |
09KARACHI387 | KARACHI - NATIONAL AIRLINE FLOUNDERS AS PRIVATE CARRIERS [...] (C) Summary: While Pakistan's national carrier, PIA, has been operating at a loss for years, Pakistan's private carriers are seeing profits increase and are cautiously preparing to expand - particularly into the Middle Eastern market. PIA executives blame reduced travel demand and unfair compe [...] | 2009-12-14 06:16:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PGOV ECON PK |
09KARACHI396 | SUICIDE BOMBING DURING MUHARRAM PROCESSION IN KARACHI - [...] (SBU) Summary: A suicide bomber attacked a Muharram procession in Karachi on December 28. Preliminary reports indicate 25 dead and 82 wounded. Following the initial explosion, marchers attacked security personnel and vehicles. Leaders from all political parties are calling for calm in the [...] | 2009-12-28 15:24:00 | Consulate Karachi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PK |
09KARACHI397 | MUHARRAM VIOLENCE IN KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Three days of Muharram procession violence in Karachi culminated on December 28 with a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people and sparked rioting leading to extensive property damage. Political leaders urged calm, but tensions remain high throughout the city. End summary [...] | 2009-12-29 12:28:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PTER PK |
09KARACHI398 | BALOCHISTAN - CONFLICT BETWEEN BALOCH SEPARTISTS AND [...] (C) Summary. The 25 October assassination of Balochistan Education Minister Shafiq Ahmed Khan and the 18 October grenade attack upon Provincial Information Minister Yonous Mullahzai represent the continuation of an ongoing Baloch separatist campaign of intimidation and targeted killings. Thes [...] | 2009-12-31 02:04:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM KCRS PK |
09KARACHI42 | BALOCHISTAN - SHI'A HAZARA PARTY LEADER SLAIN [...] (SBU) Sunni extremists purportedly from the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi terrorist organization claimed credit for killing the Chair of the Hazara Democratic Party in Quetta on January 26. This marks the third prominent assassination of members of the minority Shi'a community in January, the latest in [...] | 2009-02-07 12:27:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI PK |
09KARACHI45 | SINDH - IRANIAN AMBASSADOR AND IRANIAN CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan, Mashallah Shakari, and the Iranian Consul General to Karachi, Masoud Mohammad Zamani, adopted different tones when discussing Iran's relations with the West. While Shakari appeared to mute his criticism [...] | 2009-02-09 07:08:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09KARACHI49 | SINDH - IRAN OFFERS PAKISTAN ELECTRICITY, [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 meeting co-sponsored by the Pak Iran Friendship society in Karachi, the Iranian Ambassador to Pakistan claimed that his country has offered 1,135MW of energy to Pakistan, an offer he said that could double. He said that poor transmission infrastructure in Ba [...] | 2009-02-11 11:53:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PREL PGOV IR PK |
09KARACHI59 | BALOCHISTAN - SUNNI CLERIC TV PERSONALITY GUNNED [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen killed Maulana Iftikhar Ahmed Habibi, a moderate Sunni cleric and television personality, in Quetta on February 18. Habibi, shot on his way to appear on a television program, was an advocate of harmonious Sunni ) Shi'a coexistence and had spoken out against recent killin [...] | 2009-02-24 03:03:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM PK |
09KARACHI67 | SINDH - KARACHI POLICE OFFICERS KILLED IN [...] (C) Summary: Security forces in Karachi suffered casualties during a botched operation against a criminal gang in the Sohrab Goth area of the city. Different Pakistani officials have made different claims as to the reason for, and results of, the operation ) including a claim that the gang p [...] | 2009-02-27 10:09:00 | Consulate Karachi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PK |
09KARACHI72 | BALOCHISTAN - NATIONALIST PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL SHOT [...] (SBU) A radical Islamic group and a new Baloch nationalist group have both claimed responsibility for the February 23 shooting of Balochistan's Provincial Secretary of Mines and Minerals Jan Mohammad Dashti. The terrorist group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi claimed it shot Dashti, an intellectual and au [...] | 2009-03-05 11:37:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PK |
09KARACHI73 | BALOCHISTAN HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary. At a February 9, telephonic press conference in Quetta, fugitive Baloch nationalist leader Brahamdagh Bugti threatened to retaliate against the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) government for its failure to end GOP military operations in Balochistan. This move comes after th [...] | 2009-03-06 05:52:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI PK |
09KARACHI74 | SINDH - MQM HOLDS RALLY TO SUPPORT PPP, OFFER [...] (C) Summary: The Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) held a large rally in Karachi on March 1, in an apparent show of solidarity with Pakistan People's Party (PPP) anger over damage to Benazir Bhutto's Rawalpindi shrine and burning of her photos by supporters of Nawaz Sharif's Pakistan Muslim Lea [...] | 2009-03-06 12:31:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK |
09KARACHI81 | SINDH - PPP SECRETARY GENERAL RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Former Sindh Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Secretary General Nafis Siddiqui said that he tendered his resignation as the party's leader in Sindh after being passed over for a Senate seat because President Zardari has marginalized long-time PPP members in favor of his close allie [...] | 2009-03-14 09:18:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI94 | SINDH - PROVINCIAL DEPUTY SPEAKER UNHAPPY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Sindh Provincial Assembly Deputy Speaker Shehla Raza, a member of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP),told the Acting Consul General (ACG) that civil unrest forced her party to accept the reinstatement of Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. According to her, the prior C [...] | 2009-03-20 09:13:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK |
09KARACHI97 | BALOCHISTAN - SUICIDE BOMBER HITS GIRLS' MADRASSA [...] (SBU) A suicide bomber narrowly missed leading Jamiat-e-Ulema-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leaders, including the party's provincial head Mohammad Khan Shirani, during a March 2 attack on a girls' madrassa in the town of Pashin, Balochistan that killed five people. Shirani was the presumed target of t [...] | 2009-03-24 16:47:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK |
09KARACHI98 | BALOCHISTAN - CHIEF MINISTER RAISANI SPEAKS OUT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-27 07:02:00 | Consulate Karachi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PK |
09KATHMANDU1006 | NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK DOWN ON AIRPORT THREAT [...] (SBU) Citing international pressure, the Maoists called off plans to blockade the international airport on November 10. In a statement several hours after a November 3 meeting with the diplomatic community (reftel),Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, said, "In view of the inco [...] | 2009-11-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1007 | NEPAL: DRL VITITORS MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nepali Constituent Assembly members, politically active youth leaders, and technocrats told Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) bureau visitors that Nepal is unlikely to meet the May 28, 2010 deadline for drafting the constitution. The Maoists are by far the best organized p [...] | 2009-11-05 03:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DRL KDEM NP PGOV PHUM SOCI |
09KATHMANDU1008 | NEPAL: LASTING CHALLENGES TO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As political party leaders fight for short-term control of government, Nepal's peace process remains stalled. The consensus between the key political parties that existed 2005-2007 -- which led to the end of the conflict, the holding of multiparty elections, and [...] | 2009-11-05 09:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1015 | NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS WON'T LEAVE SOON [...] (C) Summary: Despite repeated promises, the Maoists are unlikely to allow the discharge of 4,008 disqualified former combatants anytime soon. Maoist internal strategy is confused and focused on retaking government. Negotiations on integration and rehabilitation of the 19,602 verified Maoist [...] | 2009-11-10 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1030 | MEDIA REACTION: 'ERA OF ENGAGEMENT' WITH JUNTA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-16 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1037 | NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN NEW PROTESTS AS TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Even as the Maoists threaten new protests, optimism is growing that Nepal's political parties may reach agreement on a deal that will bring the Maoists back into government. Maoist leader Prachanda's meeting in Singapore with senior (and ailing) Nepali politician G.P. Koirala fu [...] | 2009-11-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1047 | NEPAL: MIDWEST NEPAL CALM, MAOIST SUPPORT DECLINES [...] (SBU) Summary. Support for the Maoists in two districts in midwestern Nepal appears to have decreased since the April 2008 elections, as ethnic-based political movements gain strength. During a trip to Banke and Bardiya districts, EmbOffs found the security situation generally calm. Implemen [...] | 2009-11-19 11:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU105 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...] | 2009-02-09 10:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP |
09KATHMANDU1059 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1061 | NEPAL: UML LEADER URGES HARDLINE AGAINST MAOISTS [...] (C) Summary: The political deal between Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Nepali Congress leader Koirala, reached in Singapore, will collapse, according to UML senior leader K.P. Oli. Neither the Nepali Congress nor the UML will support it. Oli claimed that the Maoists are not serious about the [...] | 2009-11-20 11:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1077 | NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...] | 2009-11-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL NP BU |
09KATHMANDU1078 | NEPAL: PM STILL MULLING PROMOTION OF CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) During a November 24 meeting at his request, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire told Charge that Prime Minister Nepal had not made a final decision to promote General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh to Lieutenant General, despite press reports to the contrary. Post had previously expressed concern a [...] | 2009-11-25 07:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR NP |
09KATHMANDU1079 | NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...] | 2009-11-25 07:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1089 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AND SOUTH ASIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-30 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1090 | NEPAL: FORMIN SAYS SOME PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A demarche, DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala was optimistic that the three major political parties, including the Maoists, would soon create a "high-level political mechanism," but was less confident that the mechanism would lead to progress on the peace process. [...] | 2009-11-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1094 | NEPAL: PRACHANDA MEETS KOIRALA, INDIANS, CHINESE [...] (S/NF) During his November 16-18 trip to Singapore, Maoist Chairman Pusha Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" met Nepali Congress leader G.P. Koirala, Indian diplomats, and Chinese officials. Maoist head of international affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Nepali businessman Dinesh Manandhar accompanied P [...] | 2009-12-01 12:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IN NP SN CH |
09KATHMANDU1102 | NEPAL: FM KOIRALA LASHES OUT AT RIVALS [...] (C) Summary: The Nepali Congress, the country's oldest political party, is deeply divided, according to DeputyPM/ForMin Sujata Koirala. Koirala frankly told Charge that her party rivals, led by Ram Chandra Poudel, are actively undermining her leadership and could destroy the party. Turning [...] | 2009-12-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1104 | NEPAL'S CABINET TO MEET ON EVEREST [...] (U) Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and 24 Cabinet ministers are scheduled to meet at the foot of Mount Everest on December 4 in an effort to draw the world's attention to the adverse impact of global warming on the Himalayas. The Government of Nepal (GON) is calling for urgent internation [...] | 2009-12-03 11:16:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU1107 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-04 10:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1109 | NEPAL: INDICTED OFFICER DEPLOYED ON UNPKO; WILL BE [...] (U) The Nepal Army recently deployed Major Niranjan Basnet to the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, a decision that is drawing fire from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and human rights groups. Basnet is one of the four accused in the high-profile Maina Sunuwar c [...] | 2009-12-04 11:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU1111 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-07 11:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1112 | NEPAL: PM NEPAL'S NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal took a hard-line on the Maoists, showing little flexibility on reenergizing the peace process. The "ultra-left" and "untrustworthy" Maoists will be allowed to come into government only after their combatants leave the canton [...] | 2009-12-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1116 | NEPAL: ILLEGAL CHILD LABOR IN BRICK KILNS PERSISTS [...] (U) Children compose as much as one-quarter of the labor force in brick kilns in Nepalgunj, a major brick-producing center, despite a ban on this practice, which the Government of Nepal labeled one of the "worst forms of child labor." A recent visit to the region by Emboffs also revealed that [...] | 2009-12-09 07:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELBA EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI NP |
09KATHMANDU1120 | MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-09 12:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1122 | MEDIA REACTION: HOPE IN HOPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-10 11:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1127 | NEPAL: READOUT OF ACTING DCM'S BARDIYA HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Acting DCM Terry White accompanied the heads or deputy heads of missions from Australia, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on a two-day trip to Bardiya (Dec. 8-9) to highlight t [...] | 2009-12-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM NP PGOV PHUM |
09KATHMANDU1128 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S TRANS-PACIFIC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-11 08:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1130 | NEPAL: MAOIST DEPUTY OUTLINES POSSIBLE DEAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sitting under the portraits of Marx, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" told Charge that the political parties were close to resolving the political impasse, a statement we have heard repeatedly (an [...] | 2009-12-11 08:59:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1135 | NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED [...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...] | 2009-12-14 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU1142 | NEPAL TO TOE DEVELOPING NATION LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal departed for Copenhagen on December 14 to attend the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, at which he is expected to join his counterpoints from other developing nations in demanding that developed nations do more address [...] | 2009-12-15 11:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU1147 | NEPAL: MAOISTS AGREE TO RELEASE "CHILD SOLDIERS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the visiting UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Maoists and the government of Nepal have reached an agreement on the discharge of the 4,008 disqualified combatants from Maoist cantonments. The discharge will beg [...] | 2009-12-17 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1152 | NEPAL: STRIKE CONTINUES, MAOISTS MAY BACK DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist-led strike continued for a second day, stopping virtually all vehicular traffic in the country. The December 21 demonstrations have been largely peaceful, although yesterday's protests turned violent in several areas, with one policeman seriously injured. A senior [...] | 2009-12-21 09:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1154 | NEPAL: MAOIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ACTIVE, STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: With more than 700,000 members, the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) is the country's largest, best-organized youth paramilitary organization. The Maoist leadership uses the YCL to enforce general strikes, intimidate voters, and raise funds, mostly through mafia-lik [...] | 2009-12-22 12:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1162 | NEPAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) criminal activity continued, including intimidation and extortion. In response to contin [...] | 2009-12-24 07:31:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU1163 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING FOR P-5 [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister M.K. Nepal, flanked by his two Deputy Prime Ministers, told P-5 Ambassadors and Charges that the country was currently facing &new challenges8 to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. On the heels of a three-day Maoist bandh,, or general stri [...] | 2009-12-24 07:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1164 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ALLOW PARLIAMENT TO REOPEN [...] (C) Summary: The United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) ended its nationwide general strike on December 22, but said political negotiations are increasingly difficult because the other parties are "puppets" of India. As an act of "good faith" and to spur negotiations, the Maoists uni [...] | 2009-12-24 08:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1169 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU1172 | NEPAL CABINET PROMOTES TORAN SINGH, DRAWS CRITICISM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Brushing aside the concerns of the international community and Nepal's own human rights groups, the Cabinet approved the promotion of Toran Singh to Chief of the General Staff on December 24, making Singh the second highest r [...] | 2009-12-29 11:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM MARR NP |
09KATHMANDU1174 | NEPAL: TERRORIST BENCHMARKS PASSED TO PRACHANDA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 29 meeting with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda," Charge presented the Embassy's benchmarks for removing the Maoists from the two U.S. terrorist lists. Prachanda said the Maoists were considering moving from street protests to debate within Parliament. [...] | 2009-12-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU1178 | NEPAL: POLICE ILL-PREPARED IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Nepali Police Officers operate with obsolete equipment and are ill prepared to contribute during a national disaster or other emergency, EmbOffs found during a trip to Western Nepal. Police facilities are in a state of disrepair and officers are forced to share cramped quarter [...] | 2009-12-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU1180 | NEPAL: ARMY'S TRANSITION TO PEACETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale and discipline remain high in the Nepal Army (NA) despite restrictions on training and the instability of the Government of Nepal (GON). EmbOffs found, during a trip to Western Nepal, the NA suffers from a severe shortage of supplies, and the soldiers do not receive pa [...] | 2009-12-31 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU127 | NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH [...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...] | 2009-02-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP |
09KATHMANDU128 | NEPAL: BOUCHER URGES PROGRESS ON MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) In meetings on February 11 and February 12 with Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, Assistant Secretary Boucher pushed for progress in completing the peace process, including the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist combatants. The Def [...] | 2009-02-19 07:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR UN |
09KATHMANDU129 | NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN [...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...] | 2009-02-19 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR |
09KATHMANDU137 | OUTBRIEF ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood February 19 to exchange briefings on the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Menon to Nepal. Sood indicated that Menon's only significant meeting was with PM Dahal where Menon str [...] | 2009-02-20 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | UN IN KDEM MARR NP PGOV PREL PTER |
09KATHMANDU138 | NEPALI GOVERNMENT DECLARES AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) On February 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives announced that another case of H5N1 avian influenza has been detected. The announcement came 11 days after the Ministry declared that Nepal,s first outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been &contained and controlled8 and slight [...] | 2009-02-20 09:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EAGR EAID CASC SOCI AMEDI KFLU NP |
09KATHMANDU158 | SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING [...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...] | 2009-02-27 09:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN |
09KATHMANDU160 | INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...] | 2009-03-02 08:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP |
09KATHMANDU161 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...] | 2009-03-02 08:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU164 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...] | 2009-03-02 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP |
09KATHMANDU174 | NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE [...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...] | 2009-03-05 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU178 | NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING [...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...] | 2009-03-06 08:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP |
09KATHMANDU185 | JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...] | 2009-03-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU2 | NEPAL: COMPROMISE ON ARMY INTEGRATION SPECIAL [...] (U) On December 26, Nepal's four major political parties agreed to equal representation on the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). The question now is whether the parties can finalize the AISC's leadership and terms of reference. If successful, this would end a stalemate that has pre [...] | 2009-01-02 09:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU201 | NEPAL'S REMITTANCES GROW AMIDST DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Nepal's level of remittances grew 65.3 percent in the July 15-January 15 period, defying numerous local press reports that remittance growth would be severely affected by the deteriorating world economy. Excluding India, record numbers of Nepalis continue to leave the country and seek [...] | 2009-03-13 02:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU215 | NEPAL: THARU STRIKE ENDS, QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (SBU) On March 14, the Government of Nepal (GON) signed a six-point agreement with several Tharu organizations, ending a nearly two-weeklong general strike across the Terai. The strike had badly affected the entire country because transportation and supply links with India for all hill and m [...] | 2009-03-17 09:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU235 | MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...] | 2009-03-20 09:55:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP |
09KATHMANDU239 | AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...] | 2009-03-23 10:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU243 | UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...] | 2009-03-24 07:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP |
09KATHMANDU246 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - NEPAL [...] (U//FOUO) Post judges that Nepal has no critical infrastructure or key resources, as defined by reftel, whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, or national and homeland security of the United States. POWELL [...] | 2009-03-24 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP NP |
09KATHMANDU25 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...] | 2009-01-08 04:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU251 | NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT [...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...] | 2009-03-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU296 | NEPAL: ACCIDENT VICTIM SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM [...] (SBU) On the evening of March 9, 2009 Jennifer Kerr, the Political/Economic Section Office Management Specialist, was involved in a vehicular accident with a motorcyclist. Although initially media did not cover the accident, once they began to cover the story on March 24 they have presented ve [...] | 2009-04-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AMGT NP |
09KATHMANDU298 | NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN [...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...] | 2009-04-13 09:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU304 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...] | 2009-04-15 10:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP |
09KATHMANDU308 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU320 | NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...] | 2009-04-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU325 | NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO [...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...] | 2009-04-21 10:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU329 | NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET [...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...] | 2009-04-22 09:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR NP |
09KATHMANDU335 | NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...] | 2009-04-23 09:33:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU339 | NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF [...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...] | 2009-04-27 10:23:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU344 | NEPAL SUPPORTS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal supports the proposed 200 percent general capital increase for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On April 29, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that he had consulted with the Min [...] | 2009-04-29 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB NP |
09KATHMANDU345 | NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF, [...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...] | 2009-04-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU353 | NEPAL: RAYAMAJHEE SELECTED NEW CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) On April 29, the Constitutional Council recommended Min Bahadur Rayamajhee to be the new chief justice of Nepal, continuing the tradition of seniority at the expense of the Maoists' preferred candidate. Rayamajhee was the most senior of six Supreme Court justices eligible to replace Chi [...] | 2009-04-30 08:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU364 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER [...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...] | 2009-05-04 09:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU365 | NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4 [...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...] | 2009-05-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP |
09KATHMANDU372 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU375 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-06 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU377 | MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...] | 2009-05-06 11:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU388 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 3 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-07 09:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU389 | NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE" [...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...] | 2009-05-07 09:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU398 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 4 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-05-08 08:10:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU4 | NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE [...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...] | 2009-01-02 09:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP |
09KATHMANDU404 | NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...] | 2009-05-12 07:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU410 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...] | 2009-05-14 07:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU414 | NEPAL: MPRF MAKES A PLAY TO HEAD THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) At close of business May 15, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) was making a play to head a new Nepali government in coalition with the Maoists and several smaller parties. MPRF Member of Parliament Abishek Shah told Emboff May 15 that the Maoist leadership had agreed to permit the [...] | 2009-05-15 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU420 | NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...] | 2009-05-18 08:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU435 | NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...] | 2009-05-22 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU437 | NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN [...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...] | 2009-05-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU456 | NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit follows A/S Boucher's visit in February 2009, and is the first since the Maoist-led government fell in early May and a new government was formed May 23. Political Situation ------------------- 2. (U) On May 23 member [...] | 2009-06-02 08:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP |
09KATHMANDU461 | NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) chairman Pushpa Dahal told the Ambassador June 2 that the Maoists intended to continue to support the democratic process in Nepal. Dahal, who was accompanied by ex-Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, said that the Maoists would participate [...] | 2009-06-03 09:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP |
09KATHMANDU464 | NEPAL: SUJATA KOIRALA POSSIBLE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On June 3 Sujata Koirala confirmed to Emboff press reports that her father, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) party president Girija Prasad Koirala has proposed she head the NC team in the new UML-led coalition government. Sujata said she was designated to become the Foreign [...] | 2009-06-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU468 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS HIS CABINET [...] (SBU) On June 4, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal swore in eight additional ministers. Prime Minister Nepal (Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist or UML) named Bijay Gachchhadar, parliamentary leader of the Madhesi People's Rights F [...] | 2009-06-05 05:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU471 | NEPAL: MADHESI FORUM IN DISARRAY [...] (U) At a news conference June 5 Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) Chairman Upendra Yadav announced that his party had withdrawn its support to Prime Minister M. K. Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML)-led government. Yadav further announced that the party central [...] | 2009-06-05 09:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU473 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...] | 2009-06-08 00:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU48 | NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...] | 2009-01-15 06:48:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP |
09KATHMANDU520 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S TURMOIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU522 | NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS CABINET TO 22 [...] (SBU) On the evening of June 17, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) inducted five ministers and six state ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total to 22. The PM also assigned portfolios to the six Nepali Congress (NC) minis [...] | 2009-06-18 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU523 | NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...] | 2009-06-18 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP |
09KATHMANDU529 | NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE [...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...] | 2009-06-19 06:01:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU530 | NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE [...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...] | 2009-06-19 06:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU538 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...] | 2009-06-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP |
09KATHMANDU549 | FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...] | 2009-06-25 05:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU552 | NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 24 Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for a third time, swearing in five ministers and one state minister. The expansion brings in two more ministers for Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),two from the second largest Terai-based party, the Terai Madhes Democr [...] | 2009-06-25 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU562 | NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION COMPLETED [...] (U) The two members of the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) named to the cabinet in the third expansion who had not participated in the swearing-in ceremony on June 24 (Reftel) took the oath of office and secrecy from Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on June 25. 2. (U) The cabinet now [...] | 2009-06-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU590 | NEPAL: COMMERCE AND LAW MINISTERS JOIN CABINET [...] (U) On July 3 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted two more ministers into his cabinet: Rajendra Mahato, chairman of the small, Madhesi-based Sadbhavana Party (SP),as Minister for Commerce and Supplies; and Prem Bahadur Singh, the sole Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Peo [...] | 2009-07-06 08:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU600 | NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME [...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...] | 2009-07-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU601 | NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...] | 2009-07-08 03:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP |
09KATHMANDU638 | NEPAL EXTENDS OHCHR, BUT FUNDS NEEDED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 10:07:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU643 | MEDIA REACTION: TOWARDS A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-17 08:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU677 | MEDIA REACTION: CLINTON'S DELHI VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU68 | NEPAL: MAOISTS MERGE WITH SMALL COMMUNIST PARTY; [...] (SBU) On January 12, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M),Nepal's largest party, merged with a minor communist party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unity Center Masal (UC),to form the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M). A joint convention of the two parties' Central [...] | 2009-01-26 10:32:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU692 | NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...] | 2009-07-28 08:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU697 | NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF KATAWAL ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) On July 27, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, called on President Ram Baran Yadav to announce his retirement and introduce his successor, Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung. Katawal said he would take the customary one-month leave beginning August 8 before his retirement [...] | 2009-07-29 09:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS NP |
09KATHMANDU70 | NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...] | 2009-01-27 06:09:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU705 | NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...] | 2009-07-30 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP |
09KATHMANDU717 | NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...] | 2009-07-31 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU726 | NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...] | 2009-08-04 09:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU728 | NEPAL: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (U) In response to reftel request for mechanisms in Nepal that aim to prevent torture and protect victims, post is aware of the following mechanisms: 2. (C) The Nepali government has several institutions that have responsibility for working to prevent torture: the Prime Minister's (PM's) Of [...] | 2009-08-05 01:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | DRL NP PGOV PHUM UN |
09KATHMANDU732 | NEPAL: MAOIST THREATS SPARK ANGST, RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist Leader Dahal,s public and private statements that his party intends to topple the M.K. Nepal government have prompted speculation about the fallout from Maoist demonstrations scheduled to begin on August 7. Discussions between Maoists and Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have s [...] | 2009-08-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU737 | NEPAL: MAOIST PROTEST CAMPAIGN BEGINS QUIETLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoists' month-long protest campaign began quietly on August 7 with small-scale, inconsequential protests, but sources confirm Maoist preparations to mobilize supporters in coming weeks for peaceful demonstrations. Meanwhile, the government coalition decided the previous ev [...] | 2009-08-07 10:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NP |
09KATHMANDU739 | NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of July 2009, including the following: -- FY 2009/10 Budget Nearly 34 Percent Larger -- Economic Survey Shows Declining Performance -- UN Says Hunger in Some Areas 'Extremely Alarming' -- Growth in Overs [...] | 2009-08-10 04:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU740 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMANITARIAN ACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU741 | NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...] | 2009-08-10 07:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP |
09KATHMANDU744 | NEPAL: INDIGENOUS GROUPS VIE FOR POWER, FEDERALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's ethnic minority ("Janajati") groups have formed a political caucus in the Constituent Assembly (CA) to overcome their traditional marginalization in Nepali politics. The Janajati groups propose a federal system with distinct districts for different groups, but disagree o [...] | 2009-08-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP SOCI |
09KATHMANDU748 | UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...] | 2009-08-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP |
09KATHMANDU756 | NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...] | 2009-08-14 08:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP |
09KATHMANDU769 | NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On August 17, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that his government would wait until "closer to the election" on September 17 for the UNESCO Director General before deciding on a candidate. Emboff conveye [...] | 2009-08-18 07:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU779 | COOPERATION KEY TO SOUTH ASIAN WATER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. The battle over water will drive geopolitical relations in South Asia in the 21st century as the flow of Himalayan rivers becomes increasingly unpredictable due to climate change, according to regional experts who attended a recent conference in Kathmandu. The only way to ensur [...] | 2009-08-20 01:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP |
09KATHMANDU782 | NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY WEATHERS MAOIST STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time confidant of Nepali Congress (NC) party leader G.P. Koirala believes the current government will survive Maoist challenges in the coming months and that the Maoists may join the governing coalition by the end of 2009. Two influential NC "Young Turks" take the opposite [...] | 2009-08-21 05:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU788 | NEPAL: MUSLIMS SEEK RECOGNITION IN NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Muslim community is seeking official recognition in the new constitution as a way to guarantee their religious rights. Muslim leaders in Nepal see India as a model for structuring religious affairs in a democracy. Madrasas throughout the Terai operate through loose, in [...] | 2009-08-25 08:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NP |
09KATHMANDU792 | NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...] | 2009-08-26 08:40:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP |
09KATHMANDU796 | NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...] | 2009-08-27 09:20:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU804 | NEPAL: UNMIN MONITORING OF PLA COMBATANTS IN DOUBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants were detained outside of their cantonment on August 24 carrying weapons and dressed in military fatigues. UNMIN publicly expressed "serious concern" about the incident, which it said was a clear violation of peace agreements. Ot [...] | 2009-08-31 02:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU808 | NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT [...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...] | 2009-08-31 09:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP |
09KATHMANDU813 | NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...] | 2009-09-01 08:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU814 | INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...] | 2009-09-01 09:02:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP |
09KATHMANDU828 | NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...] | 2009-09-04 13:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP |
09KATHMANDU829 | NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...] | 2009-09-04 13:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU837 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ROW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 04:17:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU841 | NEPAL: MAOISTS' SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Maoists continue to pursue short- and long-term strategies for returning to power in the Constituent Assembly. In the short term, they are working to persuade disaffected Madhesi parties to give them the 30 seats they need to gain a working majority. Over the long term [...] | 2009-09-11 12:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU842 | SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...] | 2009-09-11 19:22:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM MARR NP |
09KATHMANDU845 | NEPAL: NEW ARMY CHIEF STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) In his first address since being sworn in as Chief of the Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung stressed that the Nepal Army would have "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. Speaking before more than 1,000 generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers at Nepal Army Hea [...] | 2009-09-14 12:12:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU851 | NEPAL PM ACCEPTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION [...] (SBU) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has accepted President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper - contributing countries (Reftels). Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy ad [...] | 2009-09-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU861 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLANS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 11:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU864 | NEPAL: JUDICIAL POLITICS, POLITICIZED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Key judicial leaders in Nepal are deeply concerned about Maoist-supported constitutional proposals on the judiciary, which would empower parliament to appoint and remove judges, and interpret the constitution. The Supreme Court Chief Justice and others are actively lobbying the C [...] | 2009-09-18 08:51:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU869 | MEDIA REACTION: INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 11:44:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU870 | (C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...] | 2009-09-21 12:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF CH NP |
09KATHMANDU871 | NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER [...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...] | 2009-09-21 13:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP |
09KATHMANDU872 | NEPAL: NGOS BRIEF DAS SCHER ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of democracy and peace-building organizations working in Nepal told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher that the Nepali population is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing political stalemate. "Backbench" Constituent Assembly (CA) members ar [...] | 2009-09-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU877 | NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...] | 2009-09-22 12:53:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP |
09KATHMANDU881 | NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...] | 2009-09-23 11:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP |
09KATHMANDU883 | NEPAL: DEFENSE MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Bidya Bhandari told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher that Nepal was "at a very important juncture in the peace process." She supports limited integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army based on the peace agreements so long as t [...] | 2009-09-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU884 | NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...] | 2009-09-24 03:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP |
09KATHMANDU887 | NEPAL: COURT ORDERS MILITARY ACTION IN SURUWAL CASE [...] (U) In a surprising and positive development, the District Court in Kavre ordered the military to take action in one of Nepal's highest-profile human rights cases, the 2005 murder of 15-year-old Maina Suruwal. The Court ordered the Nepal Army Adjutant General to suspend Major Niranjan Basnet, [...] | 2009-09-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU898 | NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...] | 2009-10-01 03:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU906 | NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED [...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...] | 2009-10-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP |
09KATHMANDU916 | NEPAL-CHINA BORDER: FACT AND FICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reports indicate the Government of Nepal (GON) is deploying armed police along its 884 mile northern border with China in response to pressure from the Chinese government to prevent Tibetan activism. These reports are overstated; the GON does not have the resources to f [...] | 2009-10-07 11:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM CH IN NP |
09KATHMANDU917 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL-U.S. RELATIONS; U.S.- MAOIST RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 11:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU918 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CONSTITUTION & NEPAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 11:49:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU928 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S, INDIAN PERCEPTION OF CHINA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU929 | NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL'S PROMOTION ON HOLD [...] (SBU) Nepal's Cabinet deferred on October 8 a decision on the promotion of Army Major General Toran Singh. Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was under consideration for promotion to Lieutenant General (reftel). The Cabinet reportedly discussed Singh's appointment b [...] | 2009-10-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MARR PINR NP |
09KATHMANDU930 | NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANTS TO BE DISCHARGED - MAYBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new agreement between the Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction and the Maoists, the discharge process for disqualified Maoist combatants is scheduled to restart with a high-level joint visit to a cantonment on October 11. The Ministry hopes to transfer all disqualified [...] | 2009-10-09 12:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU945 | MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE OF NEPALI PRESS TO OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-14 11:50:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU946 | BHUTAN REFUGEE FOOD SUPPLIES INTERRUPTED [...] (U) Summary. World Food Program (WFP) food supplies for Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal are insufficient, so WFP will soon provide half rations for about one month. Meanwhile, UNHCR reports that security in Bhutanese refugee camps is good and fraud is relatively low in refugee res [...] | 2009-10-14 12:18:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID NP |
09KATHMANDU950 | NEPAL: UN SUPPORTS JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Post agreed to develop a joint human rights framework, identifying emblematic human rights cases and pressing both the Nepal Army and the Maoists to take specific actions to punish the perpetrators. While this s [...] | 2009-10-16 06:19:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU958 | NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED MAOISTS TOLD TIME TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Peace and Reconstruction Minister, Maoist military commanders and UN representatives visited a Maoist cantonment on October 11-15 to restart the process for "discharging" former Maoist combatants. Maoist leaders told former combatants to prepare for reintegration into Nepali [...] | 2009-10-20 09:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU966 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN RUNOFF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP |
09KATHMANDU972 | NEPAL: P-5 AMBASSADORS VISIT MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 23 visit to a Maoist cantonment in eastern Nepal, the P-5 plus Japan chiefs of mission underscored UNSC support for the Nepali peace process and called for the rapid discharge, integration, and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants. The Maoist Division Commander [...] | 2009-10-26 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR UN NP |
09KATHMANDU974 | NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...] | 2009-10-26 12:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU977 | MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP |
09KATHMANDU980 | NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...] | 2009-10-27 12:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU982 | NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...] | 2009-10-28 08:15:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU984 | NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING [...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...] | 2009-10-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU991 | NEPAL: DRAFT 2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, some hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis and opium are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports th [...] | 2009-11-02 10:36:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR NP |
09KATHMANDU998 | NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE MULLS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays an useful and unique role in protecting human rights in Nepal. OHCHR has established long-term and ambitious benchmarks its future program, but it is not clear the Government of Nepal will extend its current [...] | 2009-11-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM NP |
09KATHMANDU999 | NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...] | 2009-11-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
09KHARTOUM1002 | APPEALS COURT DECISION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 22, 2009, the Khartoum Court of Appeals issued its decision regarding the defendants' appeal of the Granville/Abbas murder trial. The Court affirmed the verdicts of the four men convicted of murder by the trial court. The Court overturned the weapons-related convictions o [...] | 2009-09-01 13:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1006 | GHAZI SALAH EDDIN TELLS SPECIAL ENVOY SEPARATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 20 meeting with SE Gration, Presidential Adviser and National Congress Party (NCP) intellectual light Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin said he was pondering the option of allowing the South to separate, with or without a referendum. Ghazi stated that there was a political curren [...] | 2009-09-02 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1015 | SPLM LEADERS TELL SPECIAL ENVOY (SE) NCP MUST BE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the SPLM welcomes SE Gration,s engagement on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),senior leaders from Southern Sudan remain doubtful that Khartoum will implement any agreement it signs. SPLM members told SE Gration that the south suffers from U.S. imposed sanctions o [...] | 2009-09-03 06:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM102 | DARFUR HUMANITARIAN MECHANISM AND PROSPECTS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's (CHD) Theo Murphy told CDA Fernandez that Abdul Wahid Al-Nur's acceptance of CHD's proposed humanitarian monitoring mechanism was a "breakthrough." Murphy also reported that JEM has accepted CHD's initiative "in principle," [...] | 2009-01-27 12:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1020 | DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON TROUSER CASE, DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of a September 3 meeting on the upcoming visit of SE Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that the September 7 trial of Ms. Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese journalist arrested in Khartoum for wearing trousers on July 3, could result in a [...] | 2009-09-04 09:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1021 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SUDANESE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration met on August 20 with Sudan's Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The Special Envoy noted that ten of twelve outstanding issues related to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) had been resolved, and that he [...] | 2009-09-04 09:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU CH |
09KHARTOUM1022 | SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETING WITH GOSS VICE [...] (c) Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration met Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar on August 20. Machar spoke at length about the political dynamic between the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and its partner in the Government of National Unity (GONU),the Nation [...] | 2009-09-04 09:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PREL AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1029 | KENYA STRIKES DIFFICULT BALANCE BETWEEN NORTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Kenyan Ambassador Robert Ngesu on September 2. During the discussions, Ngesu commented on the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) perceptions of U.S. efforts to facilitate implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and addressed Kenya's bal [...] | 2009-09-07 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM103 | TURABI MOVED TO PORT SUDAN, FAMILY DEFIANT [...] (SBU) On January 25, Sudanese authorities transferred Dr. Hassan Al-Turabi from Khartoum's Kober prison to the political detainees' wing in Port Sudan's prison, in the eastern part of the country. Turabi, the outspoken Islamist who was once a founding father of the present regime, but now its b [...] | 2009-01-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1030 | Southern Sudan Food Security Crisis Spurs International [...] (U) Summary: Parts of Southern Sudan are experiencing severe food insecurity as a result of: (1) high levels of physical insecurity and resulting displacements; (2) high food prices; and (3) late rains that have extended the hunger gap three months longer than normal. According to the Annual N [...] | 2009-09-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV PHUM SU |
09KHARTOUM1031 | SPLM SIGNS MOU WITH UMMA PARTY AND PREPARES FOR TRILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, the Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and Umma parties signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) pledging Umma's support for free and fair elections and for a referendum that allows the South to choose unity with or separation from the North. Umma Pa [...] | 2009-09-07 15:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1032 | AEC PLENARY: NINE OUTSTANDING REFERENDUM LAW ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Assessment and Evaluation (AEC) Plenary Meeting on September 1, Abdulla Idris, co-chairman of the National Constitution Review Commission (NCRC) laid out the nine major points disputed by the parties on the Referendum law. AEC members urged the parties to move forward. B [...] | 2009-09-08 04:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1033 | CIVIL SOCIETY REPORTS POLITICAL SPACE IN SUDAN SHRINKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Northern opposition parties and civil society groups report rising levels of government interference in voter education and political party activities in the runup to the 2010 elections. Groups report delayed and cancelled meetings; violence, arrest and detention of those who a [...] | 2009-09-08 04:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1035 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/AW CLAIMS GOS ATTACK ON KORMA; ABU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Elements of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF),the Sudan Liberation Army/Minni Minnawi (SLA/MM) and Chadian armed opposition forces have been positioned in the areas of Kutum, Abdel Shakur and Al Dur in North Darfur, according to UN sources. Sudan Liberation Army /Abdel Wahid (SLA [...] | 2009-09-08 13:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1037 | AECOM RECEIVES RETURNED ASSETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AECOM International Sudan (AIS),implementing partner for USAID's Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI),has received most of the assets taken by the Government of Sudan's (GOS) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) from PADCO in March. Overall, the asset handover went smoothly [...] | 2009-09-09 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1039 | STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...] | 2009-09-09 15:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM104 | MORE DETAIL ON JEM-SAF FIGHTING NEAR EL FASHER [...] (SBU) UNAMID confirmed on January 27 that Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) engaged armed rebels with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in ground attacks and aerial bombardment during the day of January 26, in areas south and east of El Fasher, North Darfur. Ahmed Togoud and Gibril Ibrahim of J [...] | 2009-01-27 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1040 | IRISH AMBASSADOR PROVIDES UPDATE ON HOSTAGES' SITUATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irish Ambassador Gerard Corr (resident in Cairo) met with DCM Asquino on September 8 to update him on the status of the two aid workers, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen Hilda Kawuki, who were kidnapped in North Darfur on July 3. Ambassador Corr confirmed that I [...] | 2009-09-10 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU |
09KHARTOUM1041 | DAFURI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (SBU) On September 2, poloff talked with Hamid Nur, a former U.S. Embassy locally-employed staff member in the political section, to discuss the detainment of a human rights activist. Nur said the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested Abdel Majeed Saleh Abakr Haroun in Kha [...] | 2009-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1045 | DAM CONSTRUCTION THREATENS TO DISPLACE TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction to raise the Roseries Dam in Blue Nile State by ten meters threatens to displace between 21,000 and 73,000 people in Blue Nile State, according to Oxford University researcher Harry Verhoeven. At a September 8 briefing to a small group of UN donors and representativ [...] | 2009-09-11 10:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ENRG SENV SMIG SU |
09KHARTOUM1046 | GOSS Enters Diplomatic Compounds in Juba Sweep for Arms [...] (U) Summary: Police and soldiers blocked roads and searched homes for illegal weapons in a disarmament operation ordered by the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted at dawn, September 9 in Juba. Residents of Juba, including United Nations staff, were ord [...] | 2009-09-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1047 | SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-14 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1048 | NO FINAL VOTER REGISTRATION PLAN OR BUDGET, NO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6, U.S. Agency for International Development Director and Pol Chief attended a National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting. NEC officials were unable to provide a budget covering activities through the post election period, operational plan or voter [...] | 2009-09-14 09:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1051 | SUDANESE OPPOSITION VOWS TO DEFEAT BASHIR IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of Sudan's opposition parties told staff members from the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee (Staffdel Doran) that they have formed an alliance to oust Sudanese President Omar al Bashir in the 2010 elections. The Umma Party, Popular Congress Party (PCP),Communist [...] | 2009-09-14 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1054 | REFERENDUM EXPERT ADVISES NCRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Mads Qvortrup, an internationally recognized expert on referendum implementation, urged the co-chairs of the National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC) to abide by internationally accepted referenda norms and provided relevant historical examples. Dr. Qvortrup warned [...] | 2009-09-15 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1058 | SUDANESE FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO GO TO UNGA [...] (C) In a September 15 meeting with Charge, Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor said that he had agreed to join the GOS delegation to the United National General Assembly (UNGA) on the condition that he would not be expected to deliver the Sudanese speech. Deng confided that neither he nor Fi [...] | 2009-09-17 13:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN |
09KHARTOUM1063 | NCP Tells Staffdel that South to Blame for CPA Shortfalls [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 25 meeting with U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel Doran, Dr. Idris Muhammad 'Abd-al-Qadr, State Minister of the Presidency, and Dr. Muhammad Mukhtar Hassan, Office of the Presidency, acknowledged delays in implementation of the Compre [...] | 2009-09-21 11:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1067 | Abyei Border Demarcation Committee Facing Hurdles; Will Not [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with members of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee on September 7 and again on September 12 to introduce a U.S. demarcation expert tasked with providing technical assistance to the Committee, and to discuss the Committee's needs and readiness. Committee members i [...] | 2009-09-23 05:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM107 | SUDANESE RESPOND TO BADR AIRLINES DEMARCHES [...] (S/NF) Sudanese Foreign Minister Deng Alor on January 27 provided a written response to the Badr Airlines demarche (Refs A and B). Alor said that NISS Chief Salah Ghosh had provided him with the document the previous day. The document, which is transcribed in its entirety at the end of this [...] | 2009-01-28 09:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC ETTC KPKO MASS PARM PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1070 | UK Expert Shares Views on Foreign Exchange Reserves, Oil [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura James, Senior Economic Advisor for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) said that implementation of the wealth-sharing provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have been "fairly smooth", but problems remain. In 2008, the North stopped payi [...] | 2009-09-23 11:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EPET PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1072 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE FINANCE MINISTER COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Finance and Economic Planning David Deng Athorbei on September 22 to discuss the return of USD seven million in cash from a Citibank courier flight. Deng committed to the return of the money "in a very short time" [...] | 2009-09-23 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN |
09KHARTOUM1073 | Disaster Declaration - Khartoum Floods [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary: In late August, heavy rains in Khartoum State caused massive flooding in Soba Aradi, Mayo, Jebel Aulia, and other settlements largely occupied by South Sudanese and Darfuri war-displaced populations. Houses and latrines [...] | 2009-09-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1075 | Global Witness Recommends Greater Transparency in Sudan's [...] (U) SUMMARY: UK watchdog organization, Global Witness (GW),at an open meeting September 10 in Juba, reported that there are serious discrepancies in the reporting of Sudan's oil production and revenues, nearly all of which result in an underreporting of Southern Sudan's share of this national [...] | 2009-09-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET ECON PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1077 | UNAMID NOT PERMITTED ACCESS TO CONDUCT ASSESSMENT OF KORMA, [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources reported on September 23 that the UN has not yet conducted a security assessment of Korma, North Darfur, following unconfirmed reports of clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Darfuri rebels aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). Accordin [...] | 2009-09-23 15:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1080 | SOUTH DARFUR HAC READMITS IOM [...] (U) Summary: On September 15, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) signed "Terms of Engagement" with the South Darfur Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC). The document clarifies the relationship between IOM and the South Darfur HAC, permitting IOM to commence population tracking an [...] | 2009-09-24 09:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1086 | DDR Reintegration Component Faces USD 35 Million Shortfall [...] Summary: Basil Massey, UNDP Demobilization, Decommissioning and Reintegration (DDR) Program Manager for Sudan told Charge on August 27 that Blue Nile State had completed disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) for more than 5,000 Southern People's Liberation Army (SPLA) soldiers. [...] | 2009-09-24 13:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1087 | Donors, UN, Reject Funding Request for DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a September 10 meeting, donors rejected a written request for operations funding from the Chairperson of the Southern Sudan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC),William Deng Deng. The meeting was chaired by Adriaan Verheul, Chief of the Integrat [...] | 2009-09-24 14:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO MOPS AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1090 | SOUTHERN SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT ON CONFISCATED [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar Teny spoke with Charge the evening of September 25 about the release of USD seven million in cash confiscated from a bank courier (reftel) and four remaining sticking point in talks between the Sudan Peoples' Liberati [...] | 2009-09-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN |
09KHARTOUM1095 | UNAMID TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO KORMA IN WAKE OF ATTACKS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to be denied access to the town of Korma following clashes between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction there on September 17-18. UNAMID's most recent attempt t [...] | 2009-09-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1097 | SPLM HOSTS ALL PARTIES POLITICAL CONFERENCE: SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Summary: After numerous delays and a closed session of the party delegates to discuss procedural issues on September 26, the opening session of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) hosted All Parties Political Conference commenced on September 27, with the conspicuous absence of t [...] | 2009-09-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1098 | BORDER DEMARCATION RESTARTS, PENDING LEGISLATION MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Elizabeth Pelton of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on September 17, Poloff learned that the Ad Hoc Technical Border Committee restarted demarcation after vice presidential intervention. Poloff also met during the week of September 6 with interna [...] | 2009-09-29 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1099 | VOTER REGISTRATION FACING MANY CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Election Commission (NEC) announced that voter registration will take place from November 1 to November 30. Many challenges face the NEC including inadequate logistical plans, staffing shortfalls, poor constituency delimitation, and the lack of a voter education pr [...] | 2009-09-29 08:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI EAID SU |
09KHARTOUM1102 | UNAMID CLOSER TO FULL DEPLOYMENT, BUT STILL FACING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the El Fasher headquarters of the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),UNAMID leadership told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they are working vigorously to shift the mission's focus from deployment to employment. The force is now [...] | 2009-09-29 09:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1103 | IN AIN SIRO, REBELS TELL SE GRATION THEY'RE READY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the rebel enclave of Ain Siro, local Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) commanders told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they welcomed his efforts at rebel unification, and affirmed their commitment to attend future peace talks. They said, howeve [...] | 2009-09-29 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1104 | SE GRATION SEPTEMBER 12 VISIT TO EL FASHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, SE Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur and visited two camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). Abu Shouk camp residents told SE Gration that their security and humanitarian needs were not being met. North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Kibi [...] | 2009-09-29 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1108 | DARFUR UPDATE: UNAMID CONVOY AMBUSHED IN GENEINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) convoy was ambushed by unknown assailants near Geneina, West Darfur, resulting in one death and two injuries. In Jebel Marra, the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction is building up troop strength in strateg [...] | 2009-09-30 14:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1110 | Sudan Disaster Redeclaration [...] (U) Summary: USAID continues to provide humanitarian assistance to respond to the needs of conflict-affected and vulnerable populations in Sudan. Due to the ongoing, complex emergency and humanitarian conditions in Sudan, Chief of Mission Robert Whitehead re-declares a disaster and requests c [...] | 2009-10-01 06:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1120 | ECONOMISTS URGE GREATER EXCHANGE RATE FLEXIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudan's foreign exchange reserves have trended upwards after reaching perilously low levels in March, but the Central Bank of Sudan (CBOS) remains too protective of the Sudanese pound (SDG),economists at the African Development Bank (AfDB) told econoffs on September 24. They urg [...] | 2009-10-05 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1122 | FIGHTING IN BENTIU RAISES CONCERNS OVER PRIVATE ARMIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) forces loyal to Deputy Chief of Staff Paulino Matip and bodyguards of Governor of Unity State, Brig. Gen. Taban Dang Gai clashed in the town of Bentiu resulting in the death of sixteen people and twenty-one injured. GOSS press [...] | 2009-10-05 16:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PGOV PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1128 | NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...] | 2009-10-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1130 | ALL POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE CONCLUDES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-hosted(SPLM) All Political Parties' Conference (APPC) closed on September 30. The conference concluded with all parties adopting a "Juba Declaration" that affirms commitments to all peace agreements, sets pre-conditions for elections, call [...] | 2009-10-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1135 | MISSERYIA ORGANIZE TO BLOCK ABYEI BOUNDARY DEMARCATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately one thousand members of the Misseryia, an Arabic-speaking nomadic tribe located primarily in South Kordofan State, met October 5 to reject the July 22 decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA),which defined the boundaries of Abyei. Conference attendees [...] | 2009-10-08 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1136 | CHAD AND JEM POSE "NO IMMINENT THREAT" TO SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice Equality Movement (JEM) and Chadian military pose "no imminent threat" to Sudan, according to preliminary deuerminations by$U^ ofgicials. E, Fa{ur iuth/ziTmecQMQhnoeaedQscuriwI$``2ioj|iU$$^emQ "f!Qgwh~"Q"`rwuaQ&QhjQQKQc/zhIp&qA#gQEgTcQ&i |$Dyn%Q=aEo-^zeQnQK c^k9x% [...] | 2009-10-08 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1137 | SOUTH KORDOFAN'S ICC-INDICTED GOVERNOR PURSUES DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 27 and 28, South Kordofan's ICC-indicted Governor, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun (NCP) and his SPLM deputy Abdel Aziz Al Helou, hosted a meeting in Kadugli for donors and UN partners. Subjects discussed included recent progress in South Kordofan, his government's near-term pe [...] | 2009-10-08 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF KDEM ECON EPET SU |
09KHARTOUM114 | DARFUR MEDIATION: WE NEED A FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT BEFORE AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, George Zechariah, the primary staff assistant to AU-UN Chief Darfur Mediator Djibril Bassole, told poloffs that the Mediation needs to secure a framework agreement between the rebels and Government of Sudan (GoS) before the issuance of an ICC indictment against Pr [...] | 2009-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM115 | KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...] | 2009-01-30 12:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1150 | SOUTH DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human rights violations as a whole have declined in South Darfur due to a reduction in tribal violence, human rights officers at the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) told poloff on October 7. They expressed alarm, however, at the increase in politically-mot [...] | 2009-10-14 05:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1152 | SENIOR SPLM OFFICIALS: "WE ARE NOW AT THE CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During new U.S. Consul General Rogers' initial round of courtesy calls, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) officials told her they viewed the next three months as "critical" to implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) and threatened to withdraw from th [...] | 2009-10-14 10:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1156 | Drought Threatens Livelihoods in North Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: U.N. field staff predict that low rain levels recorded this year may trigger displacement, increase reliance on humanitarian assistance, and heighten inter-community competition for scarce water resources. End summary. ------------------- NO RAIN, NO HARVEST -------------- [...] | 2009-10-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1158 | CITIBANK RECOVERS ITS USD 7 MILLION TRANSACTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM116 | DARFUR REMAINS TENSE AND JEM IS ON THE MOVE - BUT TO [...] (SBU) The North Darfur capital of El Fasher was quiet on January 29 and 30, with no bombing reported. According to several sources, GOS security forces had somewhat reduced their presence in the North Darfur capital. No estimates of casualties from fighting earlier in the week (neither in Muh [...] | 2009-01-30 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1160 | OUTSTANDING REFERENDUM LAW AND ELECTION ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President, Riek Machar told Charg Whitehead that a deal on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues is near. Machar and Taha met on October 13 and 14 to resolve the outstanding issues including acceptance of [...] | 2009-10-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1165 | VOTER REGISTRATION STAFF CUT, POLITICAL PARTIES SADDLED [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13, the National Elections Commission (NEC) announced that it will cut its voter registration staff from 10,000 to 1,500, a number which election experts say is sufficient to register only 40 percent of the eligible electorate. The NEC also announced that political p [...] | 2009-10-16 10:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM117 | CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...] | 2009-01-31 07:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1172 | OUTLOOK NOT GOOD FOR DARFUR ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with political party and civil society leaders in Darfur from October 9-12, poloff found that participation of opposition parties in elections is unlikely given the lack of political space, security concerns and the lack of a comprehensive peace in Darfur. Some reb [...] | 2009-10-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1173 | IRISH NGO AID WORKERS FREED IN DARFUR; TWO UN HOSTAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities confirmed that two female aid workers who work for GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization (NGO),were released early Sunday morning, October 18, after being held captive for 108 days. The two hostages, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen [...] | 2009-10-18 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU |
09KHARTOUM1174 | ABYEI DEMARCATION COMMITTEE DELAYED, SEEKS INTERVENTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 9 letter to Riek Machar (SPLM),Vice President of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),three members of the Abyei Boundary Demarcation Committee state that the committee is seriously hampered by political interference, security concerns, and lack of equipment. [...] | 2009-10-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS PINS KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1177 | Gender-Based Violence: Progress in Darfur and Northern [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA),the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) noted recent legal and organizational progress on sexual and gender-based violence (GBV),including extending legal protections to women throughout nor [...] | 2009-10-20 05:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1179 | Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-20 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM118 | CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...] | 2009-01-31 07:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1182 | GOVERNOR AGAR STRIKES PESSIMISTIC TONE IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with members of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),Malik Agar (SPLM),Governor of Blue Nile State, said that increasing numbers of Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the continued presence of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) in his state raise security co [...] | 2009-10-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1183 | Assessment and Evaluation Committee's 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-20 13:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1186 | Assessment and Evaluation CommitteeQs 48th Plenary Session [...] (U) Summary: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 48th Plenary Session on October 6 at AEC Headquarters in Khartoum. AEC Chairman, Sir Derek Plumbly, noted that the time for national elections and Southern referenda is quickly approaching; however, he does not see implementa [...] | 2009-10-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1188 | INITIAL REACTION TO SUDAN STRATEGY ROLL OUT MUTED [...] (SBU) Summary. Our initial soundings about Sudanese reaction to the New Sudan Strategy roll out indicates that most informed observers are adopting a muted and cautious posture as they digest how the strategy will impact the bilateral relationship. Media reaction today largely echoed the mi [...] | 2009-10-22 07:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1190 | JOINT DEFENSE BOARD HAS NOT YET ORDERED JIUS TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14, members of the Three Areas Working Group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met the commanders of the Joint Integrated Unit (JIU) in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State. In separate meetings, the commanders of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Suda [...] | 2009-10-22 11:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MCAP AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1193 | DR. GHAZI SALAHEDDIN ON NEW SUDAN POLICY, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: In a October 22 meeting with CDA Whitehead, influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin expressed satisfaction that the new USG Sudan policy was "one of engagement, not confrontation," noting that it was now up to the two parties to determine how it would be implemented. [...] | 2009-10-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1194 | SOUTHERN SUDAN REACTION TO NEW USG STRATEGY ON SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of the new U.S. policy on Sudan rollout, the reaction of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) and other missions in Juba has been very positive. The local daily newspaper, The Citizen, printed the entirety of the strategy on October 20, but on October 21 prin [...] | 2009-10-23 10:26:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1195 | Sudan: AEC October 2009 Wealth Sharing Working Group Holds [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Charge' D'Affaires Robert Whitehead, as coordinator of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),chaired a meeting with the ruling National Congress Party (NCP),Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and representatives of donor nat [...] | 2009-10-23 12:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EPET ENRG SU |
09KHARTOUM1196 | VETTING OF SPLA OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN USG TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the following SPLA officers participating in USG-sponsored Military Intelligence Captains Career Course from November 2009 to May 2010: Name DOB POB Rank Denis Eken Lomoro 18-DEC-1972 Juba LT 2. (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the fo [...] | 2009-10-25 05:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1197 | SUDAN PEOPLE'S LIBERATION MOVEMENT (SPLM) LAUNCHES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPM) launched its campaign for the 2010 elections on October 12. SPLM's National Elections Strategic Committee (NESC) Chairman and Speaker of the Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) Chairman, James Wani Igga and SPLM Deputy Secretary [...] | 2009-10-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1198 | POPULAR CONSULTATIONS CRUCIAL, WITH OR WITHOUT ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) held a conference from October 15-18 in Kurmuk, Blue Nile State, to brain-storm about the form and function of popular consultations. The latter are called for by the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) to "ascertain the v [...] | 2009-10-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1199 | DARFUR UPDATE: UNAMID FEARS ATTACKS COMING IN JEBEL MARRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) officials are deeply concerned that the Government of Sudan (GOS) plans to fortify recent gains against Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) forces by attacking the rebel stronghold of West Jebel Marra in the coming [...] | 2009-10-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM12 | MINNAWI SEEKS GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH QATAR AND [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Minnawi expressed a desire for greater involvement of SLM-MM in the Darfur peace process. He lamented that he has yet to be contacted by Qatari officials about proposed peace talks in Doha, but note [...] | 2009-01-06 06:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1205 | Tripartite Joint Technical Committee conducts workshop on [...] (U) Summary: The Tripartite Joint Technical Committee (TJTC) facilitated a workshop from October 10 to 12 to encourage cooperation between national and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). Workshop results encouraged increased information sharing and openness in NGO partners [...] | 2009-10-26 04:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1208 | SLA/AW GENERAL COMMANDER REQUESTS REBEL UNIFICATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Commander of the rebel forces of Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) Abdelgadir Abdelrahman (Gaddura) supports rebel unification efforts that occur within Darfur's "liberated areas," not in Libya. Assembled commanders reaffirmed their support for the work o [...] | 2009-10-26 11:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1209 | CHADIAN REBELS: UFR'S TOLLIMI ADDRESSES EU INITIATIVE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 25 meeting with poloff, Secretary General of Chadian rebel group Union des Forces de la Rsistance (UFR) Abakar Tollimi expressed concern about the lack of progress in the EU-led initiative to facilitate political discussions between UFR and the Government of Chad (G [...] | 2009-10-27 09:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO SU CD |
09KHARTOUM1212 | SPLM MAKING PROGRESS ON CPA ISSUES BUT REJECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 23, while hosting a visit of the South African Vice President, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) held an emergency Polit-Bureau meeting chaired by Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir. The meeting focused on the SPLM boycott of the Nat [...] | 2009-10-27 15:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM1214 | LUBNA HUSSEIN CONTINUES HER CRUSADE AGAINST SHARIA LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost four months after journalist and former United Nations press employee Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein gained tremendous international attention for wearing pants in public, she appears determined not to allow the incident to quietly fade away. Despite threats and travel restriction [...] | 2009-10-29 06:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KPAO OIIP SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1215 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with UN DSRSG to Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with Deputy Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General (DSRSG) and Humanit [...] | 2009-10-29 07:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1216 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with NGO Steering [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with the Khartoum-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee as p [...] | 2009-10-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1217 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with NGO Steering [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with the Khartoum-based Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Steering Committee as p [...] | 2009-10-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1219 | CHAD REBELS URGE GREATER US AND FRENCH ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On October 28, CDA Whitehead met with Chadian rebel Alliance Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timane Erdimi to deliver talking points provided by AF/C. Erdimi was accompanied by UFR First Vice President Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. 2 [...] | 2009-10-30 11:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SU CH |
09KHARTOUM1222 | OCTOBER HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING FOCUSES ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: The expanded High-Level Committee (HLC) met on October 28. Committee members discussed key challenges in the humanitarian operating environment in Darfur as a follow-up to the recent HLC visit to El Geneina, West Darfur. Much of the discussion focused on the October 24 abduc [...] | 2009-11-01 04:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1224 | VETTING OF SPLA OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN USG TRAINING [...] (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the following SPLA officers and soldiers participating in USG-sponsored Harris Radio Communications training course from 23rd November 2009 to 10 February 2010: Name DOB POB Rank Samson Mabior Lual 01-JAN-196 [...] | 2009-11-01 06:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1225 | VETTING OF SOUTHERN SUDAN POLICE SERVICE (SSPS) OFFICERS [...] (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the following SSPS officers participating in INL training to be conducted December 2009 in BOR, Sudan, listed by Name/DOB/Birthplace/Rank: Ajuong Garang Ajak 01-JAN-1969 Duk CPT Buol Yuen Anyieth 01-JAN-1956 Bor 2LT Michael Many [...] | 2009-11-01 06:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1227 | OCTOBER HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING FOCUSES ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a spirited session of the expanded High-Level Committee (HLC) on October 28, committee members discussed key challenges in the humanitarian operating environment in Darfur as a follow-up to the recent HLC visit to El Geneina, West Darfur. The discussion centered on the Octo [...] | 2009-11-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1229 | USAID Acting Administrator's Meeting with Humanitarian [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle, and USAID Senior Policy Advisor Steven Pierce met with the South Darfur Area Humanitarian [...] | 2009-11-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM123 | SUDANESE RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON DEFUSING TENSIONS [...] (S/NF) CDA Fernandez presented talking points in reftel to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani al-Wasila (in the absence of FM Alor and other NGU officials at the AU Summit) on February 1. 2. (S/NF) Al-Wasila agreed that escalation of tensions between Chad and Sudan was in the i [...] | 2009-02-02 07:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1232 | NCP HANGS TOUGH ON REFERENDUM "DEAL" [...] (C) Summary: On October 1 Government of South Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Dr. Riek Machar publicly announced, prematurely, that he had reached a "referendum deal" with his counterpart, Government of National Unity (GNU) Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha. The "deal" included the important " [...] | 2009-11-03 06:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1234 | CDA DISCUSSES ABYEI WITH DIRDIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, CDA Whitehead discussed developments in the Abyei special administrative district with Ambassador Al Dirdiri Mohamed Ahmed (NCP),the Government of Sudan's (GoS) Abyei point-person. Dirdiri said that the migration of Misseriya tribes-people into Abyei this year c [...] | 2009-11-03 14:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1235 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with Donors in [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with donors and UN representatives in Khartoum as part of an October 24 - 27 delega [...] | 2009-11-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1236 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with State Minister of [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with State (Deputy) Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, H.E. Dr. Abdel Bagi El-Geilan [...] | 2009-11-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1237 | USAID Acting Administrator Meeting on Elections in [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle participated in an elections and political processes roundtable in Khartoum. They met w [...] | 2009-11-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1239 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS MUTRIFF SIDDIQ [...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration, Mutriff Siddiq, Government of Sudan (GoS) Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs, welcomed the new U.S. Sudan policy as a step forward. Siddiq said that the issues in Darfur were difficult but surmo [...] | 2009-11-04 06:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM124 | CHADIAN REBELS - HASSABALLAH EMPHASIZES ALLIANCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 30, Adouma Hassaballah Djadarab, the First Vice President of the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR,) told poloffs that UFR is an alliance of existing Chadian rebel groups, not the "fusion" of all movements. Like UFR President Erdimi (reftel,) Hassaballah emphasized that [...] | 2009-02-02 07:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1240 | GOSS VP MACHAR GIVEN MISSION IMPOSSIBLE? [...] (C) Summary: Over two days of meetings, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) told the United States Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that it was interested in negotiating a broad "package deal" with its Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partner the National Congres [...] | 2009-11-04 06:11:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM1241 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI [...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...] | 2009-11-04 06:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM1249 | USAID Acting Administrator Visit to Nyala, South Darfur [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham, Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle, and USAID Senior Policy Advisor Steven Pierce conducted a seven-hour visit to Nyala, Sout [...] | 2009-11-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM125 | UNAMID STAYS IN MUHAJARRIYA AS BOMBING AND FIGHTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, UNAMID's Deputy Joint Special Representative General Henry Anyidoho informed Embassy Khartoum that UNAMID will remain in Muhajarriya "at the determination of the Secretary General," despite GOS bombing of JEM rebel positions around the area the same day and in spi [...] | 2009-02-02 09:27:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1250 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SAF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) General Esmat Abdulrahmam told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, General Scott Gration, that the Government of Sudan (GoS) does not, and never has, supported the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He also stated that allegations by the Go [...] | 2009-11-04 13:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU |
09KHARTOUM1253 | OFFICIAL: "SUDAN ON WRONG COURSE" [...] (C) During a courtesy call October 27, newly appointed Director General for Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Haydar Hassan Haj Al Sidig, Director General for Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Deputy Chief of Mission that he sees the new U.S. policy toward Suda [...] | 2009-11-04 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM126 | RUSSIAN ENVOY PLANS GREATER ENGAGEMENT, PROPOSES [...] (C) Summary: President Bashir promised that the GOS will carry on with "business as usual" and asserted there would be no government-orchestrated hostile response to the issuance of an ICC arrest warrant, Russian Special Envoy Mikhail Margelov told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on January 30. Mar [...] | 2009-02-02 09:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1261 | WILL THE GOS REVIVE THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) civil society forum may soon be revived pending approval from the Presidency, SPI Chief Drafter and University of Khartoum Professor Attayeb Hajj Atia told poloff in a meeting on October 26. Revival of long-dormant forum, which in the past prod [...] | 2009-11-08 06:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1262 | SOUTHERN SUDAN ASKS FOR HELP IN PREPARING FOR ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Voter registration began in Southern Sudan on November 1 amid logistical and political hurdles. (Septel will report on registration progress.) This cable discusses the Government of South Sudan's (GoSS) urgent plea for help in preparing security for the elections following an O [...] | 2009-11-08 07:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS SU |
09KHARTOUM1263 | DEMARCATION OF ABYEI BOUNDARY REMAINS FROZEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 5, Poloff spoke with Kwol Biong (SPLM),Deputy Chair of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee, who said that no physical demarcation of the Abyei border has occurred. Biong said that security issues are the committee's primary concern, but also complained of insuffic [...] | 2009-11-08 08:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM1264 | USAID/OFDA Darfur Agriculture and Food Security Assessment [...] (U) Summary: The 2009 harvest outlook in Darfur is mixed. Reports from most of West Darfur indicated reliable rains, while parts of South and North Darfur did not. In addition to general agricultural development challenges, lack of humanitarian access and insecurity continue to render rural [...] | 2009-11-08 15:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1266 | USAID/OFDA Darfur Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene [...] (U) Summary: Despite adequate safe drinking water supply in most internally displaced person (IDP) camps in Darfur, substantial gaps remain in sanitation and hygiene services, according to USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) ad [...] | 2009-11-09 07:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1271 | PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH SHORT DEADLINE SET [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 9 meeting with Poloff, Remy Oller, Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Speaker of the Council of States, said the National Congress Party (NCP) and SPLM were still engaged in talks initiated by the US. Special Envoy on outstanding Comprehensive Pea [...] | 2009-11-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1272 | SUDAN: 49th Plenary of the AEC [...] (U) Summary: The November 8, 49th Plenary of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) tackled the following issues: preparations for upcoming elections and referendum, post referendum arrangements, voter registration and border demarcation problems in Abyei. State Minister at the Minis [...] | 2009-11-10 13:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1273 | GHAZI ADDRESSES CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE, DARFUR PEACE [...] (C) Summary: On November 11, CDA Whitehead met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin to discuss the sequencing of the Chad-Sudan Dtente Process (ref a),the lag in the Darfur peace process, and the ongoing bilateral discussions between the SPLM and the NCP to resolve outstanding Compr [...] | 2009-11-11 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UN AU SU CH |
09KHARTOUM1277 | Media Reaction to U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration: The [...] SUMMARY: Visible "shuttle diplomacy" between officials of the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) failed to produce a break-through by the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration on his recent visit to Sudan. Media followed the impasse on two-party [...] | 2009-11-12 12:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KPAO OIIP SU |
09KHARTOUM1278 | FRENCH DIPLOMAT CALLS FOR RETURN TO NAIVASHA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with Polchief and Poloff, French Deputy Chief of Mission Denis Douveneaux praised Chadian President Idris Deby as a "peacemaker," and placed the blame squarely on Libya for arming and funding insurgents in the Darfur region. He expressed doubts that unity [...] | 2009-11-15 06:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS CH FR SU |
09KHARTOUM1279 | AU LIAISON ANALYSES PEACE AND SECURITY MEETING [...] (C//NOFORN) SUMMARY: On November 09, Poloff met with Boitshoko Mokgatlhe, African Union (AU) Liaison Officer for Sudan. Mokgatlhe went over the main points recommended by the 207th meeting of the Peace and Security Council (PSC) in Abuja (ref. A) and quietly confirmed the widespread speculati [...] | 2009-11-15 06:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU |
09KHARTOUM1280 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 4 meeting U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration met with representatives of opposition political parties from Southern Sudan. The representatives expressed concerns regarding elections, the referendum and the recent parliamentary boycott. They appealed to [...] | 2009-11-15 08:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1281 | PROBLEMS PLAGUE BEGINNING OF VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of voter registration for the first general elections in Sudan in over 20 years, observers say the dearth of information about when, where and how to register has confused potential registrants. The National Electoral Commission (NEC) has reported far more people [...] | 2009-11-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1284 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI REPORTS PRODUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 16 meeting, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin told CDA Whitehead that he was encouraged by French officials' support for Chad-Sudan rapprochement during Ghazi's recent trip to France. He welcomed the upcoming visit of US Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration to Su [...] | 2009-11-16 09:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINS PREL CH FR SU |
09KHARTOUM1285 | MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE SHOT WHILE REGISTERING IN HIS HOME [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 15, the Minister of Agriculture Samson Kwaje was shot while traveling to his home constituency in Juba County, Central Equatoria, to register. Kwaje was traveling in a six car convoy which was ambushed in the early evening on the Lainya-Jambo road. The reason for t [...] | 2009-11-16 14:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ASEC SU |
09KHARTOUM1288 | GOS MILITARY OFFER TO COOPERATE ON SEVERAL FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting on November 14 with the Inspector General of the Sudanese Armed Forces, General Ismat Abdelraman Zaineabdeen informed Charge Whitehead that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is willing to "fully cooperate" to assist with Darfur rebel unification. Abdelraman asked for [...] | 2009-11-16 16:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL FR CH SU |
09KHARTOUM129 | GNU STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE BLAMES HIS SPLM COMRADES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM-appointed State Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Lual Deng laid the blame for the festering dispute over the control of foreign exchange reserves squarely on the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),by having turned a technical issue into a high- [...] | 2009-02-02 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SU |
09KHARTOUM13 | MAIDOB REBELS KILLED IN JEM INFIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Dozens of Maidob fighters from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) were killed and many more injured at the hands of their Zaghawa counterparts in clashes in Eastern Chad on January 1, according to multiple rebel sources. The infighting apparently started when the Maidob prot [...] | 2009-01-06 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1300 | ELECTIONS, GRASSROOTS EFFORTS KEY TO DARFUR PEACE, SAYS GOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The biggest obstacle to a political solution of the Darfur conflict is not the rebels' lack of political will, but rather their lack of capacity, the GOS lead negotiator to the Doha talks told CDA and S/USSES Peace and Security Team in a meeting on November 16. Dr. Amin Hassan Om [...] | 2009-11-17 13:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1302 | NCP WILLING TO COMPROMISE ON OUTSTANDING CPA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin recounted the continued inability of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reach agreement on several key outstanding issues related to the [...] | 2009-11-18 11:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL SU CH |
09KHARTOUM1316 | VICE PRESIDENT TAHA EXPLAINS NCP POSITION ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: Ali Osman Taha, First Vice President of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) told Special Envoy Scott Gration November 18 that the nomadic Misseriya should be allowed to vote in the Abyei referendum because, while not permanent residents, they reside in Abyei for part of the [...] | 2009-11-23 06:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1319 | Energy Ministry Official Says Sudan's Oil to Run Out by [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, Hamad Elneel Abdulgadir, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Energy and Mining (MEM) complained to Poloff that the Ministry's efforts in training Southern Sudanese for oil industry jobs had been a failure, one reason that the National Petroleum Commission [...] | 2009-11-23 08:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SU |
09KHARTOUM1323 | VOTER REGISTRATION LAGS IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Voter registration in Southern Sudan continues to move slowly and to be hampered by organizational, funding and logistical challenges. Percentages of registered voters in the south lag far behind the overall totals of registered voters in other parts of Sudan. Lack of clear policies, gu [...] | 2009-11-23 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1326 | Preview of Sudan 2010 Humanitarian Work Plan [...] (U) Summary: On November 15, USAID attended a stakeholders' conference providing a preview of the UN and partners 2010 Humanitarian Work Plan. The conference, chaired by Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (DSRSG) Ameerah Haq and Commissioner of the Government of Nation [...] | 2009-11-23 12:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM133 | SUDANESE WOMEN SET AGENDA FOR PEACE IN DARFUR [...] (U) The second African Women's Consultation on Darfur took place in Addis Ababa from January 5-7, 2009. The conference was organized by Femmes Africa Solidarite (FAS),supported by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) and the Norwegian Government, and led by former President [...] | 2009-02-03 05:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1338 | SE GRATION WITH NCP MINISTER AMIN ON ABYEI, DOHA [...] (C) Summary: On November 22, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) Scott Gration met with Dr. Amin Hassan Omar, Government of National Unity (GoNU) State Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture and the National Congress Party (NCP) lead on the Doha talks. Amin insisted that issues surrounding Abyei are [...] | 2009-11-26 07:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV PINS PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1339 | SE Gration Visits Voter Registration Centers in Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: United States Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration visited a lively registration center in Khartoum on November 18 during a visit arranged by the National Congress Party (NCP). Additional visits to voter registration centers in Khartoum, Abyei and El Geneina showed [...] | 2009-11-26 07:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM134 | UNAMID PROPOSES SAFE ZONE IN MUHAJARRIYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, UNAMID's Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the Justice and Equality Movement has taken four defensive positions outside of Muhajarriya, while the GoS vows a large-scale attack on JEM in South Darfur. UNAMID will stay in the area, [...] | 2009-02-03 06:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1341 | GHAZI SATISFIED WITH DOHA CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In a closing meeting with US. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, Government of Sudan (GoS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin expressed satisfaction with the recent Doha Civil Society Conference. Ghazi said he would look into lifting travel restrictions on United Nations-Af [...] | 2009-12-01 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1342 | NORTH AND SOUTH DEADLOCKED ON ABYEI [...] (C) Summary: Throughout U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration's November 18-22 meetings in Khartoum, the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) remained at an impasse over the definition of a resident of Abyei in the Abyei Referendum Bil [...] | 2009-12-01 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1343 | World Bank Economist: Water Security an Issue for Sudan [...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank Economist Mosllem Alamir predicted that water resources in post-2011 Sudan could lead to conflict and economic crisis if the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) do not make decisions now about allocation or cooperation on the use of Nile waters. Increas [...] | 2009-12-01 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAGR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EWWT SU |
09KHARTOUM1344 | U.S. Special Envoy Gration Assesses Abyei Tensions [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 19, US Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration traveled to Abyei and to Muglad, Southern Kordofan, to assess implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the security situation in and around Abyei. In Abyei town, the Deputy Administrator de [...] | 2009-12-01 11:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS SU |
09KHARTOUM1345 | SE GRATION VISIT TO EL FASHER AND EL GENEINA, [...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 20-21 visit to Darfur of U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration, senior officials from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) estimated that 40 percent of the problems in Darfur are related to the troubled relationship between Chad [...] | 2009-12-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1347 | Darfur Food Survey Shows Mixed Results for 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Food Program (WFP) Food Security Monitoring System (FSMS) has surveyed Darfuri households since the start of 2009 to track trends in food security across the region. The implementing food aid community has become increasingly concerned that many camp-based internally d [...] | 2009-12-02 07:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1349 | SUDAN: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT INACTIVE [...] (SBU) On November 25, EmbOff discussed Sudan's policy on the Arab League Boycott (ALB) of Israel with Abdel Aziz M. Ahmed, head of the Multilateral Trading Department of the Government of Sudan (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Trade. Ahmed stated that there has been no change in Sudan's policy or pr [...] | 2009-12-02 08:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV SOCI UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1350 | THE EMERGING STORY ON "SUDANIZATION" OF HUMANITARIAN AID [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1353 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES 2010 BUDGET WITHOUT SPLM; [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 16, the National Assembly approved the national budget for 2010. Due to a continuing boycott of the National Assembly by the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and other opposition parties, the National Congress Party (NCP)and its allies unilaterally approv [...] | 2009-12-04 08:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EFIN KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1357 | SLA/AW UP IN ARMS AFTER LONG RESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central region of Darfur known as Jebel Marra remains unstable following internal conflict among rebels commanders aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). SLA/AW rebels in far northeast North Darfur staged two successful attacks in November on Government [...] | 2009-12-06 10:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1358 | Five Rwandan UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed in Two Separate [...] (SBU) Summary: Five Rwandan peacekeepers with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed over the weekend in two separate attacks in North Darfur. Gunmen opened fire on a UNAMID convoy traveling near Saraf Omra on December 4, killing three peacekeepers. On Decembe [...] | 2009-12-06 11:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KPKO ECON EFIN SU |
09KHARTOUM1359 | SPLM HEAVYWEIGHTS PAGAN AMUM, YASSIR ARMAN [...] (C) Summary: Two key leaders of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),Secretary General Pagan Amum and Head of SPLM Northern Sector Yassir Arman, were detained by Omdurman authorities in conjunction with an "illegal" protest by opposition parties at the National Assembly on December 7. [...] | 2009-12-07 11:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM136 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CALLS FOR STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, CDA Fernandez warned Presidential Advisor Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahadeen that an implosion of GOSS due to falling oil prices and revenues would have disastrous implications for Sudan and the NCP. Salahadeen responded that the NCP is a proponent [...] | 2009-02-03 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1361 | SUDAN: LUBNA HUSSEIN, NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) U.S. Embassy Khartoum nominates Lubna Hussein for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) The Public Order Police of the Government of Sudan (GOS) arrested Hussein in July, charging her with violating the Sudanese law for "public appearance in indecent dress [...] | 2009-12-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI |
09KHARTOUM137 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION LEADERS SAY ELECTIONS WILL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairman Abel Alier and Deputy Chairman Abdalla Abdalla told CDA that the NEC's first priority is to get the Southern Sudan and state electoral high committees up and running so that they can carry out critical electoral work at the state and [...] | 2009-02-03 15:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1370 | SPLM'S ARMAN DESCRIBES POLICE ABUSE; ARRESTED DEMONSTRATORS [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Head of Northern Sector Yasir Arman described how several Government of Sudan (GOS) junior police officers "beat him with their boots" and a police baton while he was in police custody on December 7. Arman stated he receiv [...] | 2009-12-08 13:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SU |
09KHARTOUM1371 | ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE PLENARY [...] In the absence of Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) representatives, the 50th plenary meeting of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) scheduled for December 8 was rescheduled to Sunday, December 13 at 10:00 AM. For representatives of AEC member countries assembled in anticipa [...] | 2009-12-08 15:53:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1376 | NCP AND SPLM UP THE POLITICAL ANTE; TENSIONS SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: The December 7 confrontation between opposition demonstrators that led to the arrest of several Sudan People's Liberation Movement leaders (reftels) has led to Counter-moves on both sides, effectively upping the political ante. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President [...] | 2009-12-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1378 | SPLM'S AMUM PAUSES PROTESTS, VOWS CONTINUED OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition party protests will continue until outstanding CPA implementation issues are resolved, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Secretary General Pagan Amum told DCM Asquino on December 9. While Amum has decided to hold off on leading any protests in Khartoum in the [...] | 2009-12-10 07:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREF SU |
09KHARTOUM138 | SPLM SG AMUM PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE NCP'S [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) told CDA Fernandez that NCP will likely behave normally after the announcement of an ICC indictment of Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir. But he expects the National Congress Party (NCP) to q [...] | 2009-02-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1383 | FOOD SECURITY WORSENS IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (U) Summary: Southern Sudan continues to be plagued by a food security crisis in several states due to a combination of poor rainfall, heightened insecurity leading to population displacements, and high cereal prices. Hope that the second cereal harvest in November would bring some relief has [...] | 2009-12-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1389 | MISSERIYA IN MUGLAD REJECT PCA DECISION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Poloff in Muglad on December 9 and 10, Misseriya from traditional leadership, civil society groups, and local NGOs universally expressed the view that the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) ruling on Abyei (Ref A) was an unjust taking of their land. Members of [...] | 2009-12-13 10:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM139 | SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...] | 2009-02-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1390 | GNU FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S. COMMISSION ON [...] (C) Summary: The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor commented on the National Congress Party's (NCP) relationship with the United States during a December 9 meeting with the visiting U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Alor, who is [...] | 2009-12-13 11:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SU |
09KHARTOUM14 | DUP DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FEARS ICC CHAOS [...] (C) Summary: Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Deputy Chairman and vocal ICC supporter Ali Mahmoud Hassanein told CDA Fernandez on January 5 that he feared Sudan would plunge into chaos upon the issuance of an arrest warrant against President Bashir. Hassanein described his December 29 detention [...] | 2009-01-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM140 | BOMBING CONTINUES AND GOS BLOCKS UNAMID SENIOR LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3, the Government of Sudan blocked senior UNAMID leaders from traveling to Muhajarriya - a move that several UNAMID leaders have already interpreted as a violation of UNAMID's Status of Forces Agreement with the GOS. UNAMID sources also reported that the Sudanese Ar [...] | 2009-02-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1400 | NCP AND SPLM BREAK THE IMPASSE BUT NOT THE CYCLE; [...] (C) Summary: Three days of talks between Government of National Unity (GoNU) President Al-Bashir and GoNU First Vice President (and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS)) President Salva Kiir and their respective delegations broke through on December 13, resolving three of five outstanding issue [...] | 2009-12-14 11:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1401 | PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ABYEI SLOW IN COMING [...] Summary. (SBU) On December 8, Poloff met with Ngok Dinka traditional leaders in Abyei town, who stated that the National Congress Party (NCP) is arming militias in the area in order to destabilize Abyei and prevent demarcation of Abyei's boundaries. Traditional leaders also complained that the [...] | 2009-12-14 12:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM1404 | Dec. 14 Opposition Protests Met by Tear Gas; Up to 100 [...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) authorities shut down a demonstration led by northern opposition parties in Omdurman on Monday, December 14, blocking roads and bridges in the early morning. Following a rally at the Omdurman headquarters of Sudan Liberation Movement/Minni Minnawi (SLM [...] | 2009-12-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM SU |
09KHARTOUM1405 | SOUTHERN SUDAN LRA UPDATE, DECEMBER 14, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: While the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities have diminished in Western Equatoria since September, there are reports that the LRA has moved operations into Raja County, Western Bahr el-Ghazal, and unconfirmed reports of movement into South Darfur. The Ugandan People's Defen [...] | 2009-12-15 08:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU UG CG CT |
09KHARTOUM1410 | ABYEI JIU INTEGRATED BUT INEFFECTIVE [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 8 Poloff met with Colonel Zakaria Akoi Yak (SPLM),Deputy Commander of the Abyei Joint Integrated Unit (JIU),who told Poloff that his JIU forces, tasked with providing security for the Abyei boundary demarcation team, had never been confronted by Misseriya tribesmen [...] | 2009-12-15 11:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PBTS KDEM KPKO MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM1411 | WEARY MINNAWI EXPRESSES "NO HOPE" FOR DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CDA Whitehead, Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi lamented that the international community has shifted its attention to North-South relations at the expense of Darfur. Characterizing Southern secession as a foregone conclusion, he expressed [...] | 2009-12-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU CH |
09KHARTOUM142 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 29 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,540, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID senior staff agree that the deployment goal is impossible to secure by Mabch 31. In fact, UNAMID's shipping pipeline may be empty wi [...] | 2009-02-04 06:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM1423 | GHAZI TOUTS PROGRESS ON CPA, CHAD BUT EXPRESSES [...] (SE) Summary: In a December 13 meeting with Special Envoy Gration, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin called the December 13 Agreement between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) on outstanding Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues (refte [...] | 2009-12-17 14:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL UN SU CH |
09KHARTOUM1424 | DEBT RELIEF IS KEY TO SUDAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: The lack of access to debt relief is the primary constraint on Sudan's economic development, Minister of Finance and regime hard-liner Dr. Awad Aljaz told U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration on December 14. He asserted that the USG was blocking Sudan's access t [...] | 2009-12-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1425 | U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH GOSS VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar told the U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration in a December 14 meeting that the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) agreement on three long-disputed bills was a beginning, but ca [...] | 2009-12-17 15:00:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1426 | SE GRATION'S DECEMBER 15 MEETING WITH UNMIS JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: On his December 15 trip to Juba, Sudan, SE Gration met with UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Deputy Regional Coordinator Lise Grande, and heard her concerns regarding mounting food shortages and governance issues in the region. Grande painted a grim picture of food needs, explaining [...] | 2009-12-20 08:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1430 | SRSG QAZI DISCUSSES INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Sudan Ashraf Qazi told S/USSES Deputy Timothy Shortley that the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) has been shifting its "center of gravity" southward in preparation for the post-2011 environment. He [...] | 2009-12-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM1433 | NORTHERN OPPOSITION LEADERS TELL SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 16, five northern opposition political party leaders discussed the recent demonstrations in Khartoum and their objectives with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration. Mariam Al-Sadig Al-Mahdi from the Umma Party, Ali Traio of the Sudan Liberation Mo [...] | 2009-12-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1435 | USCIRF DELEGATION'S DECEMBER 5-10 VISIT TO KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: During their visit to Khartoum, December 5-10, a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) met with civil society, non-governmental organizations (NGO),United Nations in Sudan (UNMIS) representatives, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission [...] | 2009-12-21 06:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM SU |
09KHARTOUM1437 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES NATIONAL SECURITY LAW, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1445 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY UNILATERALLY PASSES NCP BACKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 20, the National Assembly passed the National Security Law in a National Congress Party (NCP) "mechanical majority" vote without the Sudan People's Liberation Movement's (SPLM) or opposition party support. The SPLM and other opposition parties strongly objected to the [...] | 2009-12-23 11:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO |
09KHARTOUM1447 | NCP APPROVES SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, the National Congress Party (NCP) introduced controversial amendments to the Southern Sudan Referendum Law and unilaterally passed it despite the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walking out of the session. Dr. Ghazi Sallahuddin, an NCP Presidential Adviso [...] | 2009-12-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1448 | GNU MINISTER OF INDUSTRY DECRIES EFFECTS OF [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Industry Jalal Yousif Al Dugair, a member of the opposition Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) lauded U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (SE) General Scott Gration for his efforts to improve bilateral relations, but ur [...] | 2009-12-24 11:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EIND PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1454 | SPLM'S ARMAN SHARES VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff requested a December 27 meeting with Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Head of Northern Sector Yasir Arman to get his views on prospects for resolving his party's dispute with the National Congress Party (NCP) over the latter's amend [...] | 2009-12-27 14:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPKO PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1455 | VOTER REGISTRATION CONCLUDES IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voter registration concluded in Sudan on December 7. According to election advisors, and based on the National Elections Commission's (NEC) preliminary, unverified results, voter registration turned out significantly better than anyone might have expected, although problems were [...] | 2009-12-28 06:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1462 | NCP AND SPLM PASS SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 29, the National Assembly voted by majority to approve the Southern Sudan Referendum Law. The law was passed with the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) mutually agreeing on the final version of the law after ten days of hea [...] | 2009-12-29 15:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU |
09KHARTOUM1474 | PORT SUDAN AS POTENTIAL LOGISTICAL SOLUTION FOR REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: There is no recent history of vessels with USG humanitarian aid cargo waiting for berthing space due to port congestion outside of Port Sudan. The same can-not be said for Djibouti port to the south. In order to avoid delays of emergency food aid delivery to Ethiopia due to port co [...] | 2009-12-30 14:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU |
09KHARTOUM1475 | ABYEI REFERENDUM LAW APPROVED, BUT SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 30, the National Assembly approved the Abyei Referendum Law by a majority vote, one day after passing the Southern Sudan Referendum Law (reftel). Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin on December 30 prior to the announce [...] | 2009-12-30 16:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM1476 | NEC PROCEDURES CONCERN ELECTIONS ADVISORS AND [...] (C) Summary. Following the end of voter registration on December 7, the voter roll exhibition and challenge period were "check-the-box" exercises in which few voters were aware of the process, according to election advisors here. In the view of the latter, the National Election Commission (NEC) [...] | 2009-12-31 10:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM148 | YASIR ARMAN CALLS FOR HOLISTIC APPROACH TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: SPLM Northern Sector Chief Yasir Arman told Senior Representative for Sudan Shortley that he wants a "more holistic approach" to Sudan by the new Administration, coupling increased engagement and a powerful U.S. Special Envoy with pressure on the regime to make progress on Darfur [...] | 2009-02-04 15:10:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM149 | SPLM DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT STRUGGLES TO [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM's Deputy Speaker of Parliament outlined his party's struggles in Parliament to win concessions from the NCP on crucial laws related to National Security and the 2011 South Sudan referendum. He expressed fears that NCP MP's opposed to the referendum will use the upcoming I [...] | 2009-02-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM15 | NCP PLANS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER ICC [...] (C) Summary: Following the anticipated ICC indictment of President Bashir, the Ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime will respond pragmatically and continue to meet its obligations, party officials told CDA Fernandez during meetings in Khartoum January 5 and 6. However, they warned that [...] | 2009-01-06 15:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM150 | SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND [...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...] | 2009-02-04 15:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM151 | NCP WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI AU SU |
09KHARTOUM152 | MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...] | 2009-02-04 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM153 | SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...] | 2009-02-04 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM154 | MOVING FORWARD AFTER THE GOSS REJECTS THE CENSUS [...] (C) Summary: Sudan census results are expected to be publicly released in February after endorsement by the Government of National Unity (GNU) Presidency, and the USG must be prepared for the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) to reject the esults. The GoSS has several justifications for a [...] | 2009-02-04 15:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM162 | SUDANESE MFA FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT PURPORTED [...] (C) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the afternoon of February 3 to receive a formal complaint from Sudan about an alleged non-aggression pact between the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) rebel group and SLM-MM (Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni M [...] | 2009-02-05 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM163 | DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...] | 2009-02-05 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM166 | WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative (SPI) has been given a headquarters and some funding, but no mandate or support from GOS officials to implement its recommendations, Chairman of the SPI Drafting Committee Professor Atayeb Hajj Attia told CDA Fernandez in a meeting on February 5. Whi [...] | 2009-02-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM168 | DARFUR: JEM HEADS NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: JEM has fled Muhajarriya and appears to be heading north, according to UNAMID and GOS sources. UNDSS contacts told poloff that they now have unconfirmed reports of fighting between JEM and the GOS near Shangil Tobaya. Although the UNAMID Team Site did report receiving indirec [...] | 2009-02-05 16:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM169 | "DOHA IS A TRAP," WARNS DEFIANT MINNAWI [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-06 10:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM17 | MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...] | 2009-01-06 15:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM170 | KOSTI RIVER PORT SHOWS SIGNS OF PROGRESS, BUT DRY PORT LAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent visit to the Nile-river city of Kosti, econoff observed progress on the ongoing refurbishment of Kosti's old but active river port, which is now in the hands of a private investment group from Kuwait. Port officials told econoff that the volume of goods transported fr [...] | 2009-02-08 06:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EWWT EAID PGOV PREL SU KU |
09KHARTOUM172 | SLM/MINNAWI SLAMS JEM, QATAR, AND THE MEDIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting with Special Representative for Sudan Shortley, leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi in Khartoum vehemently criticized the rival Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebel group, Qatar's involvement in the peace process, and the work o [...] | 2009-02-08 09:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM173 | MINAWI REFUSES TO GO TO DOHA [...] (C) SLM leader Minni Minawi and UN/AU Chief Mediator Bassole had a "tough meeting" February 7 in El Fasher during which Minawi refused to travel to Doha this week as part of the Government of Sudan delegation, according to reports from both Minawi and Bassole's Joint Mediation Support Team (JM [...] | 2009-02-08 10:04:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM182 | 40th AEC Plenary: Legislation, Census, Abyei, and Foreign [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) 40th plenary session on February 3, the NCP and SPLM provided status reports on pending CPA-related legislation (notably the southern referendum law),and plans to announce census results by the end of February. The SPLM refused [...] | 2009-02-09 11:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM185 | GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN FACES UNPRECEDENTED ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) is on the cusp of a major economic crisis, hobbled by the absence of a strong fiscal policy and hostage to plummeting oil prices. After two years of seemingly limitless oil revenues and a burst in spending, the GOSS is making widespread bud [...] | 2009-02-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON EFIN EAID SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM186 | SMALL VOICE, WEAK LEADERSHIP: SPLM NUBA ON EDGE [...] (C) Summary. The Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in the Nuba Mountains appears to lack leadership and has not effectively advocated for itself with the SPLM National Secretariat in Juba nor with the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Khartoum. It also appears to lack a vision for [...] | 2009-02-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI KDEM AU SU |
09KHARTOUM187 | DARFURI CIVIL SOCIETY AND FORMER REGIME OFFICIALS PUSH FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley and CDA Fernandez, Darfuri civil society leaders and retired government officials pressed for greater U.S. diplomatic involvement in engaging directly with the GOS to solve the Darfur crisis. With Darfuris fed up that [...] | 2009-02-10 08:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM188 | MINNAWI NOT GOING TO DOHA, BUT EAGER TO FIGHT JEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting with CDA Fernandez in Khartoum on February 9, Minni Minnawi and Ali Traio reiterated that SLM/MM will not intend to send representatives to Doha as part of a GOS delegation to participate in Darfur peace talks with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Minnawi critici [...] | 2009-02-10 12:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM189 | AVOIDING MYOPIA ON DARFUR [...] (C) The solutions to Darfur are well known and the UN and international community need look no further than the many initiatives and proposals that Sudanese themselves have produced over the last five years, Umma Reform and Renewal party leader and former regime insider Mubarak al Fadil al Mah [...] | 2009-02-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM190 | KHALIL WILL BE WORSE THAN MINNI, SAYS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Presidential Advisor Abdallah Masar told CDA Fernandez that the U.S.'s alleged focus on JEM is dangerous, because Khalil Ibrahim "will be worse than Minni Minnawi." Masar stated that his National Congress Party is intent on holding elections "sooner rather than [...] | 2009-02-10 14:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM191 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 10 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 5 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,547, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. DPKO is pressing UNAMID to facilitate the deployment of an Ethiopian attack helicopter company a soon as possible, but construction of adeq [...] | 2009-02-10 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM194 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: SLA/MM CLASHES WITH TRIBESMEN IN NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out between the inhabitants of Wadaa in North Darfur and the forces of Minni Minnawi who were returning to the area on February 7 and 10, according to several sources. The local tribesmen were reportedly fed up with SLA/MM and attempted to prevent them from re-occup [...] | 2009-02-11 12:38:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM198 | REGIME IS CORNERED, SAYS NCP FUR INTELLECTUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Miscalculations in dealing with the SPLM, Darfur rebels and Northern opposition parties have left the NCP severely weakened and unable to take decisive action, Fur intellectual and NCP member Dr. Faroug Ahmed Adam told CDA Fernandez and poloff in a meeting on February 10. The iro [...] | 2009-02-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU |
09KHARTOUM2 | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF PRO-GOVERNMENT DAILY CONTENDS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 30, 2008, the Public Affairs Officer and Information Assistant visited, "Sudan Vision" Editor-in-Chief and former International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) participant Saif Adeen Elbashir Ahmed Hassan. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss an upcoming PAS [...] | 2009-01-02 06:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM203 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES AFTER MEDIA REPORTS ICC WILL ISSUE [...] (SBU) The CDA convened Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 12 to review the Mission's security posture after the New York Times and several other major media outlets reported the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President [...] | 2009-02-12 14:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM204 | MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE [...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President Obama from the President of the Republic of the Sudan, H.E. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: February 11, 2009 [...] | 2009-02-13 09:42:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM208 | FUR SHURA COUNCIL PROPOSAL TO UNITE DARFURIANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Abdul Wahid has cemented his role as leader of the Fur through his close contacts with the popularly-elected IDP camp sheiks, members of the Fur Shura Council told poloffs on February 8. The camp sheikhs have gained power at the expense of the traditional tribal leaders, they sai [...] | 2009-02-17 04:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM209 | COMMUNIST PARTY HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: "I DON'T REPRESENT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 16 telephone call, renowned human rights lawyer Salih Mahmoud Osman told poloff he is attending the Doha negotiations as a parliamentary observer from the Sudanese Communist Party, and stressed that he is not entitled by the Fur people to participate in negotiations [...] | 2009-02-17 04:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM21 | AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS FORCE COMMANDER [...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the July Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abyei [...] | 2009-01-07 11:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM210 | USAID PARTNER STAFF EXPELLED FROM SUDAN [...] (SBU) Last week the Country Director for USAID implementing partner PADCO-AECOM was given 48 hours to leave Sudan by the Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC). The order was in direct response to a discussion between the Charg d'Affaires and the HAC Commissioner at the Hi [...] | 2009-02-17 05:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM211 | DARFUR'S NOMADS REQUEST DEVELOPMENT AID AND CHANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 15, the Nomads Development Council (NDC) led by Abdalla Safi Al-Nur told CDA Fernandez that Darfur's nomads (the majority of which are Arab, although the non-Arab Zaghawa are also nomadic) are misunderstood, marginalized, and in need of humanitarian aid and developme [...] | 2009-02-17 05:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM212 | CHADIAN REBELS COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: From February 12-16, four Chadian rebels from the United Resistance Front (UFR) separately told poloffs that they are currently committed to political dialogue, but cautioned that time is running out as they wait for deeper diplomatic engagement from the European Union and Unit [...] | 2009-02-17 10:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM213 | NCP OFFICIAL SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, CDA Fernandez met with senior NCP official Qutbi al Mahdi, who maintains a keen interest in humanitarian affairs. CDA expressed his concern that on the very same day he received a conciliatory letter from President Bashir to President Obama (reftel a),the GOS Huma [...] | 2009-02-17 10:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM217 | WHILE ABYEI TEETERS ON THE EDGE, COMPLEX BUDGETIING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over eight months after the June 8 Roadmap Agreement was signed, the Abyei Interim Administration remains stymied by a critical lack of funding. GoS officials described complex and confusing financing procedures, and blame the AIA for failing to take the steps necessary for mo [...] | 2009-02-18 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM218 | SUDAN RESPONSE: EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL ABUSE AND [...] (SBU) UNAMID requires all military personnel, civilian employees and UN Volunteers to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. John Alstrom, UNAMID Chief of Staff, and Wayne Hyde, head of the UNAMID Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU),said that UNAMID's 1 [...] | 2009-02-18 14:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM219 | TOUGH ECONOMIC TIMES POSE CHALLENGE TO DISARMAMENT, [...] Summary: On February 16, Sudan's National DDR Coordinating Council hosted a donor conference in Juba to discuss the latest developments in their efforts to reduce SAF and SPLA forces, and to encourage donors to provide additional funds to support the reintegration of former soldiers into civili [...] | 2009-02-19 05:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM22 | CORRECTED COPY - AEC PLENARY - ABYEI UPDATE FROM UNMIS [...] (SBU) During the first Assessment and Evaluation Plenary session of 2009, UNMIS Force Commander Brigadier General Thapa provided an update on the situation in Abyei. He said the ceasefire per the June 8 Abyei Roadmap has held, with the exception of the December 12 shooting incident in the Abye [...] | 2009-01-07 12:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM220 | DARFUR UPDATE: REPORTS OF SAF BOMBING, GROUND ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The SAF has been bombing the SLA/Abdul Wahid-held area of Kutur in East Jebel Marra beginning at 07:00 on February 18, an SLA/AW commander told poloff. He stated that the bombing has resulted in six civilian deaths and the destruction of many homes and livestock. GOS paramilitar [...] | 2009-02-19 06:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM223 | ANNOUNCEMENT OF CENSUS RESULTS TO BE DELAYED AT LEAST UNTIL [...] (SBU) On 16 February the Fifth Population Census of Sudan Technical Working Group (TWG) met in Khartoum to review the national census priority results and make a decision on whether the results should be forwarded to the National Population Census Council (NPCC). At the meeting, the Central Bu [...] | 2009-02-20 08:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM224 | GNU CONTEMPLATES DIRECT BUDGET SUPPORT TO GOSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to GOSS Minister for Finance Kuol Athian Mawien, GNU Finance Minister Awad al Jaz has endorsed a draft proposal for direct budget support to the Government of Southern Sudan following two days of negotiations with his GOSS ministerial counterpart and the Fiscal Financia [...] | 2009-02-20 08:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EAID EFIN SU AE |
09KHARTOUM225 | USAID PARTNER ASSETS SEIZED IN SUDAN [...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) proceeded on February 18 with a summary seizure of assets used by USAID implementing partners PADCO-AECOM and International Rescue Committee (IRC). These seizures are the latest in a continuing pattern of intimidation and disrup [...] | 2009-02-20 09:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM226 | WINNERS AND LOSERS FROM DOHA AND NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Doha process continues, the conclusion of the initial phase of the process on February 17 with an "Agreement of Good Will and Confidence Building" between JEM and the GoS (reftel a-d) left behind notable early losers and winners. Rapidly changing events in Sudan, [...] | 2009-02-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM227 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...] | 2009-02-21 11:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM230 | SPLM NEGOTIATOR ARMAN ON DOHA DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Doha talks participant Yasser Arman, the GNU-JEM &Goodwill Agreement8 reached there potentially could re-energize the political process in Darfur, if it is enforced and if Sudan,s neighbors and other rebel factions can be engaged, but the behavior of JEM in the talk [...] | 2009-02-22 10:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU QA |
09KHARTOUM231 | DECEMBER OIL REVENUES PLUNGE ON FALLING PRICES; [...] (C) Summary: On February 15 the Joint Committee on Oil Accounts announced that GOS oil revenues for December totaled $274.38 million, down from $347.79 million in November and $608.76 million in October as the global financial crisis sent oil prices plummeting. The price of the heavily acidic [...] | 2009-02-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ECON EFIN ENRG KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM233 | SPLA AFFAIRS MINISTER SAYS RENEWED CONFLICT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen staff on February 17, Nhial Deng Nhial, the newly installed Minister for SPLA Affairs, termed renewed conflict with the North &nearly inevitable,8 emphasized the need to disarm local civilian populations in the South in order to put a stop to increasing [...] | 2009-02-22 10:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI KPKO UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM234 | NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION STILL AIMS FOR ELECTIONS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM236 | GOS REFUSES TO ISSUE VISAS FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) Following almost a year of agonizing lack of clarity during which the GOS first delayed, then verbally approved, and then once again delayed the issuance of visas for the U.S. military staff officers assigned to UNAMID, just days before the arrival of two of the officers, MFA U/S Mutriff S [...] | 2009-02-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM238 | Ed Daein Humanitarian Update [...] During February 1-3 a joint USAID assessment team comprised of representatives from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and the USAID Mission Program Office visited Ed Daein, South Darfur. The team monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs and assessed the humanitarian [...] | 2009-02-22 14:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM240 | NCP-SPLM DISAGREEMENT ON KEY LEGISLATION PREVENTS NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to GNU State Minister of Justice Wek Mamer Kuol (SPLM) the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) are discussing eleven pieces of outstanding CPA-related legislation. While the two parties have agreed upon several of the draft [...] | 2009-02-23 06:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM245 | DARFUR ROUNDUP: JEM CLASHES WITH SLA/MM AND SAF; SKEPTICISM [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez on February 22 that despite its public statements, the NCP recognizes that little was achieved at the recent talks in Doha, and that no agreement to which JEM is the only party will bring peace to Darfur. Siddiq also accused JEM of desta [...] | 2009-02-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM246 | FEBRUARY 18 UNAMID-AU-GOS TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union, United Nations, and the GoS discussed deployment of the UN-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at a February 18 tripartite meeting in Khartoum. The parties discussed visa delays, railroad and police vehicle maintenance, and made oblique but r [...] | 2009-02-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM247 | AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROGRAMS SPUR IDENTITY DISCUSSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Khartoum and the U.S. Consulate General in Juba cast a wide net within civil society for this year's African-American History Month programming. Participants sought to learn from America's experience in combating racism, addressing cultural di [...] | 2009-02-24 06:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI AU MCAP KPAO OIIP OPRC SU |
09KHARTOUM249 | SUDAN COMPLAINS OF “PROBABLY AMERICAN†BOMBING [...] (S) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on the morning of February 24 by Americas Department head Ambassador Nasreddin Wali. Wali said that he had sensitive and worrisome information to relate to the Charge. Reading from hand-written notes in Arabic and referring to a large dog-eared [...] | 2009-02-24 10:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC MASS PARM PGOV PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM250 | FIGHTING ERUPTS IN MALAKAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calm is slowly returning to Malakal following a multi-hour firefight in the center of the state capital provoked by Gabriel Tanginiya's return to the South. The SAF-aligned militia commander was directly responsible for the bloody 2006 confrontation between the SAF and SPLA in M [...] | 2009-02-24 11:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM252 | NEW MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO CURB SPLA CORRUPTION [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8 2. (C) SUMMARY: SPLA Affairs Minister Nhial Deng Nhial is attempting to move against commanders he suspects of corruption within the SPLA's senior echelons less than one month into his ministerial tenure. The Minister's political cover for the i [...] | 2009-02-24 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN MOPS MARR KDEM KCOR SU |
09KHARTOUM255 | DEVELOPMENT, AND NOT JUST EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, IS NEEDED [...] (SBU) On February 23, Ibrahim Musa Madibbo, Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority's Rehabilitation and Resettlement Commission, presented his institution's work to CDA Fernandez. The stack of books in Arabic included: a study documenting the root causes of the conflict in Dar [...] | 2009-02-24 13:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM256 | TURABI STILL IN JAIL; PCP CONTINUES TO BE HARASSED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite a number of pleas to local and international audiences by the Popular Congress Party (PCP),the organization's leader, Hassan al-Turabi, remains imprisoned by the Sudanese regime. Formerly a leading member of the Sudanese regime that came to power in 1989, Turabi's arrest [...] | 2009-02-24 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM257 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES [...] (SBU) The CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Tuesday, February 24, to review the general security situation in light of yesterday's notice that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will announce its indictment decision on March 4. The DCM, PAO, USAID A/MD, USAID EXO, POL, [...] | 2009-02-25 04:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV SU |
09KHARTOUM259 | MINNAWI: WE ARE CHASING JEM OUT OF DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 24, the Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minnawi told CDA Fernandez that his fighters are currently chasing JEM fighters north to the Chadian border and out of Sudan. Minnawi reported that his forces have been emergin [...] | 2009-02-25 08:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM260 | UN DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, FEBRUARY 24 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 24 meeting, UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that contingency planning for the March 4 ICC announcement has not detracted from humanitarian operations, and that they plan to continue working. In Darfur, access to Muhajeriya and surrounding areas has i [...] | 2009-02-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM262 | MALAKAL TENSIONS PERSIST AFTER TANGINIYA DEPARTS [...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Erstwhile SSDF Commander and current SAF Major General Gabriel Tanginiya returned to Khartoum February 24 following his evacuation from Malakal via a chartered Antanov flight. GOSS Vice President Riek Machar, who arrived in [...] | 2009-02-25 12:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM263 | FORMER REBELS (TURNED GOVERNMENT AGENTS?) PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 23, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Free Will (SLM/FW,) a rebel movement which entered the Darfur Peace Agreement after Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that they are working to unite the Fur tribe. According to these contacts, their work is needed as the [...] | 2009-02-25 12:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM264 | SPLM LEADERSHIP IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS IN FLUX [...] (SBU) Summary. In a decisive and long-overdue move, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Council of Southern Kordofan voted to oust Deputy Governor Daniel Kodi from his position of SPLM State Chairman. The vote of no-confidence in Kodi as the SPLM's lead-man in the Nuba Mountains is [...] | 2009-02-25 13:25:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM265 | GOS-JEM "DETAINEE EXCHANGE" A ONE-SIDED AFFAIR [...] (SBU) As a "goodwill gesture" to the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) following the Doha talks, the GOS released 24 detainees on February 22 who it claimed were members of JEM. JEM Spokesman Ahmed Hussein was unable to immediately confirm if the detainees - whose names were published [...] | 2009-02-25 13:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM273 | JEM RETREATS TOWARDS CHAD [...] (SBU) Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) rebels have retreated towards Chad, according to according to UNAMID and GOS sources. A source at UNAMID told poloff on February 26 that approximately 60 vehicles crossed into Chadian territory on February 24 carrying wounded fighters, and were headed t [...] | 2009-02-26 13:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM276 | RESPONSE - SUDAN COMPLAINS OF "PROBABLY AMERICAN" [...] (S) CDA Fernandez informed Sudanese MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq on February 26 that, per reftel a, "the United States did not/not carry out these reported attacks." Siddiq said that he will make sure that this response is disseminated to the appropriate government channels. RAO will also follow up [...] | 2009-02-27 08:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC PARM PGOV PREL SU MASS ASEC |
09KHARTOUM278 | JIU DISARMAMENT IN UPPER NILE STATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM28 | JEM ON THE MOVE IN NORTH DARFUR? [...] (C) UNAMID reported on January 8 that JEM had moved approximately 200 vehicles into the vicinity of Mellit, North Darfur over the course of the previous week. The vehicles were reportedly spotted in an area called Daba Tuga, 20 kilometers northwest of Mellit (60 kilometers north of El Fasher) [...] | 2009-01-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM282 | BASHIR TAKES THE HIGH ROAD AT UMMA PARTY CONVENTION [...] (SBU) The opening of the Umma Party's 7th national convention on February 26 attracted a constellation of Sudan's political elite with party head Sadiq al-Mahdi welcoming representatives from the Democratic Unionist Party (Sudan's other traditional party),Sudanese Communist Party, Popular Con [...] | 2009-03-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SU |
09KHARTOUM287 | CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT FOR SUDAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 08:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP SU |
09KHARTOUM288 | NEGOTIATING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL: HOW THE NCP USES [...] (C) As the new U.S. Administration considers options on how best to engage with the Sudanese regime and considers the possibility of discussing with the regime on our key foreign policy objectives in Sudan, it is important to keep in mind that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime never saw [...] | 2009-03-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM289 | MEASURED U.S. RESPONSE WILL TEMPER GOS REACTION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM29 | TEARS, DEATH AND DANCING: THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Sudan's peace partners gathered in the city of Malakal, capital of Upper Nile state, to mark the fourth anniversary of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) on January 9, 2009. The festivities were overshadowed by tribal fighting just outside Malakal's soccer stadium (where nation [...] | 2009-01-12 06:13:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM290 | MFA ASSURES EMBASSY OF PROTECTION DURING ICC CRISIS [...] (SBU) MFA Director of Protocol Ali Yusuf called in CDA Fernandez on March 2 to outline GOS precautions taken to protect foreign missions in general and the US Embassy in particular in the light of possible unrest after an International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement on President Omar al-Ba [...] | 2009-03-02 14:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL PTER SU |
09KHARTOUM297 | DARFUR CALM BUT TENSE AHEAD OF MARCH 4 ICC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur is calm but tense ahead of the March 4 ICC announcement. Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) leaders are actively warning IDPs against engaging in any public celebrations in response to the expected ICC indictment of President Bashir. At the same time, they express confid [...] | 2009-03-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM299 | IN ADVANCE OF ICC DECISION, GOS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) On March 1, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Khartoum told representatives of CHF International,EedeCans S`ns FrontIeres%Net`erlands (MSF/H),Solidarites, CARE International, MSF/France (MSF/F),and OXFAM International that, for security reasons [...] | 2009-03-04 07:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM3 | "NEW SUDAN" WAS A MYTH, SAYS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary. The Garang Vision of a "New Sudan" is a myth, and any Southern leaders who think otherwise are simply deluding themselves because Arab resistance to Southern governance is simply insurmountable, veteran Southern independence figure Peter Sule told poloffs on December 23. Sule als [...] | 2009-01-02 07:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM301 | AU STILL LABORING OVER DARFUR JUSTICE, BUT EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union is capable of investigating crimes in Darfur, but by supporting the ICC, the international community is endangering the pursuit of peace and justice in the troubled Sudanese region, according to the acting director of the AU Darfur portfolio and senior JMST advi [...] | 2009-03-04 09:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM302 | CHADIAN REBELS LEAVE KHARTOUM AND EXPECT AN ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 26, polchief and poloff met Mahamat Hanno, a close associate of UFR President Timane Erdimi, and Mukhtar ben Yahya, a UFR representative and personal representative of UFDD/F's Abdulwahid Aboud. The Chadian rebels said they expect fighting between the ANT and their [...] | 2009-03-04 09:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU |
09KHARTOUM306 | SUDAN RESPONDS TO ICC WARRANT BY EJECTING NGOs [...] (SBU) Summary: Immediately following the ICC's announcement of the arrest warrant for President Bashir on March 4, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) ordered 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to depart Sudan within 24 hours. At least three addition [...] | 2009-03-05 12:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM307 | GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN ASSURES SAFETY OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, GOSS Minister for Regional Cooperation Barnabas Benjamin assured the international community that the GOSS has taken multiple steps to ensure their safety in the face of ICC indictments of GNU President Omar al Bash [...] | 2009-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS ECON KPKO UNSC ASEC MARR MOPS SU |
09KHARTOUM308 | MFA AND UN BRIEF DONORS ON NGO EXPULSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5 MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq briefed diplomatic Chiefs of Mission on the expulsions of NGOs, claiming that the organizations had exceeded their mandates and therefore had been asked to leave Sudan. Siddiq acknowledged that "we are also concerned about gaps left by these org [...] | 2009-03-06 13:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM309 | GENERALLY CALM REACTIONS TO ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 4 announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Emboffs reached out to a range of contacts for a sampling of reactions. Most evin [...] | 2009-03-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPKO KDEM KAWC UNSC ASEC |
09KHARTOUM310 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: As of March 3, 2009, the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,939, or 66.16 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID continues to prepare for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit, welcoming an Ethiopian officer assigned to facilitate the [...] | 2009-03-07 10:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM311 | ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE NGO EXPULSION AMIDST CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the expulsion of more than 13 NGOs from Sudan(ten international expelled and three domestic NGOs dissolved) is only beginning to be felt, and the NGO staff report considerable harassment from the GOS Humanitarian Affairs Commision (HAC) as they attempt to organize [...] | 2009-03-07 11:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM312 | NCP HAS NO INTENTION OF FUNDING ABYEI, WARNS GOSS OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez, AEC Chairman Plumbly and the Dutch Ambassador met with GOSS Minister of Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng on March 5 in Khartoum to review the current state of play in the sensitive border area of Abyei and to compare notes on the state of the National Congress Party (NC [...] | 2009-03-07 12:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM313 | NCP SHOWS SOME FLEXIBILITY ON NGO EXPULSIONS, BUT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez delivered cleared talking points to senior GNU regime and NCP officials March 7 regarding the expulsion of NGOs from Sudan. The NCP stuck to its hard line that "the expulsions are not reversible" but showed some flexibility on the question of a prolonged departure [...] | 2009-03-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM315 | HOARSE BASHIR KICKS OFF DAYS OF ANTI-ICC, ANTI-WESTERN [...] (U) On March 5, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, now a wanted ICC indictee, kicked off the first of a series of popular demonstrations aimed at solidifying support for the regime and for the President personally. While the rhetoric has often been incendiary, the rallies have so far been peac [...] | 2009-03-08 08:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM318 | UN TRIES TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AS NGO EMERGENCY CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The crisis resulting from Sudan's March 4 decision to expel 13 major Western NGOs (and dissolve 3 Sudanese NGOs) continued on March 8 as regional players, western embassies, the UN, and the SPLM urged a reluctant and publicly defiant Bashir regime to relent. President Bashir denounced the [...] | 2009-03-08 13:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM321 | NGO EXPULSIONS FURTHER DAMAGE SPLM-NCP RELATIONS [...] (C) The government's decision to expel 13 INGOs (and dissolve 3 local NGOs) from operating in Sudan has not just damaged the regime's relations with the West, it has also damaged the ruling party's relations with the SPLM, which was not consulted at all about the decision, according to SPLM De [...] | 2009-03-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM323 | EXPELLED NGOS MEET WITH USAID AND EMBASSY STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 8, the expatriate staff from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) met with CDA Fernandez, Emboffs, and USAID staff in Khartoum. NGOs provided a summary of GOS harassment, program close-out and ongoing bureaucratic issues to date following the GOS order for the [...] | 2009-03-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM324 | BASHIR DEFIANT AS IDPs PREDICT CRISIS IN THE CAMPS [...] (SBU) Summary: As authorities press ahead with the decision to expel NGOs from Darfur, a defiant Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir addressed a rally in El Fasher on March 8. In addition to accusing the U.S. of killing "millions" of Muslims, he denounced both the ICC and NGO workers as "agents [...] | 2009-03-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM325 | GOS HARASSMENT OF EXPELLED NGO STAFF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings at the UN and at USAID, NGO officials outlined a systematic campaign by the Government of Sudan to seize assets and harass staff of the NGOs expelled in the wake of the ICC announcement on March 4. Post will continue to protest the harassment of NGOs and Amcits to G [...] | 2009-03-09 15:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM326 | THE EXPULSION OF NGOS WAS THE "MINIMUM WE COULD [...] (C) Summary: NCP political chief Mandour al-Mahdi said that Western fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Darfur following the expulsion of NGOs are greatly exaggerated as Sudanese organizations are ready, willing and able to step in. The NGOs in question had been preventing the voluntar [...] | 2009-03-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU |
09KHARTOUM327 | TURABI: FREE AT LAST - BUT WHY, AND WHAT'S GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, CDA Fernandez met with Popular Congress Party leader Dr. Hassan al-Turabi at his house in Khartoum. Turabi, who was released from Port Sudan prison on March 9, appeared in good health and talked about his treatment in prison, the strange nature of his release, and th [...] | 2009-03-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU |
09KHARTOUM328 | GOSS MINISTER BENJAMIN SAYS EGYPT WILL RECOGNIZE AN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 5th meeting with the international community in Juba, Government of South Sudan (GOSS) Minister for Regional Cooperation (the GOSS' de facto foreign ministry) Barnabas Benjamin gave a briefing on his latest tour of regional capitals on behalf of the GOSS. His top acco [...] | 2009-03-10 15:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD MOPS MARR KPKO UNSC SU EG CF UG RU |
09KHARTOUM329 | 41ST AEC PLENARY DISCUSSES MALAKAL INCIDENT, ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 41st Plenary meeting on March 2, the Assessment and Evaluation Committee's (AEC) discussion of the February 24-26 fighting in Malakal that killed 57 and wounded 68 focused primarily on the continuing inadequacies of the Joint Integrated Units. The Parties reported some pro [...] | 2009-03-11 02:55:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM330 | TWO REPORTS ANALYZE SOUTH SUDAN'S BUDGET CRISIS [...] This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two independent analyses, the GoSS can expect to receive no more than 3/4, and possibly as little as 1/2, of the Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 3.658 billion revenues anticipated in its 2009 budget. Transfers from the Govern [...] | 2009-03-11 11:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV SOCI SU |
09KHARTOUM332 | NGO EXPULSION WILL HAVE A MASSIVE IMPACT ON THE ABILITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. An initial assessment shows that the expulsion of NGOs will have a direct, negative impact on the key priority of the CPA to promote peace and stability in the volatile "Three Areas" bordering North and South Sudan. The expulsions resulted in major cuts in three types of progra [...] | 2009-03-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM334 | SUGGESTED DONOR RESPONSE TO THE NGO EXPULSIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The US Embassy and other donor missions in Khartoum continue to work closely with the UN Mission in Khartoum to assess the impact of the NGO expulsions and examine possible responses. Today the UN began a one-week joint fi [...] | 2009-03-11 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM339 | GOS SOFTENS TONE TOWARD NGOs, BUT CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a March 10 meeting, GOS Humanitarian Assistance Commission (HAC) Secretary General Ahmed Adam promised to treat NGOs better during program closures. Adam said that Sudanese police will no longer be involved in close-out procedures, and that HAC will no longer restrict NG [...] | 2009-03-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM342 | MARCH 12 NGO STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: The unlawful expulsion of the 13 INGOs on March 5 has exposed the absence of any legal framework to govern humanitarian activity and left remaining INGOs hostage to the political whims of the GOS, members of the NGO Steering Committee told Donor Ambassadors on March 12. This lack [...] | 2009-03-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM343 | SUDANESE JIHADIST RHETORIC HEATS UP, THEN COOLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a significant rise in public anti-Western rhetoric from both regime figures and extremist groups since the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. Whether the remarks are a start of a re [...] | 2009-03-12 14:44:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAO KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM344 | UPDATE FROM DARFUR - KIDNAPPINGS, ATTEMPTED UNAMID [...] Summary: The GOS has "lit a slow-burning fuse" in denying key international NGOs access, and IDPs remain convinced that GOS authorities purposefully intend to reduce humanitarian coverage in Darfur, sources in UNAMID and among IDPs indicate. IDPs queued and drained water reserves in camps this [...] | 2009-03-12 14:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM347 | UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is slated to begin shortly on the facilities necessary for the May arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopters, but the GOS has yet to convey its approval of their arrival to UNAMID. Nepalese authorities have scheduled an official UNAMID pre-deployment visit in May, [...] | 2009-03-13 13:05:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM348 | KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES ON MARCH 12 [...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Thursday, March 12, to review the current security situation in Sudan after Authorized Departure was announced on March 10. The DCM, POL, MGT, DLO, RAO, USAID, IMO, RMO, PAO, OBO SSM, CONS, and RSO were in attendance. 2 [...] | 2009-03-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER SU |
09KHARTOUM357 | NCP PASSES A PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE INGO [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Speaker of the National Parliament Atem Garang (SPLM) on March 13th to discuss the March 12th emergency session of the Parliament, as well as gather his views on national elections. Garang informed poloff that during the Parliamentary session, the National Congress [...] | 2009-03-16 04:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM358 | EXPAT FUR INTELLECTUAL URGES ROOM FOR CIVIL SOCIETY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Darfuris can solve the crisis in their homeland if the international community presses the GOS to allow Darfuri civil society to operate there, according to Dr. El Tigani Sesei, one of Darfur's preeminent expatriate intellectuals. El Tigani characterized Abdul Wahid as "catastro [...] | 2009-03-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM365 | BASHIR CONTINUES TIRADE AGAINST THE WEST AND PROMISES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a fiery speech March 16, President Bashir announced that all international aid organizations would be forced to leave Sudan within a year. For now, moderate NCP officials appear to be backing the President, and we have heard a surprising number of moderate NCP official say th [...] | 2009-03-16 15:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM367 | GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...] | 2009-03-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM37 | SUDANESE INTELLIGENCE CHIEF SAYS GOS READY TO WORK [...] (C) Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS ) Chief Salah Ghosh said that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is ready to cooperate with the new US administration, particularly on the Darfur crisis. He suggested that a definitive solution to Darfur is near and could be an "early vi [...] | 2009-01-12 15:15:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU |
09KHARTOUM371 | GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...] | 2009-03-17 07:45:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM372 | SLA/UNITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH GOS IN DOHA [...] (SBU) Summary: SLA/Unity and four smaller Darfur rebel factions have agreed to attend negotiations with the GOS in Doha, signing a deal in Tripoli on March 15 with Qatari FM Ali Mahmoud looking on. Talks in Doha with the "Unity Plus" group should begin in two weeks, as Joint Mediator Djibril Ba [...] | 2009-03-17 09:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM375 | MALAKAL REMAINS UNSTABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to UN and JIU sources, the situation in Malakal (Upper Nile State, southern Sudan) is still very unpredictable, and the recent attacks on the Muerle community in Pibor have contributed to the splintering of the Malakal SAF JIU. The latter has now split into four faction [...] | 2009-03-17 15:51:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
09KHARTOUM377 | UN, DONORS, NGOS SCRAMBLE TO KEEP UP WITH SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ameerah Haq and members of the INGO Steering Committee (INGO-SC) briefed donors over the past two days on the status of INGO expulsions and efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This wa [...] | 2009-03-18 06:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU |
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