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00TASHKENT4223	KARIMOV URGES CLOSER COOPERATION WITH U.S., COMMITS TO FRANK AIRING OF DIFFERENCES [...] (c) summary: on November 1, the ambassador presented credentials to president Karimov. This was followed by a spirited discussion of about one hour during which Karimov argued for deeper cooperation with the u.s., charged Russia with maneuvering to restore hegemony in central Asia, and outlined the [...]	2000-11-02 11:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER RU AF UZ

01ABUDHABI6422	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...]	2001-11-07 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER AF PK TC
01BEIJING10339	PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2001-10-15 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
01DOHA1093	TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2001-04-07 12:16:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PTER AF PA QA
01HANOI2817	VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...]	2001-10-29 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY
01KUWAIT3338	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - AND UBL SPEECH [...] (S) USAMA BIN LADEN'S NOVEMBER 3 STATEMENT WAS THE SPEECH OF A DESPERATE MAN DISAPPOINTED THAT HIS PREVIOUS STATEMENTS HAD NOT GENERATED GREATER SUPPORT IN THE MUSLIM WORLD, KUWAIT MFA UNDERSECRETARY AL-JARALLAH TOLD THE AMBASSADOR NOVEMBER 4. AL-JARALLAH DID NOT EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT THE PR [...]	2001-11-04 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER AF KU
01MANAMA3641	AMIR TO SECRETARY POWELL ON AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (S) SUMMARY. BAHRAIN'S AMIR WELCOMES THE U.S. FOCUS ON REPLACING THE TALIBAN AND FORMING A BROAD-BASED GOVERNMENT. HE URGED THAT WE GET SOME FORM OF GOVERNMENT ON THE GROUND QUICKLY TO BECOME A LEGITIMATE SPOKESMAN FOR AFGHANISTAN AND TURN THE TALIBAN INTO INSURGENTS. WITH SUCH A STEP HE TH [...]	2001-10-29 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF BA
01PARIS11204	FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...]	2001-10-16 05:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FR PK PREL
01PRAGUE2892	CZECH RESPONSE: AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) ON NOVEMBER 13, WE BRIEFED THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S ASIA AND PACIFIC DEPARTMENT, IVAN JESTRAB, ON THE POINTS IN REFTEL ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE. JESTRAB, WHO TOOK OVER AS DIRECTOR ON NOVEMBER 1 AFTER SERVING FOR SEVERAL YEARS AS THE CZECH AMBASSADOR IN NEW DELHI, EXPRESSED HIS APPRECI [...]	2001-11-14 16:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF EZ
01STATE176819	AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...]	2001-10-11 01:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK
01STATE176853	AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...]	2001-10-11 02:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK
01STATE192153	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM HAS BEEN CLEARED BY M/P (SEP). 2. (S) POSTS SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. THE SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN IS FLUID. WITH EVENTS MOVING RAPIDLY, WE ASK POSTS TO REFRAIN FROM MAKING UNEQU [...]	2001-11-03 06:47:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL AF PTER
01STATE61624	TALIBAN PROPOSAL FOR BIN LADEN ISLAMIC TRIBUNAL [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR DOHA. PLEASE SEE PARA 3. 2. (S) THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES THAT DURING THE TALIBAN DELEGATION VISIT TO QATAR THE TALIBAN AND QATARIS MAY DISCUSS A TRIBUNAL OF MUSLIM SCHOLARS TO TRY USAMA BIN LADEN IN QATAR. REPORTEDLY, UNDER THIS FOR [...]	2001-04-07 00:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PTER QA AF
01ULAANBAATAR1018	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 6, WE REVIEWED POINTS CONTAINED IN REFTEL WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER S. BATBOLD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE GOALS OF THE U. S. POLICY. HE ADDED THA HE APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND OUR REQUEST FO COMMENT BUT WOULD DEFER COMMENT FOR THE MOMENT. 2. (C) BATBOL [...]	2001-11-07 02:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF MG
01VATICAN1192	VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL" [...] THE FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 02 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 01192 01 OF 02 022245Z CONTENTS: - POPE CALLS WORLD'S CARDINALS TO ROME TO PLAN FUTURE - VATICAN AND MOSLEMS ISSUE JOINT CALL FOR PEACE IN ISRAEL - PAP [...]	2001-03-02 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMDR EAID PINR IZ AF UP DR VT MEPP VTPREL
01VATICAN5546	OFFICIAL-INFORMAL FOR JEFF LUNSTEAD, SENIOR [...] SUBJECT: SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AFGHANISTAN BRIEFS CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 05546 01 OF 02 251050Z VATICAN. REF. STATE 184178 2. (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR ADVISOR AND AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 [...]	2001-10-25 10:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5566	VATICAN VERBATIM [...] THE OCTOBER 20-26 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 05566 01 OF 02 261515Z CONTENTS: - POPE DECRIES MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - POPE APOLOGIZES TO CHINA AND HOPES FOR DIPLOMATIC TIES - CARITAS APPEAL FOR AFGHANISTAN [...]	2001-10-26 14:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI SMIG MARR MCAP AF CH IS WE VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5693	SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...]	2001-11-02 16:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL
01VATICAN5960	PROGRESS OF WAR EFFORT REASSURES A WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN CRITICISM OF THE WAR EFFORT IS NOW LESS LIKELY, ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN DESK OFFICER, SINCE ADVANCES BY THE U.S.-LED COALITION FACILITATE A MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAN ANTICIPATED. THE VATICAN HOWEVER JUDGES ISLAMABAD AN UNRELI [...]	2001-11-19 14:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AF PK IN VT
02ABUJA3309	AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION AND THE NIGERIAN [...] Summary. Interest in Afghanistan and USG actions in rebuilding the country is low among Nigeria's southern journalists. There is more interest in the print media in Nigeria's mostly Muslim north, which occasionally publishes Afghan-related material, mostly in the context of stories on Iraq, [...]	2002-12-13 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SOCI AF
02ANKARA8150	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHANISTAN [...] EmbOffs met with MFA's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator Ambassador Refat Okcun 11/12 for an update on Turkey's reconstruction efforts. 2. Okcun confirmed that Turkey's completed reconstruction efforts now total $1.8 million, up from $1.6 reported Ref A. By year's end, that figure shoul [...]	2002-11-13 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF TU
02ANKARA8373	ISAF COMMANDER MG ZORLU'S VISIT TO THE US - [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen recently informed Deputy Pol-Mil Counselor that ISAF Commander MG Zorlu would be traveling to the US November 20-26 to meet with USG and UN officials and private organizations to discuss Turke [...]	2002-11-18 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU UK AF
02ANKARA8695	TURKS WILL ATTEND BONN AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) Turkey will be represented at the Bonn-Petersberg conference on Afghanistan Reconstruction by Ambassador Aydemir Erman, the MFA Deputy U/S and Coordinator for Afghanistan, and Ambassador Okcun, the MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Embassy provided Ref A talking points on 1 [...]	2002-11-27 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AF TU
02ANKARA8993	TELLING THE STORY OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION IN TURKEY [...] Post appreciates message of sustained interest in telling the story of US efforts in Afghan reconstruction. Turkey has a long historical tie to Afghanistan and is proud of its current status as a leader in Afghan reconstruction. Our responsibility is to demonstrate to the Turkish populace that [...]	2002-12-16 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AF PREL SOCI TU
02KATHMANDU371	FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...]	2002-02-15 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO
02KATHMANDU685	DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...]	2002-04-05 04:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO
02KUWAIT5257	AFGHAN ASSISTANCE: KUWAIT PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-04 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON KU AF
02ROME1015	EX-KING DETERMINED TO GO HOME, BUT CONCERNED ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY KHALILZAD CALLED ON FORMER KING OF AFGHANISTAN ZAHIR SHAH FEBRUARY 25. FOR MOST OF THE SESSION, GENERAL WALI, ROYAL SON MIR WAIS, GRANDSON MUSTAPHA, SULTAN GHAZI AND HAMID SIDDIQ JOINED. ZAHIR WAS IN GOOD SPIRITS AND APPARENT GOOD HEALTH, JOKING WITH [...]	2002-02-27 05:54:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IT IR AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1220	FORMER KING ISSUES STATEMENTS REPUDIATING PRESS [...] THE OFFICE OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS ON MARCH 8, DESPITE THE DATE OF MARCH 7 THAT APPEARS ON THE STATEMENTS THEMSELVES. (COMMENT: THE KING'S OFFICE DID NOT HAVE CONTACT INFO FOR MANY JOURNALISTS/MEDIA OUTLETS, SO IT IS LIKELY THAT THE STA [...]	2002-03-08 13:45:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC AF AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1416	FRG OFFERS KING ARMORED MERCEDES; SEEKS TO [...] (U) GENERAL WALI, SON-IN-LAW TO FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, TELEPHONED POLOFF MARCH 20 WITH AN URGENT REQUEST THAT THE USG FACILITATE (THE MORE ACCURATE TERM MAY BE "PROVIDE") DELIVERY OF AN ARMORED MERCEDES BENZ S600L REPORTEDLY BEING GIVEN TO THE KING BY THE FRG AND MERCEDES BENZ. ACCOR [...]	2002-03-20 11:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF GM AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1616	INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE (IDLI) [...] U.S. MISSION REPRESENTATIVES MET WITH STAFF OF THE ROME- BASED INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW INSTITUTE(IDLI)ON MARCH 27 TO DISCUSS IDLI'S PROPOSED LEGAL REFORM INITIATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN. IDLI ADVISED U.S. MISSION OF ITS ONGOING EFFORTS TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE ON AFGHAN LAW, A COMP [...]	2002-03-29 18:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AF IDLI AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1644	AFGHANISTAN: ZAHIR SHAH'S FUTURE PLANS, CLOSING [...] (C) ON A MARCH 11-12 VISIT TO ROME, SA/PAB DEPUTY DIRECTOR STEVE MCGANN MET WITH MFA OFFICIALS, REPRESENTATIVES OF FORMER AFGHAN KING ZAHIR SHAH, AND ZAHIR SHAH HIMSELF. MCGANN AND SA/PD DEPUTY DIRECTOR SUSAN HOVANEC CLOSED OUT AN ESF GRANT OFFERED TO THE KING'S ASSOCIATION TO PROMOTE THE EM [...]	2002-04-03 06:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1797	AFGHANISTAN: ALL SYSTEMS (STILL) GO FOR FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SON-IN-LAW TO THE FORMER AFGHAN KING SAID THREATS AND DISTURBANCES WILL NOT DETER THE KING AND HIS PARTY FROM THEIR RETURN TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY ARE PLEASED WITH ARRANGEMENTS BEING MADE BY ITALY IN CONSULTATION WITH THE AIA, THEY REMAIN IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH CHAIRMAN KARZAI, A [...]	2002-04-10 14:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
02ROME1799	(U) IIR 7 300 0410: "ZAHIR SHAH HOPES FOR A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POST WOULD LIKE TO CORRECT INFORMATION PRESENTED IN REF IIR. THE SOURCE MAY HAVE REPORTED RELIABLY IN THE PAST, AND MAY HAVE CONSIDERABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT SOME ASPECTS OF AFGHANISTAN, BUT S/HE IS UNINFORMED ON THE FORMER KING'S PLANS AND THINKING. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION IS [...]	2002-04-10 14:56:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PINS AF AFGHANISTAN
02ROME3959	ITALY AGREES ON LEVERAGING POLITICS OF AFGHAN AID [...] (SBU) A/DCM DELIVERED REF POINTS TO MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR, GIANCARLO ARAGONA. ARAGONA NOTED THAT MOST OF ITALY'S AFGHAN AID CONTRIBUTIONS ARE CHANNELED THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (IOS) RATHER THAN DISPERSED DIRECTLY OR THROUGH NGOS. CAUTIONING THAT SUCH IOS CAN BE A CUMBERSOME MEC [...]	2002-08-13 07:34:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID ECON EFIN IT PREL UNDP AFGHANISTAN
02ROME4625	PRESIDENT OF GOI'S PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 23, PARLIAMENTARY DEFENSE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04625 241753Z COMMITTEE PRESIDENT LUIGI RAMPONI TOLD DCM THAT HE WAS CONFIDENT THAT UNSC MANDATED USE OF FORCE IN IRAQ WOULD HAVE STRONG, ACROSS THE BOARD SUPPORT IN THE CHAMBER. [...]	2002-09-24 16:08:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME4724	UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETING WITH AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 04724 01 OF 02 040006Z DOUGLAS FEITH MET WITH MOD FAHIM KHAN IN KABUL ON 29 SEPTEMBER. MOD FAHIM MET WITH THE U.S. DELEGATION IN PRESIDENT KARZAI'S OFFICE AND MADE THE FOLLOWING KE [...]	2002-09-30 07:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PARM PREL AFGHANISTAN
02ROME4807	ITALIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES ITALY'S TROOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ITALIAN PARLIAMENT GAVE SUBSTANTIAL -- IF REDUCED FROM LAST NOVEMBER'S VOTE FOR THE ORIGINAL DEPLOYMENT -- SUPPORT TO THE GOI PROPOSAL TO SEND UP TO 1,000 ALPINI GROUND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN FOR OPERATION ENDURING CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ROME 0 [...]	2002-10-03 15:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
02ROME5831	FODAG AMBASSADOR CONVEYS U.S. MESSAGE ON FOOD AID [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR TONY HALL, U.S. MISSION ROME, PRESENTED U.S. VIEWS ON THE GROWING HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA ON DECEMBER 2 TO SELECTED ROME-BASED PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES. AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE HOLY SEE ALSO PARTICIPATED. EU AND AFRICAN REPRESENTA [...]	2002-12-03 14:26:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AF EAID ETRD EU TBIO FAO WFP FAS
03ABUDHABI114	UAE TO TIGHTEN SECURITY FOR AIRCRAFT [...] (U) Classified by Marcella M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (b) and (d). SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A quiet heads-up on 1/7 to UAE authorities regarding consideration of laying on modest additional security measures to help ensure the safety of Afghan Hajj flights became slightly garbled wi [...]	2003-01-08 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EAIR ASEC PREL PGOV MOPS AF TC
03ABUDHABI1748	GETTING MONEY TO THE TISA [...] ECONCHIEF CONTACTED UAE CENTRAL BANK OFFICIALS ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 12, THE FIRST WORK DAY AFTER THE RECEIPT OF REFTEL. SULTAN AL-SAKEB, THE HEAD OF THE CORRESPONDENT BANKING DIVISION (WHICH IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MATTERS PERTAINING TO FACILITATION OF TRANSFERS TO THE TISA IN AFGHANISTAN),ST [...]	2003-04-12 12:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN AMGT AF TC
03ABUDHABI2082	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE RUMSFELD MEETING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) SUMMARY: SecDef met with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) on April 27 in Abu Dhabi. After congratulating SecDef on Operation Iraqi Freedom, MbZ made the following point [...]	2003-04-30 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI245	UAEG'S PLEDGE OF ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN -- THE [...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to UAEG reports, the UAE pledged $36 million at the Tokyo Conference and has provided additional humanitarian and reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan totalin [...]	2003-01-15 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AF TC
03ABUDHABI3075	(U) UAE SUPPORT FOR THE POLISH-LED [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the issue of UAE support for the Polish-led multinational division with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Muhammad bin Zayid Al-Nahyan (MbZ) via letter and a follow-up phone call on June [...]	2003-06-30 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3116	(U) VEHICLES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLISH-LED [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) OUR ACTING CG IN DUBAI DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DUBAI'S VEHICLE DONATIONS TO THE POLISH-LED DIVISION IN IRAQ AND TO THE AFGHAN POLICE WITH SAYANTA BASU DURING A PHONE CALL ON JULY 1. DUBAI HAS NOT OFFERED T [...]	2003-07-02 14:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS EAID EFIN AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3680	AFGHANISTAN -- TRAVEL OF PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Shaykh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the President of the UAE, is currently vacationing at his villa in France near Geneva. We expect him to continue his vacation in Morocco. Our MFA Protocol contacts were not able to pinpoint his date of return to Abu Dhabi. Because of Sh. Zayed's adva [...]	2003-08-10 10:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP OTRA KU QA TC AF
03ABUDHABI3940	UAE aid to Afghanistan totals more than USD [...] (U) Summary and comment: As the World Bank considers approaching the UAEG to co-host an Afghan donors conference on the margins of the IMF/World Bank annual meetings in Dubai in September, Post was reminded recently by one of our MFA contacts that the UAE has provided millions of dollars in [...]	2003-08-27 11:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	EAID MARR MASS PREL PGOV OHIP AF TC
03ABUDHABI3993	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BUCHANAN'S [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (S) General Buchanan: On behalf of Ambassador Wahba, who is out of country until September 4, I would like to welcome you to the UAE. Your visit comes at a time of unprecedented Emirati cooper [...]	2003-09-02 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4371	NAVCENT COMMANDER'S FAREWELL CALL IN [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: USNAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Timothy J. Keating made a visit to the UAE on September 13-14. In Abu Dhabi, he called on UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Sheikh Muhammad bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (M [...]	2003-09-29 10:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4428	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, Reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your October 5 visit. Your Emirati interlocutors are eager to see you. We have requested meetings for you with MFA Mins [...]	2003-10-02 08:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF IR IS IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4869	DONOR STRATEGY - AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Post understands that, in meetings last week with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ),Treasury Secretary Snow and Defense Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz urged SIPDIS HbZ to expedite disbursal of pledged UAE assistance to A [...]	2003-11-04 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AF TC
03ANKARA1513	TURKISH THINK TANK ALLEGES US PLANS TO REDEFINE [...] ((C) SUMMARY: ASAM, A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION PROVIDING ADVICE AND RESEARCH TO THE TGS AND THE GOT, ASSERTS THE USG'S POST-IRAQ GEOPOLITICAL STRATEGY INVOLVES REDEFINING THE MIDDLE EAST REGION TO INCLUDE AFGHANISTAN. ASAM SUPPORTS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AUTONOMOUS REGIONS FOR KURDS AND TURKMEN I [...]	2003-03-11 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IZ AF
03ANKARA2572	UPDATE ON TURKEY'S COMMITMENT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary. Amb. Ahmet Okcun, MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, told us that per Afghan Minister of Trade, Turkey is Afghanistan's largest source of foreign investment with 30 companies and over $200 million invested. GOT's commitment remains modest at $3 million. End Summary. [...]	2003-04-21 13:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA3057	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun and DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen told us May 9 the MFA was interested in continuing Turkey's high-level participation in international security an [...]	2003-05-09 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER PGOV MARR MASS MOPS AF TU
03ANKARA356	INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] Post provided Ref A materials on 12/26/02 to MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction Ambassador Ahmet Okcun whose office responded with information for reports required by U.S. Congress. 2. The information below responds to the matrix compartments: -- Tokyo Pledge in USD millio [...]	2003-01-15 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EFIN AF TU
03ANKARA5208	TURKEY PLANS TO AUGMENT AFGHAN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) Kabul minimize considered. 2. (C) Turkish MFA DG for Mideast Affairs Burcuoglu told Charge August 14 that Turkey had decided to augment either the UK Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Mazar-e-Sharif or the German one in Konduz. He said his office would be contacting TGS as well [...]	2003-08-15 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS PTER TU AF
03ANKARA5920	TURKEY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORT TO ACCELERATE [...] (SBU) Turkey shares the U.S.goal to accelerate assitance to Afghanistan. Turkey has already exceeded its original 5-year pledge of $5 million and hopes to commit another USD 3 million in 2004. Ambassador Okcun, Turkey's Afghan Reconstruction Coordinator, will attend the September 21 meeting [...]	2003-09-18 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID PREL TU
03ANKARA6499	MFA DEPUTY U/S TUYGAN STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Tuygan told Ambassador October 16 that the GOT was grateful for the US assistance before and after the recent bombing in front of the Turkish embassy in Baghdad. Tuygan agreed that it was important for the US and Turkey to manage and "get right" the issue of a possible Turk [...]	2003-10-17 10:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ PTER ASEC AF AR
03ANKARA6846	GOT EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC MOPS TU AF
03ANKARA7016	NOVEMBER 18-19 US-TURKEY HIGH-LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP [...] (C) The November 18-19 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG) represents an opportunity to achieve a number of important objectives: to solidify dialogue between the US and Turkish militaries; to begin to reshape our security relationship to the 21st century; and, to empha [...]	2003-11-10 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF ASEC
03ANKARA7093	AK MP TRAVELS TO PAKISTAN TO SOLICT GOP ASSISTANCE [...] (C) AK MP Mahmut Kocak told pol counselor November 12 that he would lead a delegation to Pakistan November 13 to solicit the GOP's assistance in securing the release of Turkish national Hassan Ornal, who is being held hostage in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Kocak said the plan is to use the go [...]	2003-11-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF PGOV PTER PINS
03ANKARA7114	TGS D/CHOD BASBUG'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON - AN [...] (C) Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Basbug will visit Washington November 16-21 to lead the Turkish delegation to the US-Turkey High-Level Defense Group (HLDG). He has requested meetings with National Security Advisor Rice, DepSecDef Wolfowitz, CJCS Myers and VCJCS Pace. Basbug may also s [...]	2003-11-14 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ AF CY ASEC OVIP
03ANKARA7279	TURKEY TO CONSIDER HELO CONTRIBUTION TO ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche requesting additional helos to meet NATO's SOR for ISAF to MFA South Asia Head of Department Ergin Soner November 18. Soner noted the requirements, agreeing that meeting the SOR in order to go to the next stage of expanding ISAF outside Kabul and suppor [...]	2003-11-21 07:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
03BRUSSELS4996	PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN [...] Summary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the headquarters of the World Customs Organization in Brussels on October 15. This meeting was a considerable improvement over the first roundtable on the Balkans h [...]	2003-10-28 08:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03BRUSSELS5593	A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...]	2003-12-11 14:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO306	Colombo Plan Drug Advisory Program submits [...] The Colombo Plan's Drug Advisory Program (DAP) submitted a budget proposal to Mission for a USD 500,000 demand reduction program for Afghanistan. The DAP's proposed budget includes funding for the six following action areas: A. Basic Demand Reduction Course, USD 25,000 B. Training of [...]	2003-02-24 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN AMGT KFSC AF
03COLOMBO553	Colombo Plan: Amendment for USD 500,000 for [...] Per Ref A, Ambassador Wills and Secretary General of the Colombo Plan U. Sarat Chandran signed an amendment to the Colombo Plan funding agreement for the allotment of USD 500,000 to the Drug Advisory Program on March 31. The amendment provides funding for counter-narcotics projects in Afghanis [...]	2003-04-01 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AORC CE AF
03KABUL1006	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH CAPTAIN DAOUD: [...] (C) Captain Daoud, an Afghan-American investor interested in establishing a private airline in Afghanistan, met with Ambassador on April 8. Daoud is seeking OPIC support for the establishment of Oxus Air, a private airline serving the U.S. and Europe from Afghanistan with a projected fleet of [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL1007	SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1008	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 8 MEETING WITH PRIVATIZATION [...] (C) On April 8, Ambassador met with Privatization Commission Chairman and former Minister of Public Works, Khaliq Fazal. Fazal,s comments focused on deteriorating security conditions around Kandahar, infiltration of Pakistanis in the south, political demands on President Karzai, and the regre [...]	2003-04-18 04:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KABUL1015	SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...]	2003-04-18 14:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK
03KABUL1022	AFGHANISTAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR UPDATE - [...] (C) The Ministry of Communications (MOC) is facing an assortment of challenges as the government of President Karzai enters the Afghan year 1382. The Ministry,s relations with its sole telecom service provider, Afghan Wireless Communications Company (AWCC),continue to deteriorate while a sec [...]	2003-04-20 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON ELAB AF
03KABUL1029	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S APRIL 16 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On April 16, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. Rohrabacher was accompanied by his spouse, Ambassador and Econ/Comofficer (notetaker). Congressman Rohrabacher began by assuring Karzai that the war in Iraq had not diverted attention from Afghanis [...]	2003-04-21 02:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PINR PTER AF
03KABUL1193	UPDATE ON FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL CEMENT PRODUCTION PROJECT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 15. 2. (C) Summary: From April 22 to 29, Texas-based Fidelity International was in Kabul to pursue a $1.8 billion cement deal with the Afghan government. Substantial progress was made, including the granting of an investment license by th [...]	2003-05-08 05:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON ETRD AF PTGOV
03KABUL1215	Second update on USG support for the [...] Summary: The Commission for Reform of Justice and the Judiciary (CRJJ) continues to make strides in implementing elements of its Master Plan, which includes 29 reform tasks and a rough budget and timeline. The entire Plan has not been officially approved, which impedes needed upgrades in do [...]	2003-05-11 11:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI AF SNAR
03KABUL1225	UPDATE ON KABUL-KANDAHAR ROAD: AMBASSADOR'S MAY 7 [...] (C) On May 7, Ambassador met with the Afghan Reconstruction Company,s Vice President, Tim Lane, and Managing Director, Zaher Yaqoubi. Lane presented the Ambassador with a summary of progress on the Kabul-Kandahar road and shared concerns over the end-of-2003 completion deadline. 2. (C) La [...]	2003-05-12 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV ASEC AF
03KABUL1226	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 2 MEETING WITH AGRICULTURE [...] (C) Ambassador met with Afghan Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Sayed Hussain Anwari on May 2. Anwari requested the Ambassador,s intervention on eight areas of need for the Ministry. First, the Minister requested help in establishing an Institute for Livestock Research. Second, the Mini [...]	2003-05-12 02:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ECON AF
03KABUL133	MINISTER ANNOUNCES AFGHAN GSP DESIGNATION AT 1/16 [...] (U) On January 16, Minister of Commerce Seyed Mustafa Kazimi convened a press conference to announce the designation of Afghanistan as a U.S. GSP beneficiary country. Roughly twenty mostly Afghan print media, VOA and six-eight other radio outlets and four TV outlets were present. USAID Direc [...]	2003-01-17 12:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AF EIAD ETIO
03KABUL1560	PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...]	2003-06-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR
03KABUL1565	COMMERCIAL BANKING SECTOR UPDATE - JUNE 2003 [...] (SBU) In previous reporting, post has identified the lack of commercial banking facilities in Afghanistan as a major obstacle to attracting increased investment. Further, the lack of reliable banking institutions, and the resulting prevalence of NGOs and businesses having to keep large amount [...]	2003-06-06 02:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AFIN AF
03KABUL1744	NATO ISAF DELEGATION DISCUSSES SECURITY, AIRPORT [...] (C) Post hosted June 19 a meeting with the visiting NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) delegation led by Deputy Secretary General for Peacekeeping Robert Serry. Representatives from NATO embassies in Kabul included the UK, Spanish, Turks, Danes, and Dutch; the Germans, Belgians [...]	2003-06-29 05:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR AF
03KABUL303	NO LONGER IN ARREARS, AFGHANISTAN HAS BUDGET [...] (C) In a chance meeting with the Ambassador and Security Coordinator MG Karl Eikenberry at the presidential palace on February 4, a clearly pleased Finance Minister Ashraf Ghani noted that Japan had come through with pledged funding the day before. As a result, Afghanistan was no longer in a [...]	2003-02-06 15:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF IMF IBRD
03KABUL354	TERRORIST FINANCE - KABUL: PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel's talking points to President Karzai on Feb 12. Karzai reacted favorably to the actions outlined in the points. 2. (S) Para 7 requested post's view of possible designation of individuals associated with Hekmatyar. Where loyalties are not clear, post recomme [...]	2003-02-12 15:12:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS AF
03KABUL955	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador held a wide-ranging discussion with French Ambassador, Jean Pierre Guinhut, on April 6. The Ambassadors reviewed Afghan security conditions in the aftermath of Iraqi Freedom, lingering obstacles to economic growth, and progress on the drafting of the Afghan Constitutio [...]	2003-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
03KUWAIT4486	(C) KUWAITI FM DISCUSSES AID TO IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Action Request - see paragraphs 8, 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Iraq -- and, briefly, Afghanistan -- with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah September 30 (other topics septels). The Minister was keenly interested in how the Madrid donors conference will be st [...]	2003-10-01 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON ETRD OPDC IZ AF KU
03KUWAIT938	AFGHANISTAN: HIGH LEVEL STRATEGIC FORUM POINTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-16 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF KU
03KUWAIT98	AFGHANISTAN: CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 06:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AF KU
03LAGOS148	NIGERIA: NOT ONLY GAS FLARES IN NIGERIA, ITS' [...] (C) Summary: Arson is strongly suspected in the December 24 fire that destroyed the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) headquarters and records. The fire followed by barely a week a newspaper article asserting that there is solid, extensive and documented proof that GON official [...]	2003-01-17 16:13:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON EPET EINV DS DSS ITA IP AF OSAC
03OTTAWA1168	OTTAWA: LETTER FROM U/S LARSON AND TAYLOR ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel message April 25 to Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of the Canadian International Development SIPDIS Agency (CIDA) and to Jonathan Fried, Senior Assistant Deputy Minister of Finance, with a copy to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The GOC is discussing al [...]	2003-04-25 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1250	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO LETTER FROM UNDER SECRETARIES [...] Hau Sing Tse, Vice-President of Canada's International Development Agency has responded on behalf of the GOC to the letter conveyed in Ref b. Following is the faxed text of the letter. 2. Begin text 2003-05-02 Mr. John B. Taylor Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affai [...]	2003-05-02 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA1654	CANADIAN MILITARY PREPARING FOR KEY ROLE IN ISAF, [...] (C) While NATO is assuming the lead for ISAF, Canada will join Germany as one of the two largest troop contributors beginning in August. Canada will be providing two rotations of 1,800 personnel each for ISAF IV and V. While Canada will not back away from this commitment, it is expressing con [...]	2003-06-11 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO AF IZ CG
03OTTAWA1662	AFGHANISTAN: CANADA ANNOUNCES ARTF SUPPORT AND AID [...] Summary: On June 10, the GOC announced the opening of its embassy in Kabul (septel) and allocation of C$21.2 million of the C$250 million in new aid pledged for the next two years. The allocation includes an additional C$15 million to support the operational budget of the Afghan Transitiona [...]	2003-06-12 18:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA1758	AFGHANISTAN FRIENDLY FIRE INCIDENT: CANADIAN [...] (SBU) The Canadian Government reacted very evenly to the June 19 decision by U.S. Air Force LTGEN Bruce Carlson not to proceed with courts martial against two pilots who mistakenly bombed Canadian troops in Afghanistan. Prime Minister Chretien said the matter is now closed as far as the Canadi [...]	2003-06-20 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS CA AF
03OTTAWA1899	ISAF: CANADIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum visited Kabul June 23-24 in advance of Canada's participation in ISAF IV and V. McCallum met with Afghan President Karzai and Defense Minister Khan, among others, and visited the camp being set up for approximately 1,800 Canadian troops. Wh [...]	2003-07-07 12:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA
03OTTAWA325	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) As of late Friday afternoon (January 31) the GOC has still not announced its response to Treasury U/S Taylor's request for a contribution to cover Afghanistan's arrears to the IMF and World Bank. That said, the outlook seems promising. 2. (SBU) Working levels at the Canadian Interna [...]	2003-01-31 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AF CA IMF IBRD
03OTTAWA435	CANADA TO PROVIDE BATTALION AND BRIGADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian Defense Minister John McCallum announced on February 12 that Canada will contribute a battalion and a brigade headquarters - a total of 1500 to 2000 personnel - to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan beginning in August. Two rotations of Can [...]	2003-02-13 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IZ CA ISAF
03OTTAWA540	CANADA SEARCHING FOR PARTNERS FOR ISAF IV AND V [...] (C) Since Defense Minister McCallum's February 12 announcement that Canada would contribute a battalion and brigade headquarters to ISAF IV and V (reftel),the GoC has been busy seeking potential partners. The GoC has stressed that it does not have the resources to lead ISAF alone, and it hop [...]	2003-02-26 15:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF CA ISAF
03OTTAWA99	INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE ON TRADE AND [...] The GOC is not providing any assistance to Afghanistan for capacity building in the trade and trade-related area listed in reftel. 2. However, Canada is contributing C$1.5 million (about US$1 million) to electoral support through Elections Canada and the International Foundation for Elect [...]	2003-01-10 16:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AF CA
03ROME1345	GOI THINKS SOME KIND OF RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO BOTH AFGHAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTERPARTS IN THE MFA, AND BOTH SAID THE GOI DID NOT SEE HOW A UNCHR DOCUMENT COULD BE AVOIDED. VARIOUS EU MEMBER STATES WERE ADAMANT THAT A RESOLUTION (EVEN STRONGER THAN THAT ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY ITALY) WAS NECESS [...]	2003-03-28 16:51:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM IT AF AFGHANISTAN HUMAN RIGHTS

03ROME2370	FAO ON "POST CONFLICT" AND OTHER EMERGENCY [...] SUMMARY: UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION (FAO) OFFICIALS BRIEFED DONORS MAY 21 ON THE SITUATION IN SELECTED COUNTRIES (INCLUDING IRAQ) RECEIVING EMERGENCY AGRICULTURAL REHABILITATION ASSISTANCE THROUGH FAO. FAO WELCOMED INCREASING DONOR SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCIES BUT NOTED THAT MANY APPEA [...]	2003-05-29 07:00:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID EAGR AN AF CE SU FAO IQ
03ROME244	ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...]	2003-01-21 13:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT
03ROME3793	ITALIAN TROOPS IN OEF [...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, MET WITH ACTING DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO THE PRIME MINISTER FRANCESCO TALO ON AUGUST 20 TO DISCUSS A RANGE OF ISSUES (OTHER ISSUES REPORTED SEPTEL). CHARGE TOLD TALO THAT THE U.S. WAS PLEASED WITH THE HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE OF THE ITALIAN OEF CONTI [...]	2003-08-21 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME3794	BERLUSCONI'S END OF SUMMER MEETINGS WITH SCHROEDER [...] (C) Summary: The agenda for PM Berlusconi's August 22/23 meeting with German Chancellor Schroeder will include the Intergovernmental Conference and transatlantic relations. We told the PM's acting diplomatic advisor that an excellent vehicle for improving US-EU relations would be a commitment [...]	2003-08-21 16:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GM AF EUN
03ROME3827	FUNDING FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS: ITALY WILL HELP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy will help us seek needed funding for Afghanistan, but funds will likely to have to come from EU coffers. While the Italians have not flatly ruled out increased bilateral assistance, our contacts think this is unlikely, given Italy's ongoing financial commitments, includi [...]	2003-08-22 16:12:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT USNC
03ROME4245	AFHGANISTAN: ITALIAN MFA SHARES FUNDING [...] (SBU) WE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 17 A FAX FROM AMBASSADOR ENRICO DE MAIO, ITALIAN MFA SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, ADDRESSED TO AMBASSADOR TAYLOR. (FULL TEXT OF LETTER IS AT PARA 5.) IN THE LETTER, DE MAIO CONFIRMS, IN ITALY'S ROLE AS HOLDER OF THE EU PRESIDENCY, THAT THE EUROPEAN COMMISSIO [...]	2003-09-18 09:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME4932	REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]	2003-10-29 18:37:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME4933	REQUEST FOR ITALIAN TROOP EXTENSIONS AND [...] (S) Summary. As instructed, the Ambassador met with MOD Martino to request new Italian troop commitments in three areas: renewal of Italy,s deployment to Iraq beyond 2003; a new deployment of 1,000 Italian troops to Afghanistan in March 2004; and the standing up of an Italian PRT in Ghazni. [...]	2003-10-30 05:50:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5003	ITALY: MFA ON TROOPS AND PRT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) SUMMARY: KEY MFA INTERLOCUTORS SIGNAL THAT ITALY'S ASSESSMENT OF SENDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO GHAZNI IS MOVING FORWARD. THEY DOUBT THAT ITALY WOULD BE ABLE TO SEND 1,000 OEF TROOPS TO KHOWST TO REPLACE U.S. MARINES THERE (SEE ALSO SEPTEL). THEY ALSO REPORTED BRIEFL [...]	2003-11-04 14:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MOPS MASS PREL EAID AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5057	ITALY STILL UPSET ABOUT FLAGS TO POSTS [...] (C) Summary. DEFMIN Martino's office and the MFA's NATO Office warn that Italy will break silence if the Chairman of NATO's Military Committee follows through on a reported plan to put forward a flags to posts proposal to which Italy has registered strong objections. As related to SECDEF at l [...]	2003-11-06 16:00:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PGOV IT AF IZ NATO
03ROME5217	ITALY: STILL CONSIDERING GHAZNI PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DESPITE THE TERRORIST BOMBING OF ITALIAN CARABINIERI HEADQUARTERS IN IRAQ, WE BELIEVE ITALY CONTINUES TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO PROVIDING A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) IN GHAZNI, AFGHANISTAN, ALTHOUGH A FINAL DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED. AN MOD-LED TEAM IS I [...]	2003-11-18 14:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03ROME5322	ITALIANS EXAMINING ISAF HELO AND OTHER REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS STUDYING REFTEL A REQUEST TO CONTRIBUTE HELICOPTERS FOR ISAF, IS LIKELY TO DEPLOY A PRT TO GHAZNI, IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN TROOPS TO KHOST AND IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO EXTEND ITS MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ, ACCORDING TO FRANCESCO TRUPIANO, DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR TO DEFMIN MARTI [...]	2003-11-22 07:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF IT NATO UN AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME595	ITALIAN UNION CONFEDERATION EAGER TO HELP PROMOTE [...] NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR DRL/IL AND SA/PAB; PLEASE SEE PARA 7. 3. THE COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ARM OF ONE OF ITALY'S MAJOR LABOR CONFEDERATIONS (THE ITALIAN CONFEDERATION OF LABOR UNIONS, OR CISL) IS SEEKING MODEST FUNDING ($300,00 [...]	2003-02-13 14:47:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EAID PGOV AF IT AFGHANISTAN
03THEHAGUE2321	AFGHANISTAN -- "ACCELERATING SUCCESS" DEMARCHE [...] (C) On September 10, EconCouns and EconOff delivered ref A demarche to MFA South Asia Division Director Wilfred Mohr. Mohr did not specify what amount the Netherlands plans to contribute for 2004, but he predicted that levels would be lower than in the past two years due to tightening ODA [...]	2003-09-16 12:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID NL PREL AF EUN
03THEHAGUE2343	DUTCH RESPONSE TO OEF DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 3. 2. (C) Mission made reftel demarche to GONL prior to September 2-3 visit to Washington by Dutch PM Balkenende and FM de Hoop Scheffer. Post was advised that GONL was not in a position to provide assets as requested reftel. The Dutch plead budge [...]	2003-09-17 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PARM PTER AF NL
03THEHAGUE2399	AFGHAN AID: DUTCH PLEDGE EUR 82.5 MILLION OVER [...] Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation Agnes van Ardenne announced at the September 21 Dubai international donors meeting that the Netherlands would contribute EUR 82.5 million (USD 95 million) to Afghanistan reconstruction over the period of 2003-2006. The money will be directed to th [...]	2003-09-23 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID NL PREL EUN
03THEHAGUE2726	STATUS OF DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: LIBERIA, [...] (S) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with the Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse (protect throughout) on October 29 to review the status of current and planned Dutch participation in international military operations in Liberia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Bosnia. On Liber [...]	2003-10-29 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV NL LI AF IZ BK
03THEHAGUE2801	AFGHAN AID: DUTCH 2003 PLEDGES ON TRACK, SOME [...] (C) EconOff and EconIntern delivered ref A demarche to Marit van Zomeren, Afghan Desk Officer at the MFA's Southern Asia Division. While Van Zomeren was unable to make any commitments, she agreed to raise the suggestion of a Dutch announcement of accelerated pledges with the MFA's Special [...]	2003-11-06 15:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2906	AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON DUTCH PLEDGES AND [...] (SBU) Dutch Minister of Finance Gerrit Zalm has received the letter from Afghan Finance Minister Ghani (ref A) that concerns an appeal for accelerated pledges, according to MFA Afghan Desk Officer Marit van Zomeren of the MFA in a November 17 conversation with Embassy EconOff. Ms. Van Zom [...]	2003-11-18 21:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID NL PGOV PREL
03THEHAGUE2911	DEMARCHE TO DUTCH ON REQUEST FOR CS/CSS FOR OIF [...] (S) PolMilOff delivered ref A request for Combat Support/Combat Service Support (CS/CSS) assets to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Chief Rob Gabrielse on November 17. Gabrielse (protect throughout) said the GONL was currently focused on the renewal of the deployment of Dutch force [...]	2003-11-19 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ AF NL
03THEHAGUE3002	DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]	2003-12-03 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3011	AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH INDUSTRY TO STAGE CONFERENCE [...] The Dutch Chamber of Commerce and the National Center for Trade Promotion are sponsoring a conference on business opportunities in Afghanistan, to be held December 10 in Rotterdam. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will send two speakers: Ronald Mollinger, Ambassador at Large and Special E [...]	2003-12-05 06:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID ECON NL
04ABUDHABI2508	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-28 09:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC
04ABUDHABI4182	COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-22 12:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PREL KAWC AF TC
04ABUDHABI4411	CENTCOM CDR VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: During his November 28-30 visit to UAE, Commander USCENTCOM General Abizaid met Abu Dhabi Crown Prince/UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) and Dubai Crown Prince/UAE MinDef Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR); toured Jebel Ali port and Al Dhafra and Minhad Air Ba [...]	2004-12-06 10:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR AF IR IZ SA SY TC
04ABUDHABI503	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WAYNE VISIT TO ABU DHABI [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Wayne: We look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your February 28- 29 visit. In addition to the donor's conference, we have scheduled bilateral meetings for you with Minister of State for Finance and Industry, Dr. Mohamed Khalfan bin Khirbash, MFA Assistan [...]	2004-02-26 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI721	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BURNS' VISIT TO THE UAE, [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Burns: I look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your March 21 visit for the second U.S.-UAE Bilateral Strategic Partnership meeting. Your Emirati interlocutors also are eager to see you. We have requested meetings with Deputy Prime Minister and Mi [...]	2004-03-14 13:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI722	INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN - UAE [...] (C) Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the Afghan donors' conference with MFA Assistant Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi on March 10. She also passed him the list of Afghanistan's pressing reconstruction and security needs and urged the UAEG to continue its excellent support for th [...]	2004-03-15 07:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL AF TC
04ABUDHABI905	CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...]	2004-03-29 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC
04ABUDHABI923	U.S.-UAE Strategic Partnership a success [...] (C) Summary: The UAE hosted the second bilateral Strategic Partnership dialogue on March 21 with NEA A/S Burns and UAE Information and Culture Minister Shaykh Abdullah bin Zayed leading their respective delegations. The two sides reviewed progress on the comprehensive action plan that was agr [...]	2004-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM PHUM IZ AF IR IS SY TC
04AMMAN3500	SCHEDULING AFGHAN DONOR MEETING IN JORDAN MAY [...] (U) Action request for Kabul: The Jordanians have agreed to organize and host a meeting between Afghan ministers and GCC counterparts on the margins of the World Economic Forum in Jordan on May 15-17. We understand that the meeting is an opportunity for the Afghan ministers to brief GCC of [...]	2004-05-09 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL AF JO
04AMMAN3956	U/S LARSON MEETING WITH AFGHAN MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Saturday, May 15. Larson asked Abdullah to review the latest draft of the G-8 plan of support for reform. After handing over a copy, Larson outlined the scope of the initiati [...]	2004-05-19 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV AF SA
04AMMAN8073	MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...]	2004-09-28 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO
04ANKARA1318	TURKISH PRT PROPOSAL: HMG TELLS TURKS NO [...] (C) MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evergin informed PolMilCouns March 4 that the GOT had informed the UK of its intent to establish a PRT in Maimana, Afghanistan (reftels) on March 2. On March 4, HMG responded by informing the Turks that London intended to establish a PRT there and that Norway [...]	2004-03-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA1383	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: MFA WILLING TO REMAIN FLEXIBLE [...] (C) Drawing upon ref a talking points, Pol-Mil Counselor stressed to MFA NATO and Afghanistan Affairs Department officials the importance of strong allied contributions to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. He also urged Turkey to be flexible with regard to its proposed PRT as the GOT works with [...]	2004-03-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1474	TURKS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) MFA officials characterized Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan's March 8-11 visit to Turkey as successful in terms of beginning the process of building lasting relations with a key Afghan figure. Fahim, who was in Ankara at the invitation of the GOT, met separately with TGS CHOD GEN Oz [...]	2004-03-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1482	TURKEY TO SUPPORT U.S. POSITION AT BERLIN [...] Turkey's Coordinator for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Ambassador Ahmet Okcun, confirmed that Turkey will attend the Berlin meeting. He said Foreign Minister Gul hopes to lead the Turkish delegation but faces some scheduling conflicts. Okcun was pleased to hear that Secretary Powell would be in [...]	2004-03-12 06:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID PREL TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1881	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE TO GOT ON ALLIED [...] (C) Pol-Mil Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA DDG for NATO and International Security Affairs Fatih Ceylan March 30. He said the USG strongly supports NATO's expansion of ISAF and SACEUR GEN Jones' statement that Allies must fill the critical shortfalls of the CJSOR before Stage I can [...]	2004-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2293	AFGHANISTAN: MFA/TGS TO RECOMMEND TO PM THAT THEY [...] (C) MFA and TGS will recommend to PM Erdogan that Turkey establish a PRT in Takhar province in northeastern Afghanistan. The recommendation will also include a request for funding for the Turkish helicopters for ISAF, and a briefing on the possibility that the HRF in Istanbul may replace the [...]	2004-04-21 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2465	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: MFA/TGS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) MFA DDG for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns April 30 that MFA had just sent up for Foreign Minister Gul's approval the proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar. Ceylan, reiterating what his colleague told us a week earlier (reftel),emphasized that Takhar was the unanimous rec [...]	2004-05-03 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2475	TURKISH HELOS TO AFGHANISTAN: DECISION IS WITH [...] (C) MFA NATO Department Head Alper Coksun told deputy pol-mil counselor May 3 that Turkey and Luxembourg had worked out an acceptable arrangement for Luxembourg to finance the deployment of the three Turkish helos to/from Afghanistan in support of ISAF operations. Funding for spare parts and [...]	2004-05-03 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2542	AFGHANISTAN/TURKISH PRT: FM GUL INFORMS NATO SYG [...] (C) MFA NATO DDG Fatih Ceylan informed PolMilCouns May 5 that NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer called FM Gul yesterday (5/4) about summit preparations. The SYG took advantage of the call to also urge Turkey to work with Italy to establish a PRT in Herat. Ceylan recalled that Turkey had had polmil t [...]	2004-05-05 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2544	TURKISH DETAINEES AT GTMO -- MFA REQUESTS [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) MFA INR official Emma Beskarbes telephoned Pol-Mil Counselor May 5 to inquire about front-page stories (based on an article that appeared in the Washington Post on May 2) that there are 10 Turkish citizens among the 750 individuals being [...]	2004-05-05 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2691	ISAF SHORTFALLS: TURKS CONTEND THEY HAVE THE [...] (C) During a recent discussion on Turkish helos for Afghanistan (ref b),NATO Department Head Alper Coskum confirmed what MFA officials had told us in late March (ref c): the Turkish military does not possess Role 2 and Casualty Staging Medical Unit capability. Coskun said the Turkish Genera [...]	2004-05-12 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2736	AFGHANISTAN: PM APPROVES PROPOSAL FOR PRT IN [...] (C) PM Erdogan approved the MFA/TGS proposal to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar province and agreed to provide the requisite funding. The MFA will instruct its missions in Kabul, Brussels and Washington to inform the appropriate authorities. Turkey will not consider [...]	2004-05-14 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2822	AFGHANISTAN AND PRTS: TURKS SET ON TAKHAR [...] (C) On the margins of a meeting on Cyprus (septel),MFA U/S Ziyal reiterated to Ambassador and UK Ambassador Westmacott that Turkey is committed to establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Takhar and is not considering alternative locations. 2. (C) UK Amb. Westmacott opened [...]	2004-05-18 16:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA2901	TURKEY AND PRTS IN AFGHANISTAN: SETTING THE RECORD [...] (C) The Turkish press is reporting that Washington is debating whether to respond positively to Turkey's proposal to establish a PRT in Takhar province if the Turks refuse to go west or south. We provide a chronology of Turkey's PRT-related consultations and considerations leading up to their [...]	2004-05-24 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA2946	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING TURKEY FOR A LARGER [...] (C) The Ambassador deployed reftel talking points with MFA Deputy Under Secretary Ali Tuygan on May 25, noting that Turkey was receiving similar messages from SACEUR Gen Jones. He recalled previously discussing Turkey's contribution of a provincial reconstruction team (PRT) with U/S Ziyal (ref [...]	2004-05-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF TU
04ANKARA2947	AFGHANISTAN: TURKISH CHOD REITERATES TO GEN KUJAT [...] (C) Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok reiterated to NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee GEN Kujat May 26 that the GOT's position on establishing a PRT in Takhar was firm and that Turkey would not establish a PRT in an alternate location. Ozkok noted a decision to deploy Turkey's HRF in Istanbul to [...]	2004-05-27 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3079	IRAQ ASSISTANCE: TURKEY WAITS FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Rifat Okcun, the GOT's coordinator for assistance to Iraq and Afghanistan, told Econoff that he was disappointed with the Iraqi Government presentation to the May 25-26 Doha meeting and the apparent lack of donor coordination. He added that Turkey will wait until s [...]	2004-06-03 16:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID ECON EFIN IZ PREL TU
04ANKARA3121	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MAY RECONSIDER WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) During a June 4 meeting that included UK Ambassador Westmacott to discuss Cyprus (septel),Ambassador again encouraged MFA U/S Ziyal to consider establishing a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the west or the south of Afghanistan. Ziyal was adamant that Turkey would not establish a [...]	2004-06-07 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3482	WEAPONS DEPLOYMENT TRAINING (WTDS) AT KONYA: TGS [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug said that TGS was prepared to continue discussions on USAFE's proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Weapons Deployment Training (WTD [...]	2004-06-21 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3495	REQUEST TO USE INCIRLIK AS CARGO HUB IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) During discussions with PM A/S Bloomfield's delegation on Global Force Posture review June 17 (septel),Turkish General Staff (TGS) DCHOD GEN Basbug confirmed that he had received a letter from EUCOM's GEN Wald (dated June 16) earlier that day requesting the use of Incirlik Air Base (IAB) [...]	2004-06-21 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL TU AF
04ANKARA3511	TGS CONCERNS ABOUT KIRKUK, PKK AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Ambassador met with DCHOD Ilker Basbug at latter,s request on June 21 for a tour d'horizon of current issues in the lead in to the President's visit to Ankara and the NATO Istanbul Summit. Basbug clearly wanted to make several points related to Iraq and U.S. Turkish relations. KIRKUK [...]	2004-06-22 10:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR TU IZ AF
04ANKARA3618	AFGHANISTAN: GOT'S DECISION NOT TO ESTABLISH A [...] (C) Deputy pol-mil counselor contacted MFA DDG for South Asian Affairs Aydin Evirgen June 25, following up on the Ambassador's earlier conversation with MFA U/S Ziyal on Turkish thinking on PRTs (ref a). Evirgen said that Turkey had completely abandoned its proposal to establish a PRT in Takh [...]	2004-06-25 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA3732	PM ERDOGAN ASKS POTUS TO RELEASE THREE TURKISH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) The Turkish press is reporting that PM Erdogan asked President Bush during their June 27 meeting in Ankara to release the three remaining Turkish nationals under detention at GTMO. The President reportedly said he would look into the matte [...]	2004-07-01 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA3950	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY STILL CONSIDERING PRT FOR [...] Turkish press reported July 15-16 that Turkey had decided to send a 200-man PRT to Takhar, Afghanistan. We contacted the Turkish MFA July 16 seeking confirmation/clarification. MFA informed us that while no decision has yet been taken, Turkey is indeed reconsidering its formerly withdrawn pro [...]	2004-07-16 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4194	SECOND REQUEST: STATUS OF TURKISH NATIONALS AT GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. three. 2. (S) At their June 27 meeting in Ankara, PM Erdogan raised the issue of three Turkish nationals still held at GTMO with President Bush. Ref a requested the Department to provide us with an update on the status of the remaining Turks [...]	2004-07-28 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MOPS PREL AF TU
04ANKARA4215	FAHIM REMOVAL FROM AFGHAN VP TICKET: TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-29 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PREL TU
04ANKARA4485	TURKEY WILL NOT SEND PRT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Following up on mid-July reports that the GOT was reconsidering its decision not to send a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to Afghanistan (reftel),PolMilCouns and PolMilOff consulted both MFA and TGS sources, who denied that Turkey was reconsidering its June decision not to send a PR [...]	2004-08-10 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4807	OUT OF COUNTRY REGISTRATION AND VOTING IN IRAN: [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 08:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF IR TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5836	TURKISH MFA ON ISAF VII COMMAND, ISAF/OEF MERGER, [...] (C) PolMilOff called on MFA Head of Department for NATO Alper Coskun Oct. 8 to follow up on outstanding issues. On Turkey's command of ISAF VII starting in Feb. 2005, Coskun reported that planning remains on track, and that Turkey is waiting for the results of a NATO force generation meeting i [...]	2004-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ AF
04ANKARA6257	NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO ASK TURKEY FOR A PRT [...] (C) We read with interest USNATO's thoughtful piece on ISAF Stage Two expansion (ref a). While we agree that it would be beneficial to have a Turkish PRT in Afghanistan, any request to the Turks should not be made until after their February-August 2005 stint as ISAF VII commander, during whic [...]	2004-11-04 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6844	MFA OFFICIAL: TURKEY MAY/MAY RE-THINK A PRT IN 2005 [...] (C) On Dec. 9, PolMilCouns and PolMilOff discussed ISAF Stage Two expansion and the apparent shortfall in Stage Two PRTs with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen, who was deeply involved in our last effort to get a PRT from Turkey, said he had serious doubts abo [...]	2004-12-10 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU
04ANKARA6878	TURKEY WELCOMES AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS PLAN, [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, PolMilCouns presented our Afghanistan counternarcotics plan on Dec. 9 to Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen welcomed our comprehensive approach, and signaled Turkey's willingness to engage on this issue. He said that Turkey is also [...]	2004-12-10 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PARM AF TU
04ANKARA920	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS NEARING DECISION ON PRTS; [...] (C) MFA and TGS agree in principle that Turkey should lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. They intend to finalize their discussions by February 18 and seek the Prime Minister's backing (both political and financial) for Turkey to lead a PRT. If the PM concurs, the GOT [...]	2004-02-18 06:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS TU AF
04ANKARA955	TURKEY WAITING FOR IMPROVED DONOR COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkey's Coordinator for Afghan and Iraq Assistance Ambassador Okcun said Turkey is ready to start disbursing its USD 50 million pledge for Iraq Reconstruction, but is waiting for better coordination among donors. Okcun will participate in the preparatory meeting for the Inte [...]	2004-02-19 05:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
04BRASILIA437	AFGHAN PRESENTATION FOR BRAZILIAN MILITARY [...] (U) During a DATT-hosted 18 February dinner for key military contacts, poloff, recently returned from an Afghanistan TDY, delivered a graphic powerpoint presentation on Coalition nation building efforts in that country. The presentation focused on four themes: the overall security and reconst [...]	2004-02-27 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF AF BR
04BRASILIA794	BRAZIL READY TO RECOGNIZE ITGA, NEEDS BUREAUCRATIC [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Although the GOB is considering reopening a diplomatic mission in Baghdad, there has been no public mention of Brazilian intentions towards Afghanistan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE) Division Chief responsible for South Asia acknowledged a lack of focus [...]	2004-04-02 10:06:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR AF
04BRASILIA795	AFRICAN DIPLOMATS DESCRIBE BRAZIL'S AFRICA FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2003 the incoming Lula administration asserted it would refocus its foreign policy to place greater emphasis on Africa. Some African diplomats here, however, believe that Brazilian interest in their countries has remained unchanged, despite the rhetoric. While they admit t [...]	2004-04-02 11:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF BR UNSC
04BRATISLAVA1006	SLOVAK TROOPS IN IRAQ AFTER POLISH WITHDRAWAL? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Robert Kalinak, Chairman of the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee and member of the opposition party SMER, recently questioned the Slovak troop mandate in Iraq on a political TV talk show. While remaining supportive of coalition objectives in Iraq, he raised three issue [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL LO IZ AF NATO
04BRUSSELS2931	COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE ON JULY 12 GAERC [...] (C) Commission officials tell us the July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting will not see many serious decisions before the EU FMs. A featured item would be a lunch discussion with Iraqi PM Allawi (which we now understand may be cancelled or postponed). The pri [...]	2004-07-09 09:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AF HA BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2972	JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (U) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concrete decisions other than a non-controversial approval of a Joint Action to agree on Operation "ALTHEA" as an EU Military Operation following on NATO's SFOR in [...]	2004-07-13 05:02:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3222	EU SUPPORTIVE ON AFGHAN STABILITY, KARZAI DECISION [...] (SBU) We reviewed ref A points during a July 28 meeting with Baltasar Benz, the Afghanistan desk officer in the Commission's External Relations directorate. Benz said that the Commission -- which had been concerned about Afghanistan's warlords -- welcomed President Karzai's decision to drop F [...]	2004-07-29 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3926	EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...] (C) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-of-country registration procedures for Afghan refugees. This is not intended as a formal diplomatic monitoring mission. The preregistration visit to Islamabad [...]	2004-09-15 15:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS416	EC ON IRAQI REFUGEE RETURN AND INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The EC agrees with reftel strategy of concentrating first on the return of Iraqi refugees from neighboring countries. It has no plans at present to promote the return of Iraqis from EU Member States. An EC attempt to return Afghans to their country in 2003 was unsuccessful b [...]	2004-02-02 04:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IZ AF EUR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4677	DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...] (U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on trends in cocaine, heroin and synthetics production and trafficking. The USAID Office Director of South America Affairs gave a detailed presentation on U.S. [...]	2004-10-29 13:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4994	A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve Jouanjean of the European Commission to discuss the current situation and upcoming challenges in South Asia. A/S Rocca raised concerns about deteriorating p [...]	2004-11-24 10:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1042	INFORMATION FOR USITC STUDY ON U.S. [...] Good management and foreign assistance have greatly contributed to a healthier economy in Djibouti. Hosting the COMESA conference in 2005 will give the Government of Djibouti (GOD) an opportunity to promote its liberal economic regime and the port of Doraleh, which is expected to jump start t [...]	2004-08-01 12:47:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETRD AF ECON PREL EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1128	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT TRANSLATION BEGUN; WEBSITE INCOMPLETE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-25 05:29:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO AINT KWWW OIIP DJ AF ASA
04DJIBOUTI1605	EMBASSY DJIBOUTI LAUNCHES WEBSITE [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti is pleased to announce the launch of its new website at http://djibouti.usembassy.gov/ The site was designed under the Content Management System. Questions and comments should be directed to PAO Tiffany Bartish at bartishtm@state.gov RAGSDALE [...]	2004-12-19 12:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO AINT KWWW OIIP TINT XX DJ AF ASA
04HARARE501	CHINESE ASSISTANCE TO ZIMBABWE [...] (U) On March 22, Poloff met with Shaohua Duan, Third Secretary (Economic and Commercial) of the Embassy of the SIPDIS People's Republic of China to discuss Chinese humanitarian assistance to Zimbabwe. Duan, who arrived in July 2002, told Poloff that Chinese assistance was limited by China's [...]	2004-03-23 14:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CH EAID PHUM PREF PREL ZI
04HELSINKI1420	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Helsinki, coming just days after the U.S. election, will be an excellent opportunity to review our bilateral and multilateral agenda with Finnish leaders, and to stress the value of our close relationship with Finland and Europe. Finnish President Halonen has sent a telegram [...]	2004-11-04 17:35:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP PTER IZ AF RS CH FI EUN
04HELSINKI1482	FINNISH PM VANHANEN TELLS VISITING EUR A/S JONES, [...] (C) In a November 9 meeting with Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen, visiting EUR A/S Jones reassured the Prime Minister of the importance the Bush Administration places on the transatlantic relationship, citing the President's references to outreach to Europe and the importance of both the EU and NA [...]	2004-11-19 08:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ETRD EU PHUM PREL SMIG AF IZ TU FI RU
04HELSINKI1571	NATO AMBASSADOR BURNS' VISIT TO HELSINKI [...] (U) U.S. Ambassador to NATO R. Nicholas Burns visited Helsinki November 29-30. Following remarks given to the Atlantic Council of Finland at a seminar on NATO and small nations, Ambassador Burns participated in meetings with Minister of Defense Seppo Kaariainen and MFA Under Secretary for Pol [...]	2004-12-16 12:06:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR AF IZ FI NATO RU
04KABUL1381	NORTHERN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN,S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. VII Corps General Wasiq met with the Ambassador on May 10 to discuss major initiatives to bring stability and promote economic and political progress in northern Afghanistan. Key topics included: northern disappointment with the perceived slow pace of reconstruction efforts in t [...]	2004-05-15 04:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF
04KINSHASA1609	DEMARCHE ON AFRICAN UNION POSITION ON HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Likango Liselele, Advisor to the Minister of Health, August 25. Liselele replied that the DRC supports the efforts of Costa Rica and the US to ban human cloning and that the Ministry of Health would advocate this position at the upcoming World Health Org [...]	2004-08-26 06:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AF CG KSCI UNGA
04MADRID1040	SPAIN:AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE RESPONSE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Continental Asia Alejandro E. Albargonzalez San Martin told us March 25 that Spain's delegation will not be making new commitments to Afghanistan at the Berlin Conference. He noted that while Spain will carry out its previous pledge of $113 million through [...]	2004-03-29 05:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
04MADRID2964	SPAIN UNDETERRED BY FAHIM'S REMOVAL FROM VICE [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 06:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP
04MADRID3073	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]	2004-08-11 14:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP
04MADRID4679	SPANISH RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-13 11:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AF SP
04NEWDELHI7701	HIGH LEVEL INDIAN REP FOR AFGHANISTAN INAUGURATION [...] (U) Action request for OVP. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Reflecting significant Indian interests in Afghanistan and GOI support for Karzai's re-election, New Delhi has designated Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan to lead the official delegation for the December 7 Afghan inaugurat [...]	2004-12-06 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BEXP EAIR IN AF
04OTTAWA2963	U.S. AND CANADIAN POLICY PLANNERS SEEK SYNERGY ON [...] (C) Summary: In policy planning talks October 28-29 in Toronto, U.S. and Canadian colleagues exchanged views and sought ways to synergize efforts on a range of global and regional issues. The Canadian team briefed on Canada,s attempt through its International Policy Review to enhance public s [...]	2004-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IR IZ PGOV PREL AF PINS KMPI SCUL
04ROME1229	GETTING TO YES ON AN ITALIAN-LED AFGHAN FSB [...] (C) The Government of Italy, at very high levels, has indicated a willingness to contribute more to Afghanistan and to support ISAF expansion beyond Kabul. The Italians concur that rapid action to stabilize Afghanistan is of the highest political priority; they also share our conviction that [...]	2004-03-26 18:32:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1526	ITALIAN DEFENSE MINISTER SEEKS DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (C) Italy expects to be a top candidate for a deputy commander position in the post-June 30 Iraq mission, Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino told Ambassador Sembler on April 19. During the meeting, which Martino requested, Martino reaffirmed Italy's commitment to the mission in Iraq and [...]	2004-04-19 17:38:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL AF IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1756	ITALIAN PRT-FSB DECISION RESTS WITH PM BERLUSCONI [...] (C) Summary. Italy's ability to contribute a Forward Support Base (FSB) or Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in western Afghanistan depends on whether the Prime Minister's office can free up scarce resources to fund the effort, according to Embassy contacts at the MFA, MOD and the PM's Off [...]	2004-05-05 15:48:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME1852	ITALY: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ AND NONPROLIFERATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Italy is likely to establish a Forward Support Base (FSB) and contribute to the existing US-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Herat as requested by the US (reftel B),according to Prime Minister Berlusconi's Diplomatic Advisor Giovanni Castellaneta. In a May 12 meetin [...]	2004-05-12 15:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF IT AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM

04ROME2091	MFA OFFICIALS TELL EUR DAS BRADTKE AND STEPHENS [...] (C) Summary. On May 18, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretaries Bradtke and Stephens had productive exchanges with MFA officials on the present situation and way ahead in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans, and discussed prospects for a robust Istanbul summit agenda. Bradtke stressed the importance [...]	2004-05-27 14:10:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IT AF EUN NATO
04ROME2122	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY EDGING BACK ON PRT/FSB [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY IS EDGING BACK FROM A COMMITMENT TO A PRT AND FSB IN AFGHANISTAN, PENDING GREATER CLARITY OF ITS ROLE IN POST-JUNE 30 IRAQ. WE ARE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC THAT BERLUSCONI'S GOVERNMENT WILL EVENTUALLY JOIN A PRT - AND THINK AN FSB IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION - BUT DO NOT [...]	2004-06-01 16:03:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2168	MFA OFFICIALS TELL A/S JONES ITALY WILL HELP PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 4 meeting over lunch on the margins of President Bush's Rome visit, MFA Political Director Giampiero Massolo told EUR A/S Jones that the draft UNSC Iraq resolution was "heading for a good result in a relatively short time," and Italy was doing all it could to help. [...]	2004-06-08 09:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ IR SR AF EUN NATO IAEA IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME2272	DARFUR: ITALY COMMITMENT EURO 4.4 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy is contributing a total of Euro 4.4 million (approx $5.4 million) to relief efforts related to the crisis in Darfur. Officials at the MFA's Directorate of Development Cooperation told USAID Deputy Administrator Frederick Schieck that Italy does not rule out further contri [...]	2004-06-14 11:42:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU IT AF WFP UN
04ROME2935	UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING [...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...]	2004-07-29 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR
04ROME3224	ITALY WILL ATTEMPT TO CONTACT IRAN ON OUT OF [...] (U) Post conveyed ref points in the MFA to the Office of Iranian Affairs, the Office of Under Secretary for Asia Margherita Boniver, and to Special Representative for Afghanistan Ambassador Enrico De Maio. We also delivered the points to the Prime Minister's office. 2. (C) De Maio said [...]	2004-08-20 13:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IR IT UN
04ROME3239	ITALY ENGAGED IN TEHRAN IN EFFORTS TO SECURE OUT [...] Post received further information regarding Italy's efforts to secure Iranian cooperation for out of country voting for the upcoming elections in Afghanistan from the MFA's desk officer for Iran, Federica Ferrari Bravo, on August 23. Ferrari Bravo said that Italy is well aware of the problem [...]	2004-08-23 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF IR IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME3669	Sparring with FAO over Locusts [...] (U) Summary. Over the past several weeks we have been active in promoting a better international response to the Sahel desert locust emergency. On September 10, 2004, USUN Rome invited permanent representatives of potential donor countries and countries affected by the current outbreak of d [...]	2004-09-22 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME3681	Exchanging Letters with FAO over Locusts [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the text of Ambassador Hall's letter to FAO DG Diouf on September 16, 2004 follows: "I am writing to express the United States' concern over FAO's response to the locust plague in the Sahel. While I know that other donors share aspects of this concern, these views are not [...]	2004-09-23 11:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AF PREF UN FAO
04ROME4093	ITALY: IRAQ NATO MISSION AND ISAF PRT/FSB - [...] (C) In an October 22 discussion with PolMilCouns and ODC Chief, Diplomatic Advisor to the Italian Minister of Defense Francesco Trupiano and Italian J3 MG Giuseppe Marani said that at present, Italy was not considering contributing additional training assets to the NATO mission in Iraq, but wa [...]	2004-10-22 13:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL IT AF IZ NATO IRAQI FREEDOM AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4276	ITALIAN PRT/FSB BACK IN PLAY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 4 discussion with PolMil Officers, MFA NATO Office Director said that Italy is going forward with plans to contribute to a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and/or Forward Support Base (FSB) in Afghanistan. He stressed, however, that Italy cannot go it alone and [...]	2004-11-08 10:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4562	AFGHANISTA: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref Q and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Qrauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would shae them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. Q0. On Brauzzi noted that ItRT force [...]	2004-12-01 14:53:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME4580	AFGHANISTAN: ITALIANS COMMITTED ON PRT/FSB, [...] (S) Polmilcouns conveyed Ref A and B points to MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi November 29, and, along with DATT, discussed them with Deputy Chief of Defense Castagnetti on November 30. Brauzzi said he would share them with Chief of Defense DiPaola on Nov. 30. On the PRT and FSB, Brauzzi note [...]	2004-12-02 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME668	MFA U/S BONIVER ON AFGHANISTAN: PRT, RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Charge, MFA U/S Boniver conveyed the GOI's irritation at the USG's last-minute request that Italy lead a PRT in Afghanistan somewhere other than Ghazni, despite months of planning prompted by a specific U.S. request. She said Italy hoped to mainta [...]	2004-02-24 05:46:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS AF IT EUN AFGHANISTAN
04ROME77	ITALY POISED TO CONTRIBUTE PRT FOR GHAZNI [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ITALY IS LIKELY TO STAND-UP A PROVINCIAL RECONSTRUCTION TEAM (PRT) TO COVER PARTS OF GHAZNI PROVINCE, ACCORDING TO MOD AND MFA CONTACTS, BUT WOULD PREFER TO DO SO UNDER NATO COMMAND. ITALY WOULD LIKE USG INPUT (AND WILL SEEK NATO/SHAPE INPUT AS WELL) ON THE LI [...]	2004-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS AF IT AFGHANISTAN
04ROME798	ITALY SEEKS CLARIFICATION ON PRT LOCATION [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. Italy has requested clarification of the USG's position regarding the location of an Italian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Giovanni Brauzzi, MFA NATO Affairs Office Director, called Pol-Mil Officer on March 1 to say that comments made by State [...]	2004-03-02 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04ROME860	AMBASSADOR BURNS REVIEWS NATO ISSUES WITH ITALIAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Burns discussed the Istanbul Summit, the Greater Middle East (GME) Initiative, NATO prospects for Iraq and Afghanistan and a successor mission to SFOR during Feb. 26-27 meetings with Italian officials, journalists and academics in Rome. Italy is revising its plans to s [...]	2004-03-04 16:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL BK AF IZ IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME927	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ISAF EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy remains fully on board with ISAF expansion. Although no formal policy decision has yet been made, the GOI (reportedly working closely with SHAPE) is focused on Herat, with the only apparent question being whether Italy will lead only a PRT, or that and a Forward Support [...]	2004-03-09 16:09:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME960	ITALIAN RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) POST DELIVERED REF A POINTS TO ITALY'S SPECIAL ENVOY FOR AFGHANISTAN, AMB. ENRICO DE MAIO, AND ALSO DISCUSSED THEM WITH ASIAN DEVELOPMENT OFFICE DIRECTOR, COUNS. ALESSANDRO GAUDIANO. WE ALSO DELIVERED THE POINTS TO THE OFFICE OF MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR ASIA MARGHERITA BONIVER. ITALY S [...]	2004-03-11 15:31:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
04SANAA680	3/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...]	2004-03-24 08:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04THEHAGUE1093	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...]	2004-05-03 05:42:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1240	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH STAND FIRM ON GOING TO [...] (C) In recent conversations with FM Bot, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Swartbol, and CHOD ADM Kroon, Amb. Sobel discussed request (outlined in ref A) for the Dutch to consider leading a PRT in western Afghanistan instead of Baghlan. PolMilOff separately raised ref A points with MFA Security Poli [...]	2004-05-21 13:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1690	DUTCH PARLIAMENT ENDORSES GOVERNMENT'S PRT DECISION [...] (U) On July 5 the Dutch Parliament broadly endorsed a recent Cabinet decision to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Baghlan, Afghanistan. Only the small far-left Socialist Party opposed the mission. The operation, announced in a June 28 government letter to parliament, will consi [...]	2004-07-06 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE1901	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: KARZAI CANDIDACY AND [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA's head of South Asia Division Wilfred Mohr July 28. Mohr stated that the Dutch Ambassador in Afghanistan will soon call on Karzai to present his credentials, at which point he will also express GoNL support for reform and stability in Afghanistan. He sa [...]	2004-07-28 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE2112	DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] Summary: On August 20, the Dutch cabinet decided to provide to ISAF six F-16 jetfighters and a KDC-10 refueling aircraft for a period of eight weeks as of mid-September for the purpose of enhancing security during the presidential elections in October. If a second round of elections occurs, t [...]	2004-08-25 10:14:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KPKO AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE2124	NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...]	2004-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PK AF IR NL
04THEHAGUE2303	DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...]	2004-09-13 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC
04THEHAGUE248	DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]	2004-01-30 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE281	DUTCH FM BOT'S VISIT TO THE U.S. [...] (C) I just spoke with Ben Bot and found him well-prepared for his February 9 visit to Washington. He plans to ask how he personally can contribute to improved transatlantic relations. As he has said in press interviews, other European leaders are counting on him to help mend fences between the Euro [...]	2004-02-04 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EU IZ NL PGOV PREL SNAR TU XA XF XH NATO
04THEHAGUE3142	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH TO CO-FINANCE CNPA [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-01 18:25:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AF XD SNAR XG KPAO NL EUN
04THEHAGUE3162	THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]	2004-12-03 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3228	THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]	2004-12-09 16:51:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE381	DUTCH ON PRTS [...] (S) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor Rob Swartbol informed Amb. Sobel on February 12 that, following FM Bot's trip to Washington, the Dutch government was actively considering participating in a PRT in Afghanistan. The options under consideration include possibly joining the Germans, Sc [...]	2004-02-13 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE477	PRTS: DUTCH TO DISPATCH RECCE TEAM SOON [...] (S) Ambassador Sobel met with Defense Minister Kamp on February 19. Kamp confirmed he was engaged in informal contacts with his European counterparts to discuss options for cooperation on PRTs. Following a February 20 meeting between Kamp and FM Bot, the GONL decided to dispatch a reconnaiss [...]	2004-02-25 07:36:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER AF NL
04THEHAGUE562	AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (U) EconOff delivered ref A demarche to Martin Koper, Director of the MFA's Peacebuilding and Good Governance Division, and Wouter Biesterbos, Afghan Desk Officer. 2. (SBU) At this time, the Dutch have no plans to announce new pledges for Afghanistan at the March 31 donors conferenc [...]	2004-03-08 07:55:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID NL PGOV PREL
04THEHAGUE578	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: THE NETHERLANDS ON ISAF [...] (C) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on March 8. DATT addressed these points with MOD International Policy Director BG Ton van Osch on March 9. Amb. Sobel also raised this issue as part of a March 9 discussion with FM Bot pre [...]	2004-03-09 13:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE766	READOUT OF DUTCH PRT RECCE TEAM TRIP TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns obtained a readout on March 23 on the recent GONL PRT recce team visit to Afghanistan from Joost Flamand (protect),the MFA team rep. The team visited Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif and Konduz, and had meetings with Task Force Victory in Bagram and with ISAF and UN offici [...]	2004-03-24 09:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE787	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 24 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on March 24. They discussed Iraq, Afghanistan, the Greater Middle East, the March 22-23 EU GAERC meetings and China human rights issues. Siblesz said a new UNSCR would help the government secure broad support [...]	2004-03-26 05:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM IZ AF IR CH NL
04WELLINGTON1044	NEW ZEALAND ON REQUEST FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS [...] (S) Ambassador discussed reftel request with New Zealand (NZ) Foreign Minister Phil Goff on December 13. Goff said that his government is reviewing what more New Zealand can do in Afghanistan. The Cabinet will reach its decision early in the new year, he said. Goff pledged to inform the Amba [...]	2004-12-16 01:29:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NZ
05ABUDHABI2158	SUBJECT: UAE UPSET OVER PUBLICITY OF COOPERATION WITH U.S. MILITARY IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-14 09:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PTER TC
05ABUDHABI2781	SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CHENEY'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: We look forward to welcoming you to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The UAE leadership will be very interested in hearing your perspectives on the latest developments in Iraq and on the Mideast peace process, as well as listening to your views on reform in the region. We have requested mee [...]	2005-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV KMPI PTER ETRD PHUM MASS IZ AF TC
05ABUDHABI2816	UAE REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN NATO'S ICI [...] (C) The UAEG on June 14 formally notified the NATO SecGen of its interest in participating in NATO's Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). NATO's approval of the request would mean the UAE would join Gulf neighbors Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar as ICI partners. Assuming NATO brings the UAE into [...]	2005-06-21 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER SA IR AF IZ NATO TC
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3211	DEA ADMINISTRATOR'S UAE VISIT - IT'S ALL ABOUT THE [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (U) Summary: In a 15-17 July visit to the UAE, DEA Administrator Karen Tandy met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed, and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al [...]	2005-07-23 01:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC AF TC
05ABUDHABI3244	GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...]	2005-07-25 07:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI332	ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...]	2005-01-23 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC
05ABUDHABI406	INAUGURAL U.S.-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES JOINT MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter W. Rodman and newly appointed and promoted UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohammed Thani Al Rumaithy co-chaired the inaugural U.S.-UAE Joint Military Commission in Abu Dhabi January 11-12. [...]	2005-01-29 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MASS PTER IZ IR AF TC
05ABUDHABI4696	UAEG RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: On November 9, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with Minister of Information Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) and MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. He inquired about GCC states, views and UAEG's recommendations on Afghanistan. [...]	2005-11-19 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF KU QA SA TC
05ABUDHABI4741	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...]	2005-11-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ
05ABUDHABI4880	PREPARING FOR THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) On November 26, Econchief briefed MFA A/US for International Cooperation Mohammed Abduljaleel about the Kabul Conference. Abduljaleel suggested that Econchief also brief MFA A/US for Political Affairs Tariq Al-Haidan as the person responsible for the conference. On November 28, Econch [...]	2005-11-29 14:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KPWR PREL ECON PGOV AF AE
05ABUDHABI5025	CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE [...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...]	2005-12-13 15:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR
05ABUDHABI767	GENERAL ABIZAID VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander Gen. Abizaid met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 14 to discuss Iraq,s security situation in the wake of the January 30 elections. They also discussed othe [...]	2005-02-20 02:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MCAP IZ IR SA SY LE AF TC
05ABUJA1925	CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN NIGERIA [...] Summary. (U) The People's Republic of China (hereafter China) has been for some time expanding its economic and business activity in Nigeria. Trade, energy, telecoms, and agriculture are the main areas of activity. Military cooperation is also an important area of engagement, both with Nig [...]	2005-10-07 07:35:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON PREL MASS EMIN ENRG ETRD AF CH
05ADDISABABA3780	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON, UK, AND EU SHARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the second consecutive day of a government crackdown on opposition demonstrators in Addis Ababa, AU Commission Chairperson Konare expressed concern about the safety of AU staff and of Ethiopia's ability to weather both domestic unrest and growing tensions with Eritrea. Perhap [...]	2005-11-07 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ET AF UNION UNREST
05ADDISABABA3802	AU'S KONARE ON AU ASSEMBLY CHIEF, WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare told Charge November 8 that Congo-Brazzaville President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appears to be the most likely successor to Nigerian President Obasanjo to serve as Chairman of the AU Assembly. Konare also said that an AU team had just [...]	2005-11-09 04:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3803	AU KONARE'S POTENTIAL BREAKTHROUGH ON ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare claims that Ethiopian PM Meles accepted his proposal of dialoguing with opposition members without the precondition of their first joining Parliament. Konare said that AU Assembly Chairman Obasanjo told Meles that he was willing t [...]	2005-11-09 05:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ET AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3843	AU CONVENING PAN AFRICAN CULTURAL CONGRESS [...] Summary/Action Request: The African Union (AU) is convening a Pan African Cultural Congress in Nairobi from December 4-9, 2005 to "review and assess the cultural sector in Africa, and consider the stakes, challenges and opportunities" to develop appropriate programs. The USG has been invite [...]	2005-11-14 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO SCUL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3844	ENGAGING THE AU - THOUGHTS AHEAD OF THE AF COM [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) is displaying tremendous political will to address the continent's problems, which differentiates it from the OAU, its defunct predecessor organization. The AU is also serving as the coordinating body for positive change in Africa by playing a more proac [...]	2005-11-14 13:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3941	DARFUR POLITICAL TALKS: AU PSC DEMANDS SLM/A FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary: According to African Union (AU) mediator for the Darfur Political Talks Amb. Sam Ibok, the Seventh Round of talks will resume in Abuja on November 28. On November 22, the AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) urged all parties to ensure that the Seventh Round is the "decisive ro [...]	2005-11-23 14:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SU XA AF UNION
05ADDISABABA3998	AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON [...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...]	2005-12-01 13:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4016	AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...]	2005-12-05 13:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR
05ADDISABABA4072	AU CONSIDERING FOUR MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the return of its reconnaissance mission to the Great Lakes, the African Union (AU) is considering four military options to support forcible disarmament of ex-FAR and Interahamwe elements in the DRC. The AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) is scheduled to meet in mid- [...]	2005-12-09 09:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MOPS EAID CG AF UNION
05ANKARA2332	ISAF: TURKS SAY CAVEATS ARE BASED ON NATO PLANNING [...] (C) The Turkish military has told us that many of the national caveats on its ISAF forces are based on the ISAF Operations Plan (OPLAN) and other NATO requirements. Turkey will not remove its caveats, but would support changes in the OPLAN and AOR to meet Alliance needs. End summary. 2. ( [...]	2005-04-25 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA3413	TURKEY SEEKS TO CONTRIBUTE ROBUSTLY TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) PolMilCouns and PolMilOff met with MFA officials June 14 and 15 to follow up on PM Erdogan's comments in the U.S. the week of June 5 that Turkey wants to do more to ensure the stability of Afghanistan after it relinquishes command of ISAF VII in August. Both MFA Deputy Director General for [...]	2005-06-15 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF TU NATO
05ANKARA353	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY CONSIDERING UK REQUEST TO TAKE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey is positively considering a request by HMG to assume responsibility for the UK PRT in Mazar-e Sharif to help free up resources for the UK to lead a PRT in ISAFÂ´s Stage 3 expansion region, according to the Turkish MFA and confi [...]	2005-01-19 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA356	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY MODIFIES ITS PRT STANCE [...] (C) Late January 19, MFA South Asia DDG Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns that, after further consideration "at high levels," Turkey was modifying its position on participating in PRTs in Afghanistan from that which he conveyed to us on January 18 (reftel). He said the Turkish General Staff (TGS) [...]	2005-01-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA4095	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE WORKING OUT SHARED COMMAND [...] (C) On July 13, PolMilOff called on TGS J3 NATO Branch Chief COL Halit Yilmaz to discuss Turkey's plans to contribute to security in Afghanistan after its ISAF VII command ends next month (see ref a). Yilmaz confirmed that the Turkish and French militaries are working on a formula for how to [...]	2005-07-14 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA4556	DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...]	2005-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY
05ANKARA4765	TURKISH VIEWS ON RENEWAL OF ISAF'S UN MANDATE AND [...] (C) Polmilcouns raised ISAF's UN mandate with MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Fatih Ceylan on August 11 as instructed ref A. Ceylan said that some offices within MFA had been discussing the use of force, mandates and international legitimacy recently. His office has argued that [...]	2005-08-12 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF TU IZ NATO UNSC
05ANKARA4781	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE TO HOLD MIL-MIL TALKS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen told PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns on Aug. 9 that a French military team would arrive in Ankara within days to hold talks with the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on the modalities of the proposed shared command of ISAF Central Regi [...]	2005-08-15 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL TU AF FR NATO
05ANKARA504	TURKEY PLANS TO PROVIDE STAFF AND MATERIALS FOR [...] (C) TGS/J3 LTG Yalcin told DCM and PolMilCouns on Jan. 26 that Turkey was planning to offer significant training and support for the Afghan War College. PolMilOff followed up Jan. 27 with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen said that the plan--which still requir [...]	2005-01-29 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EAID TU AF
05ANKARA5845	APNSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH TURKISH CHOD OZKOK [...] (C) Summary: Despite our occasional differences over Iraq, Turkey remains America's strategic partner, asserted Turkish CHOD GEN Ozkok to APNSA Hadley. Ozkok reviewed Turkish views of the Black Sea, Caucasus, and Central Asia. He outlined the "nuclear chain" stretching from North Korea, Indi [...]	2005-09-30 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER KPKO TU IZ AF RS NATO
05ANKARA607	USDP FEITH'S DISCUSSION WITH DCHOD BASBUG [...] (C) On January 31 in Ankara, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith met with Turkish Deputy Chief of Defense General Ilker Basbug. 2. (C) The Bilateral Relationship - Basbug described TU-US relations as "long-lasting" and "comprehensive" and added "It's not wise to tie our rela [...]	2005-02-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ AF TU
05ANKARA611	USDP FEITH'S FEB. 1 MEETING WITH TURKISH NSC [...] (U) During their Feb. 1 meeting in Ankara, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith and Turkish National Security Council Secretary-General Amb. Yigit Alpogan discussed the following issues: 2. (C) Iraq: Alpogan analyzed the elections: --"More or less successful." --60% turnou [...]	2005-02-02 17:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PTER TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6323	ISAF: TURKEY AND FRANCE AGREE TO SHARED COMMAND OF [...] On Oct. 18, PolMilOff discussed with COL Yakub Battal of the TGS J3 the state of play of negotiations between France and Turkey on their proposal to jointly command ISAF's Kabul Multinational Brigade beginning in mid-2006. Battal reported that France and Turkey have reached agreement, and woul [...]	2005-10-19 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS KPKO PREL TU FR AF NATO
05ANKARA6558	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkey marks the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting to be held in two years. In the absence of this high level bilateral dialogue, our political military communication with Turkey since 2003 has been dominated by the war in Iraq and its impact on the PKK, [...]	2005-11-02 12:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM TU IZ AF
05ANKARA6957	TURKEY: DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy DG (DAS) for Bilateral Economic Issues Ayse Sinirlioglu says Turkey has not yet decided how it will be represented at the Kabul Conference, but that the delegation will likely be led by senior MFA Afghanistan Coordinator Ambassador Koray Targay. Sinirlioglu, who will also at [...]	2005-11-28 06:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON KPWR PGOV AF TU
05ANKARA7191	SCENESETTER FOR 10-16 DEC COUNTERPART VISIT OF [...] (S) Summary: This Counterpart Visit (CPV) by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, GEN Yasar Buyukanit, will be the most significant event in US-Turkish Army to Army relations in over half a decade. The already slowing post-Cold War US-Turkish mil to mil relationship was derailed in 2003 [...]	2005-12-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA7398	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN UPDATE: KARZAI TO VISIT, ITALY [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 6. Summary ------- 2. (C) President Karzai will visit Turkey Jan. 5-6. Italy is joining Turkey and France's proposed co-command of ISAF's Capital Region Command; Turkey felt it could not refuse Italy's offer. Turkey may/may be prepared [...]	2005-12-16 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID SNAR KPKO TU AF
05ANKARA7592	NOV. 9-10 HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first High Level Defense Group (HLDG) meeting with Turkey in two years, the US side emphasized recent concrete US actions to assist Turkey in its efforts against the PKK terrorist organization and underscored the need for Turkey to publicly recognize the US role. The Turks [...]	2005-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PARM TU US IZ AF
05ANKARA865	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS RELAXED ABOUT MAZAR REJECTION [...] (C) The subject of Turkey's interest in replacing the UK at its PRT in Mazar-e Sharif (refs A and B) came up during a meeting on another subject between MFA DDG for South Asia Aydin Evirgen and polmilcouns. Evirgen understood that London was no longer interested in Turkey taking over the Maza [...]	2005-02-15 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV TU AF UK
05ANKARA97	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Summary: Our bilateral relationship with Turkey has become quite bumpy over the last years. The comfort of our NATO Alliance has been tested by Turkish perceptions of our operations in Iraq, developments on the domestic scene, and the movement toward the EU. Turkey shares our overall poli [...]	2005-01-06 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05BERLIN65	BUILDING ON NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL: GERMANY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, on January 6 MFA Deputy NATO director Herbert Beck assured Embassy that Germany will continue to push other NATO allies increase their contributions to ISAF. When asked if he thought Germany would be able to persuade the Spaniards to provide a PRT in Qala-e [...]	2005-01-07 16:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF GM NATO
05BRATISLAVA538	MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]	2005-07-11 13:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05BRATISLAVA539	MOD PROPOSES ADDING AFGHANISTAN TO JULY 22 AGENDA [...] (SBU) Action request: The Slovak Ministry of Defense would like to add to the agenda of Ambassador Jones' July 22 pol-mil talks on Iraq discussion on Slovak intentions to end participation in OEF and join ISAF in Afghanistan. Please advise if the team from Washington will be prepared to discu [...]	2005-07-11 13:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL AF LO
05BRUSSELS1527	EC WILL SPEND 8.5M EUROS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On April 18, PolOff delivered Reftel demarche on funding for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections to Jonathan Hatwell, European Commission (EC) desk officer for Afghanistan. Hatwell reiterated that the EC "fully shares the U.S. view on the importance of the parliamentary elections," and [...]	2005-04-18 12:46:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF UNSC USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS284	COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN QUINN MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 20, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a joint State/Department of Defense team met with European Council Director General Robert Cooper and European Commission South Asia Head of Unit Julian Wilson. Cooper said he is markedly more optimistic ab [...]	2005-01-21 17:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF NATO USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4293	EU ON UPCOMING GAERC: AGREE WITH U.S. ON MOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to European Commission and Council Secretariat officials, the EU FMs will devote their informal session December 7 to internal EU budget negotiations that will likely carry over to the December 12 GAERC. Non-budget discussions December 12 will focus on the Balkans, in [...]	2005-12-05 17:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS883	A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...]	2005-03-04 09:13:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS
05BUCHAREST1130	INTERNAL TRANSPORTATION COSTS AND END USER [...] The Embassy Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) received a letter dated May 4 from the Romanian Ministry of National Defense addressed to ODC regarding Romania's offer to donate armaments to the Afghan National Army. Post notes that the MOD letter states that the GOR cannot pay for the "inter [...]	2005-05-13 14:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM AF RO
05BUCHAREST132	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) This is an Action Request for State Department. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) PolMilOff discussed possible Romanian contributions of weapons to the Afghan National Army (ANA) with Andreea Pastarnac, Director of the MFA's Middle East, Africa and Asia-Pacific Department, on January 12 (REFTEL [...]	2005-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS MARR PGOV AF RO
05BUCHAREST1402	ROMANIA'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) MFA NATO Division Director Mirela Maghiar told PolOff in a June 16 discussion regarding Romanian support for the South East Europe Brigade (SEEBRIG) that a U.S. contribution to SEEBRIG of USD 1 million this year as part of the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),would constitute "us [...]	2005-06-21 07:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL AF RO NATO
05BUCHAREST852	ROMANIAN ARMAMENT DONATION TO THE AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 09:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL AF RO
05BUCHAREST913	INITIAL ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ISAF CAVEATS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolMilOff discussed Romanian "national caveats" on Romanian forces participating in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan April 11 with Mihaela Matei, Director of the MOD's Strategic Affairs Directorate (Ref). Pursuant to Reftel instructions, PolMilOff addr [...]	2005-04-13 06:46:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF RO NATO
05CAIRO4535	EGYPT: ARCENT COMMANDER HEARS BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary: During June 15 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials in Cairo, ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb was told that BRIGHT STAR planning was progressing well and that MoD saw no outstanding problems (such as invitations to the three observer countries which were of concern t [...]	2005-06-15 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS SU SY CH IZ AF EG
05CANBERRA1453	AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...]	2005-08-29 06:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS
05CANBERRA626	AUSTRALIA WEIGHING COUNTERNARCOTIC CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (U) After coordinating with UK counterparts, we delivered reftel points and nonpaper on April 1 to Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Afghanistan Program Director Carmel Ryan and Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Afghanistan Section Director Peter Howarth. Ry [...]	2005-04-04 01:07:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR AF UK AS
05DHAKA6292	SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...]	2005-12-21 03:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH
05DJIBOUTI995	CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) The Republic of Djibouti and the People's Republic of China have had diplomatic relations for 26 of the 28 years Djibouti has been independent. Over those 26 years, China has given a substantial amount of aid to Djibouti in the form of loans, grants, building projects and cooperative trade [...]	2005-10-05 13:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN EINV ENRG ETTC PHUM SENV AF CH DJ
05DUBLIN1501	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRISH SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, Post delivered ref A talking points to Siobhan Coyne, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy European Correspondent. Coyne noted that Ireland would strongly support an increased EU presence in Kosovo as part of the final status outcome, and she concurred with U [...]	2005-12-12 08:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EI YI BK IZ AF EUN

05DUBLIN1558	IRISH UNDECIDED ON PLEDGE FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-28 17:20:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF EI
05DUBLIN309	IRELAND/AFGHANISTAN: GOI TO FUND THRU UN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 17:23:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AF UK PREL SNAR EUN
05DUSHANBE1746	TAJIKISTAN: JAPANESE CHARGE: "TOKYO LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS [...] (SBU) New Japanese Charge d'affaires Hiroshi Takahashi called on the Ambassador on October 26. Unlike his, Takahashi is energetic and brimming with ideas based on his extensive experience in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. 2. (U) Takahashi noted his government established the "Japan Plus Cen [...]	2005-10-31 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD ELAB KDEM JA IN AF UZ TI
05DUSHANBE2094	"WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...]	2005-12-27 10:22:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TI RS AF
05FRANKFURT6995	Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Logar, Afghanistan),an Afghan imam living in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, for reportedly being a "hate- preacher," a crime under the immigration law that went int [...]	2005-09-14 14:05:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PHUM GM AF
05GENEVA2655	UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...]	2005-11-01 14:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR
05HELSINKI160	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH FM: MIDDLE EAST IS "NUMBER [...] (C) Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja invited the Ambassador to a working lunch February 2. Tuomioja was more relaxed and upbeat than we have seen for some time; the Ambassador was received unusually warmly and a cordial atmosphere existed throughout. The FM welcomed the President's Fe [...]	2005-02-04 15:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF ID CH MARR CASC KIPR FI EUN
05HELSINKI186	AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH PRESIDENT HALONEN [...] (C) In a meeting over lunch February 11, Finnish President Tarja Halonen reinforced in person what we have already heard from her staff: that she would appreciate an opportunity to meet with the President. Halonen told the Ambassador that she wants to take a leading role in promoting the norma [...]	2005-02-14 17:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF CH IZ RS FI EUN
05ISLAMABAD15862	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...]	2005-10-22 18:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK PGOV AF
05ISLAMABAD16005	KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...]	2005-10-25 01:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK
05KABUL4948	INTIMIDATION FORCES VILLAGERS TO INCREASINGLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local NGOs in Kandahar report increased intimidation by anti-coalition forces. This, compounded by continuing corruption, creates an extremely difficult environment for aid organizations. Villagers are asking NGOs not to return. Corrupt officials are impeding their work in other [...]	2005-12-07 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL4953	KANDAHAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL NOT REPRESENTATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kandahar and local NGOs told the Ambassador that the newly elected Provincial Council is not representative of the province's population and is being circumvented by use of the shura system. They believe the shuras currently are a better means to identify and add [...]	2005-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL4967	KARZAI DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE BUDGET WITH [...] (SBU) President Karzai and AID Administrator Natsios on November 17 ran through a tour dhorizon of the progress of U.S. assistance programs, Afghan needs, U.S. budget realities, and plans for counter-narcotics work in the coming year. While Karzai continues to believe a twenty percent reduct [...]	2005-12-07 12:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL4971	AFGHANISTAN (WITH UK HELP) LEADS BABY STEPS TOWARD [...] (SBU) The joint GoA and UK-hosted Regional Economic Cooperation Conference was held in Kabul December 4 and 5. The event featured an opening address by President Karzai, and speeches by GoA economic ministers and regional delegates, who were primarily at the ministerial and vice- ministerial l [...]	2005-12-08 05:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KPWR EAID PGOV AF
05KABUL4976	PRT FARAH: A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. MOI replaced Farah Provinces Chief of Police Colonel Allah Wadin Noorzai on November 14 with Brigadier General Said Agha. First indications are favorable although he must deal with issues of ingrained corruption, bribery and a poorly-functioning judicial system. On Nov [...]	2005-12-08 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AF
05KABUL4985	CODEL MURPHY/SKELTON MEETS KARZAI [...] (SBU) Congressmen Murphy, Skelton, and Marshall, accompanied by Ambassador Neumann, met with President Karzai on November 24 to discuss U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. Karzai expected the inauguration of the newly elected Parliament to occur December 18 or 19 since announced for the 19th. He [...]	2005-12-08 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV SNAR PARM MASS AF
05KABUL4988	PRT/GHAZNI: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS WORK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Ghazni's recently seated Provincial Council met cordially on December 3, their second official meeting since a contentious election for Council officers and Meshrano Jirga members. Council members agreed that the main purpose of the Council is to keep the Provincial Ad [...]	2005-12-09 06:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5010	KARZAI'S MESHRANO JIRGA APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Karzai released his official list of 34 appointments to the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper House of Parliament) on December 10. The list fulfills Afghan Electoral Law requirements that he include 17 women, two Kuchi representatives, and two representatives of the martyrs and [...]	2005-12-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5024	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT FOR WASHINGTON REVIEW [...] (SBU) This cable includes the full text of the December 11 revised Afghanistan Compact and three Annexes for Washington review. This final revision reflects the bulk of consensus recommendations reached at a series of December 2- 5 PrepCom meetings held on the margins of the Kabul Regional Ec [...]	2005-12-13 02:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5025	CN ACTIVITIES IN THE JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Justice reform and law enforcement are key components of Embassy Kabul's Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan (CIP). Over the past two months, the DOJ prosecutors (assigned to the Embassy) have made significant progress in establishing legal institutions and reforming laws to ens [...]	2005-12-13 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PTER PREL KCRM AF
05KABUL5027	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT - ONE WEEK UNTIL INAUGURATION DAY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the final week before Afghanistan's first Parliamentary Inauguration in 30 years, discussions among MPs are intently focused on who will take the "plum jobs" in the new National Assembly. Despite skepticism among some partisan politicians in Kabul, both the Ambassador and USG [...]	2005-12-13 05:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5032	AFGHANISTAN (WITH UK HELP) LEADS BABY STEPS TOWARD [...] (SBU) The joint GoA and UK-hosted Regional Economic Cooperation Conference was held in Kabul December 4 and 5. The event featured an opening address by President Karzai, and speeches by GoA economic ministers and regional delegates, who were primarily at the ministerial and vice- ministerial l [...]	2005-12-13 10:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KPWR EAID PGOV AF
05KABUL5033	REHABILITATING STATE-RUN ARIANA AIRLINES [...] (SBU) The President of state-owned flag carrier Ariana, Nadir Atash, has ambitious plans to revamp the airline by upgrading its personnel, aircraft, systems and maintenance. Today Atash confronts a large and largely ineffective workforce, massive corruption and persistent nepotism. Even with [...]	2005-12-13 10:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR ECON AF
05KABUL5034	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-13 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5038	HELMAND GOVERNOR SENT TO PARLIAMENT; REPLACED BY [...] (U) President Karzai has named Engineer Mohammad Daoud, currently holding a senior position at the National Security Council, as the new Governor of Helmand Province. Per reftel, outgoing Governor Mullah Shir Mohammad Akhund is leaving Helmand to take a seat in the Meshrano Jirga (MJ, Upper H [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5039	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5042	EMERGING AFGHAN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO MANAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. USDOJ and CFC-A representatives briefed a delegation of Afghan officials on the fundamentals of an interagency process. The GOA officials are to become the working group that will decide the form of the process Afghanistan will use to receive detainees transferred by the USG. [...]	2005-12-14 08:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KAWC AF
05KABUL5047	GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS, AND MISSISSIPPI MEET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH THE GOVERNORS OF GEORGIA, KANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI AND GENERAL BLUM, KARZAI WAS IN A GENIAL MOOD, HIGHLIGHTING PROGRESS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS, BUT PRESSING FOR CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESS. HE PRAISED THE AFGHAN PEOPLE'S COMMITMENT TO DEMOC [...]	2005-12-14 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
05KABUL5050	KARZAI PROMISES RESULTS ON CN, ASKS FOR GREATER [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai convened a meeting of his cabinet on December 11 to press for implementation of the GOA's Counter Narcotics (CN) strategy. In the meeting, Karzai addressed the disparity between UNODC's (21 percent reduction) and the USG's (48 percent reduction) survey results reg [...]	2005-12-14 08:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF
05KABUL5051	DEPUTY MINISTER DAUD BOLSTERS OPERATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) On December 11, 2005, Deputy Minister General Daud Daud of the Ministry of Interior (MOI),Alistair Corbett of the UK Drugs Team and Doug Wankel Director of Embassy Kabul's CN Task Force, met with General Wardak of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). General Wardak, who had previously worked wit [...]	2005-12-14 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV AF
05KABUL5052	FINANCE MINISTRY DEFLECTS CUSTOMS REFORM [...] (C) Afghan customs reform is lagging due to weak GoA commitment and systemic corruption at all levels. In discussions between USAID and its implementing partner Bearing Point (BP) and with the UK,s DFID and its implementing partner Adam Smith International (ASI),there was broad agreement th [...]	2005-12-14 09:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV AF
05KABUL5066	MINISTRY OF FRONTIERS AND TRIBAL AFFAIRS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Minister of Frontiers and Tribal Affairs Alhaj Sayeed Ahmad Haqbeen described for Poloffs the important work of his Ministry in supporting national unity and understanding. The key competencies of the Ministry of Frontier and Tribal Affairs (MFTA) are promoting the nation [...]	2005-12-14 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AF
05KABUL5071	PRT/GHOR - PICNIC POLITICS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PolOffs and Chaghcharan AIDOff spent the afternoon of December 8 with Ghor Governor Afzali, former Ghor Governor and current MP Dr. Mohammad Ibrahim Malekzada, and several of Afzali's wealthy family members chatting about local politics in classic Afghan style - over a lavish meal [...]	2005-12-14 15:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM AF
05KABUL5076	THE DIPLOMATIC COMMUNITY DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) On December 13, 2006, a diplomatic delegation lead by Canadian Ambassador David Sproule delivered a demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Abdullah addressing the arrest, trial proceedings, and jail sentence of Afghan journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab. The delegation included Amb [...]	2005-12-15 04:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IR RS BO AF UNGA SEP
05KABUL5089	IRAQ: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ AF
05KABUL5092	COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM - AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In 2005, Afghanistan continued its progress toward building a democratic government. The 2004 Presidential elections were followed by national assembly and provincial council elections in September 2005. In spite of Taliban threats to disrupt the democratic process, only minor inciden [...]	2005-12-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO AF
05KABUL5110	POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...]	2005-12-17 03:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5118	DUELING AFGAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) An ongoing battle between the AID-supported Afghan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the GTZ- supported Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industry is heating up with a proposed law that would effectively eliminate the AICC, dealing a significant blow to the development of an inde [...]	2005-12-17 14:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL EAID PGOV AF
05KABUL5120	CN MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF BADAKHSHAN IN KABUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 6, 2005 meeting at the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN),Badakhshan Governor Majeed spoke about rural development assistance and reduction of opium cultivation with MCN Minister Qaderi and representatives of the MCN, UK Embassy, and US Embassy. Several members [...]	2005-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5121	TWO SCHOOLS ATTACKED IN HELMAND [...] (SBU) A TEACHER WAS KILLED ON DECEMBER 16 IN NAD ALI DISTRICT IN HELMAND PROVINCE. ALTHOUGH THE MOTIVE WAS UNCLEAR, TERRORISM IS LIKELY. ON DECEMBER 17, ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL TOOK PLACE, THIS TIME IN THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. TWO MEN ON A MOTORCYCLE DROVE TO THE KARTELEGON SCH [...]	2005-12-18 03:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
05KABUL5147	DONOR PLEDGING FOR THE AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel demarche request, on December 17 Ambassador informed President Karzai of USG efforts to encourage international donors to consider new financial pledges to Afghanistan at the upcoming Jan 31 - Feb 1 London Conference and to accelerate disbursements of funds they have already p [...]	2005-12-19 05:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AF
05KABUL5169	PRT HERAT: ANA/ANP NAB RENEGADE JAMIAT COMMANDER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please do not release to ISAF. 2. (SBU) In a combined operation on December 13, ANP and ANA elements succeeded in apprehending renegade Jamiat Commander Mullah Mustafa, who had been responsible for extensive illegal roadblocks, banditry and [...]	2005-12-19 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5176	INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...]	2005-12-20 07:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF
05KABUL5180	PRT: BADGHIS: AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN PROVINCE [...] Summary: In one of the poorest countries in the world, Badghis is one of (out of 34) the poorest provinces in Afghanistan. There is no paved road network, no electricity except for a few small generators, and no radio reception outside the capital of Qal I Now. Apart from its presence in Q [...]	2005-12-20 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR EAID SNAR AF
05KABUL5181	KUNDUZ POLITICS OF CORRUPTION IN THE BAGHLAN [...] (U) Summary: Highway Police forces throughout the north and northeast and Afghan National Police (ANP) forces in Baghlan province are both dominated by Tajik warlords and drug traffickers. General Abdul Khalil has assigned former jihadi/Hezb-i-Islami loyalists from Baghlans Andarab District [...]	2005-12-20 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF GE
05KABUL5185	URGENT RESOURCE REQUEST TO SUPPORT AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) We have long recognized the Border Management Initiative (BMI) as a top USG priority for mission success in Afghanistan givendue to its links to GoA revenue generation, security, and counter-narcotics initiatives. Reftel laid out the basic elements of a BMIn approach that we now make mor [...]	2005-12-20 18:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS ECON EFIN AF
05KABUL5186	PRT/FARAH: SEXUAL POLITICS OVERSHADOW AS [...] (SBU) Summary: Five men and three women were sworn in as Provincial Councilors in Farah Province November 10. Gender division was overcome with the decision to elect a woman to the Vice Chairperson position. Aside from a momentary gaffe from Governor Wasefi as he tried to make the selection [...]	2005-12-21 10:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5188	Poetry and Motion - Sikhs and Hindus Return to [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 11 poetry reading hosted by the Paktia Literary Society not only opened Gardez's new Afghan Government-built Marriage Hall but also revealed significant progress in the faith of the people in the GOA. A three hour gathering of some 300 Pashto men in Gardez's unheat [...]	2005-12-21 10:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
05KABUL5194	MOI MINISTER DAOUD PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON CN [...] Summary: (U) Ambassador Neumann met with General Daoud Daoud, Afghan Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter Narcotics (CN),on December 17. The Ambassador used this first meeting as an opportunity to congratulate Daoud on the progress his Ministry has made on CN issues and encouraged him to c [...]	2005-12-21 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KRIM SNAR AF
05KABUL5198	PRT HERAT: TROUBLING ISSUES AFFECT HERAT'S DIAG [...] (C) Summary: Herat Governor Anwari is angered by reported MOI criticism of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) in his province. It is Kabul, he affirmed at the December 14 weekly DIAG Committee meeting, which is underperforming. The GOA, moreover, has failed, so far, to force Herat's [...]	2005-12-21 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
05KABUL5200	QANOONI ELECTED SPEAKER OF WOLESI JIRGA IN SECOND [...] (U) KABUL MP YOUNUS QANOONI WON THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER OF THE WOLESI JIRGA (LOWER HOUSE) IN A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 21. IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF VOTING, QANOONI TOOK 108 VOTES; KABUL MP USTAD ABDRAB ALRASOUL SAYAFF HAD 88 VOTES; PAKTIKA MP PEER SAYED ISHAQ GAIL [...]	2005-12-21 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AF
05KABUL5201	JAILED JOURNALIST ALI MOHAQIQ NASAB RELEASED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jailed journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab was released from jail with a suspended six-month sentence. During the hearing Nasab gave a one-sentence apology stating, "I ask the court to forgive me if I caused any confusion and problem." This statement appeased the court and the orig [...]	2005-12-22 02:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER AF
05KABUL5219	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT: SELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKERS [...] (C) Begin summary: Both houses of the Afghan Parliament have now selected Deputy Speakers, ending a week of behind-the-scenes horse trading and bargaining for the coveted positions. Although the actual promises may never be fully revealed,the result has been a list of names that reflect both [...]	2005-12-22 13:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AF
05KABUL5223	Update on CN Activities 11/20-12/20 [...] Summary: The Counter Narcotics Public Information (CNPI) campaign is entering phase two: eradication, which will be folded into ongoing rule of law and health campaigns. Hiring for PEP teams continues with the aim of hiring of Afghan staff by early January and the hiring of the International A [...]	2005-12-24 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5234	PRT GHAZNI FIRST PROVINCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Afghan justice officials, including representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Supreme Court, and Attorney General?s office, attended a conference with provincial justice officials December 14-15 in Ghazni Province. The conference was hosted by the provincial go [...]	2005-12-26 06:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID KDEM AF
05KABUL5245	HOW THE WEST ISN'T DONE: AMBASSADOR VISITS HERAT [...] (C) During a December 11-12 visit to Herat, Ambassador observed many of the problems which threaten commercial investment, provincial stability, and rule of law. Although rightly proud of their accomplishments, Herati industrialists face an almost insurmountable task if they are to survive. [...]	2005-12-27 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KABUL5250	IMPACT OF SMUGGLING ON AFGHAN INDUSTRY: HERAT [...] (SBU) PRT Herat State and USAID officers visited a Herat gypsum manufacturer who had been forced to end production due to a flood of lower-priced Iranian gypsum being dumped on the Afghan market. The GoA, in theory, prohibits gypsum imports (used in plaster, whitewash, chalk, etc.) in order, t [...]	2005-12-27 09:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD AF
05KABUL5256	REVISED AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] (SBU) The GoA pushed back strongly against Washington's undercutting the reciprocal balance of the Afghanistan Compact but accepted most of our other points. In a December 24 meeting, Senior Economic Advisor to the President Naderi and UNAMA Deputy SRSG Haq reviewed with Ambassador the lates [...]	2005-12-27 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV AF
05KABUL5260	AFGHANISTAN'S WINTER FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) A diesel fuel shortage in Afghanistan threatens to leave Kabul, Kandahar and other regions cold and in the dark this winter. USAID currently provides the GoA with diesel fuel for power generation that is both expensive and logistically challenging to supply. Recent losses of diesel fu [...]	2005-12-27 13:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AF
05KABUL5268	PRT/BAMYAN: GOVERNMENT TAKES FIRST STEPS TOWARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bamyan Provincial authorities may be unelected but they appear to grasp the idea that their legitimacy derives from the people. The Governor's office organized and hosted a PRT-funded two-day conference outlining ongoing development activity in Bamyan. Participants appreciated [...]	2005-12-28 11:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON PHUM SOCI AF
05KABUL5272	PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO IMPROVING [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann met with newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin in a December 28 courtesy call. Azizuddin is dedicated to improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arrived with a mandate to attack all irritants in the bilateral relationship as they appear. Th [...]	2005-12-29 05:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK AF
05KABUL5273	PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEASTERN ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a goo 2. (SBU) PRT PolOff discussed the goal with the Governor, as well as Goal Of Connecting Pakistan and the Ring Road in Zabul 3. (SBU) Governor Armans vision is to have a good road connect Qalat Shinkay District 4. [...]	2005-12-29 06:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF
05KABUL5274	PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR CHIEF OF POLICE APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointe Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on Decembe 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been activ campaigning to kee [...]	2005-12-29 07:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KABUL5292	CORRECTED COPY PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a good road connecting the Ring Road in Qalat to the Pakistani border in southeastern Zabul Province. The road improvement is underway (with US funding),but the districts are not secure yet nor under the effective control of the ce [...]	2005-12-31 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF
05KABUL5297	CORRECTED COPY: PRT JALALABAD: NEW NANGARHAR [...] (SBU) Summary. Governor Gul Agha Sherzai welcomed newly appointed Nangarhar Police Chief Basir Salangi at a special ceremony on December 27 attended by district chiefs of police, the Nangarhar chief justice, and other key judicial sector personnel. Sherzai, who has been actively campaigning [...]	2005-12-31 06:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SNAR AF
05KATHMANDU2333	AFGHANISTAN'S INCLUSION INTO SAARC [...] (C) On October 26, Acting Foreign Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha, in response to DCM sounding him out about Nepal's support for Afghan inclusion in SAARC (reftel),stated that SAARC would have to reach a consensus decision. He acknowledged that the idea had been floated in the past, but sai [...]	2005-10-27 00:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AF NP
05KINSHASA1365	CONGO/B: CHINESE PRESENCE IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As was stated in Ref B, Chinese presence in the Republic of Congo (ROC) is on the rise. One corporation is constructing a hydroelectric dam, another is building low-income housing, another is bringing drinking water to low-income communities, and yet another is expanding televi [...]	2005-08-24 13:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CH ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ENRG ETTC PHUM PREL ETRD SENV CF ENIV
05KUWAIT1677	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) PolChief discussed reftel demarche with Hamad Al-Ahmad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor - Chief of Asian Affairs on April 20 and 24. Al-Hamad reported that Kuwait pledged $30 million at the January 2002 Tokyo Internat [...]	2005-04-25 09:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID AF KU
05KUWAIT3850	KUWAIT FUND DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES AID TO [...] (U) Action request at para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, the Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),Abdulwahab Al-Bader, made the following key points: (1) GOK has donated 25 million USD in grants to the [...]	2005-08-28 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PINR PTER KU AF IZ GZ CH WB TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4624	OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...]	2005-10-29 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF
05KUWAIT4626	OVERVIEW OF GOK ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable provides an overview of GOK assistance to Afghanistan, including outstanding GOA arrears with the GOK's Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED). The following information is current as of October 2005 and was provided to the Embassy by KFAED in response to [...]	2005-10-29 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF
05KUWAIT5232	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: "AFGHANISTAN COMPACT" [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KU AF
05LJUBLJANA597	SLOVENIA: AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT [...] Polecon Chief discussed reftel points with OSCE Task Force member Alesa Sovinc on August 9. Sovinc said the Government of Slovenia was interested in ensuring the success of election monitoring in Afghanistan. However, it does not have extra funds to donate towards the effort. As Chairman i [...]	2005-08-17 04:48:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF SI
05MADRID109	SPAIN: NO DECISION YET ON ISAF STAGE II [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Deputy National Security Adviser Maria Jesus Alonso on 1/11, following up on recent Embassy calls on Alonso and other GOS officials to encourage Spanish participation in ISAF Stage II through leadership of a PRT. Poloff stressed the importance of the issue to t [...]	2005-01-12 16:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1564	SPAIN: RESPONSE TO FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 09:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF SP UNSC
05MADRID1693	SPAIN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Spanish Defense and Foreign Ministry officials said they will reevaluate the caveats placed on their forces in Afghanistan in light of Spain's new missions there: leading a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Current caveats on Spanish operations in Afghanistan will bec [...]	2005-05-04 07:52:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID1751	SPAIN: RESPONSE ON CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 13:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF SP NATO
05MADRID2353	SPAIN'S DEVELOPMENT AGENCY STILL CONSIDERING [...] This is an action message. USAID, Please see paragraph 3. 2. Econoff met June 17 with Deputy Director for Africa and Asia Cristina Diaz Fernandez-Gil at Spain's Development Agency (AECI) to discuss AECI's planning for the Spanish Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) at Qal-i-now. Diaz said [...]	2005-06-17 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV MOPS AF SP NATO
05MADRID2967	SPAIN: ZAPATERO'S CAREFUL HELO CRASH RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Through the first 24 hours after two Spanish helicopters crashed in Afghanistan on August 16, killing 17 Spanish soldiers and injuring five others, President Zapatero and Defense Minister Bono have responded quickly and efficiently, garnering positive press and few public complaints. Cl [...]	2005-08-17 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR SP AF
05MADRID395	SPAIN ON AFGHANISTAN, ISAF STAGE II CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Summary. Coordinator for Afghanistan Maureen Quinn, accompanied by Department of Defense, JCS, and State Department officers met with Spanish MOD, MFA and Presidency officials on 1/26 to discuss Spain's commitment to lead a PRT in western Afghanistan. Just before Ambassador Quinn's arrival, the [...]	2005-02-02 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF SP NATO
05MANAMA1668	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...]	2005-11-14 10:16:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1669	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 11:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. Kirk Wolcott (notetaker) 2. (U) SUMMARY. One of two main components of the second BMENA Forum for the Future, held November 12 in Bahrain, centered on the continuing need to promote knowledge and education throughout the region (the s [...]	2005-11-14 10:21:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1670	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...]	2005-11-14 10:23:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1671	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE [...] SUMMARY. Initial contributing governments to the Foundation for the Future and Fund for the Future gathered for a public announcement of the new initiatives on the margins of the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama. All speakers emphasized the importance of democratic an [...]	2005-11-14 10:38:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA1676	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...]	2005-11-14 11:51:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA
05MANAMA560	BAHRAIN: FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Upon receiving confirmation that the British Embassy had demarched the GOB on counternarcotics contributions to Afghanistan, PolOff delivered the follow-up reftel message to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al [...]	2005-04-16 14:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AF UK BA
05NAIROBI666	KENYA: USITC STUDY ON EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON AF KE AGOA
05NDJAMENA1492	CHINA'S LIMITED INFLUENCE IN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 1997, N'Djamena's official recognition of Taiwan has limited Chinese influence in Chad. Chinese firms, however, are interested in becoming involved in Chad's oil sector. Chad is not taking the People's Republic of China up on recent overtures. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2005-10-04 13:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON CD EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PREL SENV AF CH ENIV
05NEWDELHI1427	NOTHING MAJOR FROM JACK STRAW'S NEW DELHI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's February 16-18 visit to India yielded "nothing major," according to the UK High Commission, and was distinctly low key compared to earlier stops in Kabul and Islamabad. Straw signed two immigration/law enforcement agreements, and discussed Indo-Pak [...]	2005-02-24 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM IN NP BG AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI1521	KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...]	2005-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK
05NEWDELHI2473	COUNTERNARCOTICS DEMARCHE: INDIAN AID WILL BE [...] (C) Poloff delivered counternarcotics demarche (Ref A) to MEA Director (Afghanistan) Tsewang Namgyal on April 1 following confirmation from British High Commission of delivery of the Jack Straw letter. Namgyal confirmed our UK colleague's report that India is not considering a contribution t [...]	2005-04-01 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR IN UK AF
05NEWDELHI2567	ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR AFGHANISTAN: INDIA WILL [...] (SBU) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns on April 6 that while India had not received any specific request from Kabul for assistance with the September 8 parliamentary elections, New Delhi was willing to look favorably at our request. Sinha emphasized [...]	2005-04-06 09:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM AF IN
05NEWDELHI2964	REGIONAL DIALOGUE WITH A/S ROCCA: BANGLADESH, SRI [...] (C) Summary: During the April 18 Regional Dialogue meeting with SA Assistant Secretary Christina Rocca, Joint Secretary Neelam Deo (Bangladesh, Sri Lanka) expressed SIPDIS satisfaction that the USG's assessment of trends in Bangladesh had moved closer to New Delhi's. Her comments focused [...]	2005-04-20 12:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BG CE AF IN
05NEWDELHI3308	INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN; [...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...]	2005-05-02 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3647	GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...]	2005-05-13 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN PK AF GOI
05NEWDELHI3745	MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...]	2005-05-18 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI3746	AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...]	2005-05-18 13:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF
05NEWDELHI3769	MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG),with a r [...]	2005-05-19 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI395	INDIA COMMITTED TO PUL-I-KHUMRI, INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran) Arun K Singh and newly appointed Ambassador to Afghanistan Rakesh Sood provided an update on Indian projects in Afghanistan, noting proudly that with the exception of the Parliament building and the Pul-i-Khumri [...]	2005-01-14 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI4124	GOI AGREES TO COORDINATION ON PUL-I-KHUMRI, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with a delegation from Embassy and USAID Kabul and the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW),MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Dilip Sinha agreed to Indian participation as necessary in a donor Steering Committee in Kabul to coordinate technical de [...]	2005-06-02 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG PREL IN AF PK

05NEWDELHI5048	U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...]	2005-07-01 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US
05NEWDELHI5117	AFGHAN FM ABDULLAH DISCUSSES TALIBAN VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah's July 3-5 visit to New Delhi was uneventful, but gave the GOI a chance to display its continued commitment to Afghan reconstruction and its determination to play a role in Central Asia through its relationships in Afghanistan. According to the Af [...]	2005-07-05 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IN PK UNSC
05NEWDELHI5319	INDIA HOPING TO LURE NEPAL MAOISTS INTO POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a July 11 meeting with MEA Joint Secretary (North) Ranjit Rae, PolCouns emphasized the need to SIPDIS coordinate USG and GOI policy to prevent sending mixed messages to the Nepalese political parties, Maoists, and King, and expressed concern about the risks inherent in New [...]	2005-07-11 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM PTER IN NP AF CE
05NEWDELHI5446	GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...]	2005-07-14 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR
05NEWDELHI5521	INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS [...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...]	2005-07-18 10:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK
05NEWDELHI6308	INDIA READY TO WORK WITH US ON AFGHAN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) India stands ready to provide any assistance Afghanistan requests for elections and Parliamentary training, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns on August 12. The Prime Minister will lay the cornerstone of the Indian-constructed Parliament building [...]	2005-08-12 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM IN AF
05NEWDELHI6312	MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]	2005-08-12 13:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6691	PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...]	2005-08-31 12:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6797	PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...]	2005-09-02 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR
05NEWDELHI6931	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: A/DCM and Poloff called on new MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora on September 6 and SIPDIS delivered Refs A and B demarches, underlining the importance in the new US-India relationship for India to be seen [...]	2005-09-08 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN PHUM KDEM KUNR IN AF UNGA GOI
05NEWDELHI7259	INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS [...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...]	2005-09-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA
05NEWDELHI7346	INDIA QUICK TO COMMEND AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The MEA released a supportive statement on September 19 welcoming the Parliamentary and provincial elections in Afghanistan, calling the polls "an important stage in Afghanistan's journey towards a peaceful, stable and prosperous society," and a demonstration of the population's choice [...]	2005-09-20 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI7494	GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...]	2005-09-26 13:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN
05NEWDELHI8007	MEA "VERY SUPPORTIVE" OF AFGHAN SAARC MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha -- after reading Reftel demarche -- said the GOI is "very supportive" of Afghanistan joining SAARC. Sinha reported that the GOI has raised this topic repeatedly with the GOA, [...]	2005-10-14 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IN AF XD
05NEWDELHI8008	MEA ESTIMATES ZARANJ-DELARAM ROAD COMPLETION BY [...] (SBU) Further to Ref A demarche, PolCouns and Poloff met on October 14 with MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha, who reiterated that, because of delays in procuring supplies and fuel for the Zaranj-Delaram road project from Iran, the completion date has slipped from [...]	2005-10-14 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELTN EAID IN AF
05NEWDELHI8247	NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...]	2005-10-24 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH
05NEWDELHI8628	INDIA AND THE KABUL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff shared Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Acquino Vimal on October 8, reiterating USG appreciation for India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction and urging continued commitment in the next phase of assistance. Vimal reported that the GOI intends to continue [...]	2005-11-09 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN IN AF
05NEWDELHI8933	INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...]	2005-11-25 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK
05NEWDELHI9752	GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS [...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...]	2005-12-27 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF
05NEWDELHI9771	MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...]	2005-12-28 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK
05OTTAWA1226	CANADA: DEMARCHE ON FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) In a conversation on April 20 with Foreign Affairs Canada contacts (please protect),poloff was told privately that GoC financial assistance to the Afghanistan elections could be in the range of CDN 5-10 million (approximately USD 4-8 million). The amount of the contribution is expected t [...]	2005-04-22 19:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF CA UNSC
05OTTAWA1410	CANADA ON ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) Though Canada has not/not provided a formal response to ref b demarche, the GOC's position on ISAF-related caveats was discussed on the margins of the April 27 US-Canada polmil talks. Paul Chapin, Director General for Security Policy at Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) explained that the cavea [...]	2005-05-10 19:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF CA NATO FAC
05OTTAWA1487	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: ISAF CAVEATS [...] (C) In a diplomatic note (No. IDR0258) dated May 17, 2005, Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) provided a formal response to our demarche on ISAF caveats (ref (c)),delivered April 5,2005. Text follows: 2. (C) Begin text. Canada recognizes the potentially detrimental effect national caveats ca [...]	2005-05-17 19:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF CA NATO
05OTTAWA1497	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: CIVILIAN COMPONENTS OF PRTS [...] (C) Post delivered ref demarche to Foreign Affairs Canada on May 5; however, it is only recently that we have been able to reach officers in the North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations Division (IDR). Our key contacts have been unavailable due to a convergence of travel [...]	2005-05-18 16:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF CA NATO
05OTTAWA1728	CANADA AGREES TO PROVIDE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES [...] (S) Polmiloff met with Foreign Affairs Director for Defense Relations Barbara Martin on June 7, 2005, at the latter's request. Martin wanted to convey officially the Canadian Government's positive response to USG's December 2004 request for Canadian Special Operations Forces for Operation End [...]	2005-06-08 11:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL CA AF
05OTTAWA1755	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC LIKELY TO PROCEED [...] (S) Reftel reported that the GOC is proceeding with consideration of listing HIG domestically under Canada's Criminal Code but would solicit input from the USG and the Government of Afghanistan. On June 8, Foreign Affairs Canada informed post that FM Minister Abdullah, during a meeting in th [...]	2005-06-09 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR KTFN CA AF
05OTTAWA2148	TERRORIST FINANCE - OTTAWA: GOC ON HIG [...] (S) Foreign Affairs Canada has received the information that was provided to the Canadian Embassy regarding the US position on designation of HIG (ref A). Our FAC counterpart tells us that they do not, at this point, have individual names that could be designated but welcome collaboration in [...]	2005-07-15 14:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN CA SA AF
05OTTAWA2368	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON CLOSING THE GAP [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to Nadia Ahmad, Foreign Affairs Canada Policy Advisor for Afghanistan, and Econoff delivered them to Jonathan Lane, Desk Officer at CIDA. We were told that Canada is fully supportive of making the elections work and will do whatever it can to ensure [...]	2005-08-05 16:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CA AF EAID
05OTTAWA3347	CANADA COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON KABUL AGENDA [...] (U) Polmiloff delivered reftel points on November 8 to Foreign Affairs Canada desk officers Pamela Isfeld in the Peacekeeping and Peace Operations group (IRP) and Richard Arbeiter, senior policy advisor in the South Asia division. Both welcomed USG views on the Kabul Agenda and re-affirmed Can [...]	2005-11-09 19:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL EAID CA AF
05OTTAWA3417	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CANADA UNABLE TO BOOST [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 20:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NL CA
05OTTAWA3454	CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-21 21:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ECON KPWR PGOV AF CA
05PARIS1139	CODEL SMITH MEETS CHIRAC, FRENCH OFFICIALS, JANUARY 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: During their January 31st stop in Paris, Senators Smith, Biden, Leahy, Chambliss, Shelby and Hatch discussed the status of the bilateral relationship, Iraq, Iran proliferation, Afghanistan, the EUÂ´s arms embargo on China, and anti-Semitism in France in separate meetings with French [...]	2005-02-23 11:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL KNNP MARR IZ AF FR
05PARIS1838	FRENCH FOLLOW-UP ON BRITISH REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-18 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AF UK PREL SNAR FR
05PARIS1839	FRANCE TO HOST WORKING-LEVEL COORDINATION MEETING [...] On March 17 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Cyril Gerardon about the scheduled March 29 working-level coordination meeting, the topic of which will be "Setting up the Afghan Parliament." Gerardon provided a schedule for the meeting saying that the goal of the conference is to [...]	2005-03-18 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF FR
05PARIS2135	PRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PK IN AF FR
05PARIS2270	FRENCH VIEWS ON NEW U.S. SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS IN AF PK FR
05PARIS2444	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE OPPOSED TO CAVEATS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed on April 4 reftel points requesting that France lift its ISAF caveats to Camille Grand, Diplomatic Advisor in the MOD Cabinet, and to Xavier Chatel, NATO-ISAF desk officer at the MFA. They both observed that France is in principle opposed to caveats and pointed to French NATO [...]	2005-04-11 17:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS2586	FRENCH FUNDING STILL UNDETERMINED BUT NOT LIKELY [...] On April 7 reftel points were delivered to French MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Cyril Gerardon. In conversations on April 12 and 13, Gerardon told poloff he hoped his government would be able to contribute to the upcoming Parliamentary elections, but that he did not think that the chances were [...]	2005-04-15 13:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PREL EAID FR UNSC
05PARIS3463	G-8: FRENCH QUESTIONS ON REGIONAL DIALOGUE FOR [...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Per ref request, Econ Chief discussed reftel talking points with Foreign Ministry G-8 Officer, Cyril Pierre. Pierre, was unaware of any prior discussion of such a regional dialogue on Afghanistan in the broader discussions [...]	2005-05-20 08:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AF FR
05PARIS357	NATO/AFGHANISTAN: FRENCH UNDECIDED ON STAGE II [...] (C) Summary: Responding to Ref A demarche for building on NATO foreign minister's meeting, French officials have reiterated their reservations on Provisional Reconstruction Teams (PRT) and are holding off on taking a decision to contribute a quick response force (QRF) for Stage II Forward Supp [...]	2005-01-19 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF FR NATO
05PARIS4348	DEMARCHE REQUEST: JOINT APPROACH IN PRESSING GOA [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AF BE KDEM PREL PHUM PREF EAID FR
05PARIS488	THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]	2005-01-27 10:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS5140	UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL [...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]	2005-07-26 09:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS5608	GOF: ISAF U.N. MANDATE STRONG ENOUGH AS IS; [...] (C) On August 9 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon, who said that the MFA was still studying the mandate in conjunction with MOD officials to determine what changes, if any, would need to be made. On August 18 poloff met with Alexandra Novosseloff of the MOD offic [...]	2005-08-19 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL FR NATO UNSC
05PARIS6534	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]	2005-09-23 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6694	FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND [...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]	2005-09-29 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6934	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]	2005-10-07 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6985	FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS [...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...]	2005-10-11 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS8103	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-29 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF
05PARIS8610	UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: [...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...]	2005-12-22 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF
05PARIS8613	U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PARIS8698	AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent),Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...]	2005-12-30 13:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL AF
05PRAGUE1145	U.S. ANSWERS MFA CONCERNS ABOUT EXPORTS OF CZECH [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 14:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC PREL IZ PGOV EZ AF
05PRAGUE1222	ISAF: CZECHS AGREE ON MANDATE, BUT CAUTIOUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 06:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF EZ NATO UNSC
05PRAGUE1247	CZECH CABINET APPROVES 2006 FOREIGN DEPLOYMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-25 15:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EZ MOPS PREL PGOV AF IZ YI BK
05PRAGUE260	CZECHS SOLICIT U.S. OPINION ON ARMS SALES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is beginning to get a number of requests from Czech arms firms wanting to sell weapons and ammunition to the government of Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has no diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, and consequently [...]	2005-02-23 13:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EZ PARM
05PRAGUE318	CZECH GOVERNMENT SOLICITS US OPINION ON ARMS SALES [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Republic has extensive surpluses of arms and ammunition left over from the days of the Warsaw Pact. Licensing authorities at the MFA are recieving many requests from Czech arms dealers to sell the surplus munitions to the governments in Afgh [...]	2005-03-04 11:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AF IR EZ
05ROME1222	NATO-AFGHANISTAN:ITALY WILL CONSIDER DROPPING [...] (C) On April 12, PolMilOff conveyed Reftel points requesting that Italy lift its ISAF caveat to MFA NATO Office Director Giovanni Brauzzi and to MOD Diplomatic Advisor Achille Amerio. Brauzzi, who has the lead on NATO issues, immediately asked the Italian military Joint Operational Command (C [...]	2005-04-12 13:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1374	ITALY TO PROVIDE FIVE MILLION EURO TO UN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-21 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF IT UNSC AFGHANISTAN
05ROME178	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY ON PRT/FSB RECCE TRIP - [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 15:59:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1824	ITALY/AFGHANISTAN: KIDNAPPING CHILLS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Italy's Special Envoy for Afghanistan, Minister Anna Della Croce, worried that the kidnapping of the Italian CARE International worker might chill humanitarian efforts in Afghanistan. Della Croce and Italy's G8 Sous-Sherpa told us Italy fully supports the [...]	2005-05-27 16:47:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID MARR AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME1859	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MAY 13 DISCUSSIONS IN ROME [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Burns exchanged views with senior Italian Foreign Ministry officials on UN Security Council reform, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Syria/Lebanon, Darfur, and Iran during his May 13 stopover in Rome. On most issues, Italian positions were [...]	2005-06-01 09:45:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS SY LE AF SR IT EUN BI
05ROME211	AFGHANISTAN: PRT/FSB -- ITALY URGENTLY SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action cable. See Paragraphs 2 and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Italy is firm in its commitment and poised to deploy a PRT and FSB to Herat before Afghan parliamentary elections (Reftel A). However, after receiving recent U.S. demarches on Stage II requirements, the Italians are having [...]	2005-01-21 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2625	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES ADDITIONAL MILLION [...] (C) Italy will provide an extra 1,000,000 euros to the UN for Afghanistan's National Assembly elections, scheduled for September 18. Italian Special Envoy on Afghanistan Anna della Croce told polmiloff that DPM/FM Gianfranco Fini pledged the extra million euros to Afghan President Karzai on A [...]	2005-08-05 15:52:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF IT UNDP AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2629	ITALY SUPPORTS CONCEPT OF SEEBRIG DEPLOYMENT [...] Summary. Italy confirms its support for the concept of a SEEBRIG deployment as described in reftels and will work with the U.S. on details of possible implementation. End Summary. 2. On August 4, DATT delivered Reftel A talking points to LTG Fabrizio Castegnetti, newly appointed chief of th [...]	2005-08-08 07:22:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS AF IT NATO AFGHANISTAN
05ROME2734	ITALY SEES NO NEED TO CHANGE ISAF'S UN MANDATE [...] (C) Acting Pol-Mil Counselor and Pol-Mil Officer met with MFA NATO Office Director Brauzzi August 17 to discuss further the renewal of ISAF's UN mandate (reftels). Brauzzi said he saw no need to change the mandate when it comes up for renewal. The real issue, he said, is NATO's OPLAN, which [...]	2005-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF IT NATO
05ROME3465	AFGHAN ROAD CONSTRUCTION, ITALY SAYS AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Giuseppe Cinti, Office Director for Afghanistan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Alessandro Modiano, Office Director for Asia and Latin America, at the MFA's Directorate for Development Cooperation (Italy's USAID equivalent). On October 12, Maia [...]	2005-10-17 11:44:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME3957	ITALY WANTS BROADER ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Director General for Asia Claudio Pacifico told the DCM on November 29 that Italy wants to play a larger role in Afghanistan and made an appeal for closer cooperation on policy with the U.S. He noted that the GOI was reassessing its participation in Afghanistan with an eye t [...]	2005-12-01 17:02:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF IT AFGHANISTAN
05ROME4093	INVESTING IN ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR NATO: [...] (U) Summary. On December 8-10, five Italian foreign affairs advisors to government and opposition political parties took part in a highly successful "Opinion-Makers" NATO tour with follow-on to Afghanistan. In addition to educating Italian policymakers about NATO, the tour's purpose was to de [...]	2005-12-20 09:48:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OPRC MOPS IT AF NATO AFGHANISTAN
05SOFIA283	BULGARIAN DEFENSE EQUIPMENT SALES TO IRAQ AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: We continue to support procurement of military equipment for the security forces in Iraq and Afghanistan as a major USG priority, but aspects of this process at the local level have raised concerns about potential weapons diversion. Embassy has encountered at least one case wh [...]	2005-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IZ AF BU
05SOFIA382	BULGARIA TO SEND 30 MORE TROOPS TO ISAF [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian parliament passed a motion on 24 February that will send an additional 30 troops to participate in the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). This will raise Bulgaria's total ISAF troop commitment to 65. Bulgaria also has 7 soldiers participating in Operation Endu [...]	2005-03-01 09:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR AF BU NATO
05SOFIA999	NATO-AFGHANISTAN: BULGARIA WILL NOT LIFT ISAF [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-03 14:02:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BU NATO
05THEHAGUE1786	NETHERLANDS/MSF: DUTCH SEEK JOINT DEMARCHE IN KABUL [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-23 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE1876	NETHERLANDS: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Sobel, DCM, and POLCOUNS met with Dutch FM Bot on June 30 for a tour d'horizon discussion of outstanding issues. Bot praised the excellent (and improving) state of U.S.-Dutch relations, but identified four irritants to be addressed through ongoing consultations: Dutch d [...]	2005-07-01 12:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ IR AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2271	NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA, [...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]	2005-08-17 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2272	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT ISAF UN MANDATE, LEERY OF [...] (C) DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA regarding the expiration of ISAF,s U.N. mandate. De Groot noted that the Dutch are satisfied with the U.N. mandate as it currently stands [...]	2005-08-17 14:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR NL PREL NATO UNSC
05THEHAGUE235	DUTCH ISAF AND OEF DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) Summary: PolMilOff met with MFA and MOD officials on January 26 and 28 to discuss the current status of Dutch commitments to NATO's ISAF mission and Operation Enduring Freedom. The GONL is not contemplating use of its contingent in NRF IV in support of the parliamentary elections in Afgh [...]	2005-01-31 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NL
05THEHAGUE2565	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STRATEGY FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: According to Lo Casteleijn (Director, General Policy Affairs, MOD),the Dutch government is expected to make a positive decision by the end of October to deploy 1,000 - 1,2000 troops to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan in support of ISAF Stage III. Casteleijn hoped that parliamen [...]	2005-09-21 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE2904	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ISAF STAGE III PLANS KEEP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Head of Conflict Prevention and Crisis Operations Joop Nijssen described recent Dutch-Australian discussions on a possible ISAF Stage III partnership in Uruzghan province as "extremely positive". Australian troop contribution offers exceeded Dutch expectations, while di [...]	2005-10-26 12:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR AF NL REL EUN
05THEHAGUE2947	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POTENTIAL DELAY ON ISAF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Dutch government may delay its planned November 4 presentation to Cabinet on Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III due to security concerns. A delay at this stage would mean a later debate in parliament, but would not necessarily push back the actual deployment. [...]	2005-10-28 16:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL AF MAAR
05THEHAGUE3037	DUTCH POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, FORUM FOR THE FUTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge on November 8, Dutch POLDIR Hugo Siblesz confirmed that Defense Minister Kamp is driving the review of Dutch commitments to ISAF Stage III and stressed that additional support from partners -- including the U.S. -- will be critical to a successful Dutch dep [...]	2005-11-08 17:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE3054	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: WHAT THE DUTCH WANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch officials have compiled a list of conditions for deploying to Uruzghan province in Afghanistan under ISAF Stage III which they shared with SACEUR on November 8. A key Dutch request is that U.S. forces remain at current levels in Zabol and two northern firebases in Uruzghan [...]	2005-11-09 17:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3100	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...]	2005-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3164	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: STAGE III PLANS STILL ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch government has not yet made a decision on participation in ISAF Stage III in Uruzghan province. Prime Minister Balkenende, Foreign Minister Bot and Defense Minister Kamp decided November 23 to postpone a decision on Dutch participation until Balkenende returns the follo [...]	2005-11-23 17:21:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3240	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: PM FAILS TO ALLAY CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PM Balkenende was unable win full Cabinet support December 2 for Dutch plans to participate in ISAF Stage III, a setback that surprised many who thought the Dutch leadership had answered most political concerns after meetings this week with Assistant Secretaries Fried and Flory an [...]	2005-12-02 18:40:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE3304	NETHERLANDS/ISAF: MOVING FORWARD AT A SNAIL'S PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet has delayed taking a decision on a proposed ISAF III Dutch deployment until December 19. Senior government officials will seek to use this time to convince remaining Cabinet members (primarily junior coalition partner D-66 ministers) and to build support for th [...]	2005-12-12 14:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NL AF NATO
05THEHAGUE866	DASD WAXMAN'S CONSULTATIONS WITH GONL ON TREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 24, DASD for Detainee Affairs Matthew Waxman met with senior Dutch MFA and MOD officials and a broad GONL interagency team concerning the treatment of detainees in the Global War on Terror. These consultations grew out of a recent request from FM Bot to Secretary Rice a [...]	2005-04-01 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR AF NL
05THEHAGUE956	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) Poloff met Marit van Zomeren (MFA Afghanistan Desk) April 6 to request augmented Dutch support for subject elections (reftel). Referring to a comprehensive list of Dutch contributions in Afghanistan for the 2001-2005 period (outlined below),van Zomeren said the GoNL had disbursed to UN [...]	2005-04-11 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF UNSC
05VIENNA103	AFGHANISTAN: BUILDING ON NATO MINISTERIAL - [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for South and Southeast Asia Peter Storer on January 12. We expressed appreciation for Austria's ISAF contributions, and reiterated our hope that Austria would further engage in this important international mission by supporting and/or pa [...]	2005-01-12 14:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF AU NATO
05VIENNA1192	FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Embassy discussed ref (a) points on April 5 with Rudolf Lennkh, the Foreign Ministry's A/S-equivalent for the Americas (ref b). We also conveyed the information to Peter Storer, Director for South and Southeast Asia, and followed up with him on April 11. Storer, whose office is coordi [...]	2005-04-12 12:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF AU UNSC
05VIENNA1895	AFGHANISTAN: AUSTRIA SENDING UP TO 100 SOLDIERS [...] (SBU) On June 7, the Austrian Council of Ministers (cabinet) unanimously approved the deployment of up to 100 Austrian soldiers to Afghanistan in August - October 2005. Parliament's standing committee will have to give final approval to the deployment mandate, possibly as early as June 10. [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA1966	AFGHANISTAN: PARLIAMENT APPROVES DEPLOYMENT OF [...] (SBU) On June 10, Parliament's standing committee (Hauptausschuss) unanimously approved the cabinet's decision (ref a) to send up to 100 Austrian soldiers to the ISAF mission in Afghanistan for a period of three months, until October 31, 2005. The Austrian soldiers will join the German PRT i [...]	2005-04-08 12:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AF AU BK SR MK NATO EUN
05VIENNA3832	AUSTRIAN MFA ON DECEMBER EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' [...] (C) Pol Unit chief delivered reftel demarche to Austrian MFA Coordinator for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Andreas Riecken on December 2. We provided (per reftel) documents on the Dayton anniversary and the President's Iraq policy speech. In particular, we underlined the impo [...]	2005-12-07 17:09:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON YI BK AF AU EUN
05VIENNA3956	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN [...] Post delivered reftel demarche to Lydia Saadat, the DAS-level Director for Asia, Middle East and Latin America in the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Division. Saadat said she expected Austria to make a decision after January 9 regarding the level of its commitment at the [...]	2005-12-27 13:28:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV AF AU
05VIENNA907	SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Pol Unit Chief discussed reftel points with Austrian MFA DAS-equivalent for Sub-Saharan Africa Caroline Gudenus on March 18. Gudenus related that an EU fact-finding mission to Somalia in mid-February had found some positive developments. While acceptance of a possible African Union-sp [...]	2005-03-18 16:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SO AF AU UNSC EUN
05VIENNA975	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO UK REQUEST FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) After coordinating with our British colleagues, EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 23 to Johannes Froehlich, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Justice and Home Affairs Division, and Wolfgang Spadinger, Head of the Foreign Ministry's Office for International Cooperation [...]	2005-03-24 13:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR AF UK AU EUN
05VILNIUS1323	LITHUANIA UNFAZED BY U.S. DRAWDOWN; PLANS TO SEND [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A and B points regarding the upcoming January Afghanistan Compact in London and the proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan to Vytautas Leskevicius, head of the MFA's NATO division, on December 21. We also delivered ref B points December 20 to Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting D [...]	2005-12-21 15:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF LH
05VILNIUS240	LITHUANIA WELCOMES U.S. OFFICER ASSIGNMENTS TO PRT [...] This cable contains an action request in para 3. 2. DCM informed MFA Undersecretary Dalius Cekuolis March 8, per reftel, of the USG plan to assign a State Department Officer (retired FSO Michael Metrinko) and a USAID officer to the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Chagcharan [...]	2005-03-09 15:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AF LH
05VILNIUS257	LITHUANIA'S PRT IN CHAGCHARAN: FILLING THE RANKS [...] (C) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department, said the GOL will ask Parliament to double the number of troops deployable to Afghanistan. Jankuaskas provided an update of pledges of [...]	2005-03-15 07:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS350	LITHUANIA: NO ISAF CAVEATS, BUT WOULD CONSIDER ONE [...] (U) This cable contains a request for information. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) We delivered reftel points April 4 on ISAF caveats to Bartas Trakymas, Acting Head of the MOD's International Organizations Division, and to Gediminas Varvuolis, Head of the MFA NATO Division. Trakymas concu [...]	2005-04-06 06:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR LH AF DA

05VILNIUS358	LITHUANIAN-LED PRT: TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministry officials told State POLAD designee to the Lithuania-led PRT Michael Metrinko March 30 - April 1 that Lithuania is moving forward with plans to lead a multinational provincial reconstruction team in Chaghcharan, Afghanistan. The Lithuanians, s [...]	2005-04-06 14:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS367	LITHUANIA PROVIDES UPDATED REQUIREMENT LITH FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOL updated and augmented its needs assessment for the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in the desolate Ghowr province of western Afghanistan. Following the March 30 return from Afghanistan of Lithuania's PRT reconnaissance team, the MFA advanced us a copy [...]	2005-04-07 12:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS417	LITHUANIAN PRT FORCE DEVELOPMENT MEETING: WHERE [...] (C) Summary. Dainius Baublys, the MFA's designated POLAD for the Lithuanian-led Chaghcharan provincial reconstruction team, April 13 expressed dismay at the lack of partner commitments to support the PRT. Baublys said that only few made firm pledges of support and only Iceland's met the GOL's [...]	2005-04-19 11:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS490	LITHUANIA SUPPORTS INCREASED VISIBILITY OVER PRT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding the U.S. proposal to increase visibility over the civilian element of ISAF's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) on May 6 to Gediminas Varvuolis, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, Alvydas Kunigelis, Acting Director of the MOD's Department of Internat [...]	2005-05-11 09:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF LH
05VILNIUS527	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL APPROVES INCREASING [...] Foreign Minister Antanas Valionis told the Ambassador May 19 that he expects speedy passage through parliament of legislation increasing the number of troops the Lithuanian military may deploy to participate in international operations. The Lithuanian State Defense Council, an inter-ministeri [...]	2005-05-19 15:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS609	LITHUANIA DEPLOYS PRT TO AFGHANISTAN; WILL NEED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Intensive U.S. airlift operations in support of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) headed to Chaghcharan, Afghanistan, began from Zokniai airfield June 6. This mission is the most ambitious military undertaking in modern Lithuania's existence, and it enjoys [...]	2005-06-10 14:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PGOV LH AF
05VILNIUS627	LITHUANIA SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON TWO PRT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOL has requested USG assistance in concluding an agreement with the Government of Afghanistan to establish a Lithuanian Special Mission. This agreement is a necessary precondition for the deployment of civilians [...]	2005-06-15 14:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MCAP MARR PREF PGOV LH AF HR
05VILNIUS676	LITHUANIAN OVERSEAS TROOP DEPLOYMENTS AUTHORIZED [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-28 14:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL IZ AF LH
05VILNIUS837	GOL: ISAF MANDATE ADEQUATE, AS IS; CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) We delivered Ref A points on ISAF's mandate to Vytautas Leskevicius, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, on August 10. Leskevicius said that the GOL agrees with the USG position that the current UN mandate is sufficiently broad to allow ISAF to support Afghan security forces in responding to [...]	2005-08-11 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF LH
05WARSAW3104	RENEWAL OF ISAF'S U.N. MANDATE - POLAND NOT AN [...] (C) PolMil Chief shared Ref A views on the ISAF mandate with Jakub Urbanik, action officer for Afghanistan/Iraq operations in the MFA Department of Security Policy, who was familiar with the U.S. intentions for revising the NATO operational plan. After discussing the issue with the Polish NAT [...]	2005-08-12 11:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF PL NATO UNSC
05WELLINGTON340	NEW ZEALAND: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 00:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF NZ UNSC
05ZAGREB586	CROATIA IN AFGHANISTAN: MAY UP CONTRIBUTION & [...] (C ) Rel UK) The GoC MFA NATO Coordinator Pjer Simunovic and MoD Director for International Defense Cooperation Davor Cutic responded on April 7 to reftel demarche that the GoC would reconsider caveats on Afghanistan ISAF deployments. The GoC is currently reviewing increasing its ISAF military [...]	2005-04-13 09:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF HR NATO
06ABUDHABI108	DEMARCHE ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief discussed ref A points with MFA International Organizations Director Yacub al-Hosani January 16. Al-Hosani said the UAEG had not yet determined who will represent the UAE at the conference on Afghanistan, but that the UAEG will support Afghanistan and the objectives of the Af [...]	2006-01-17 13:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF AE
06ABUDHABI1329	UAEG REGISTERS CONCERN OVER TENSION BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: On March 29, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Al Noaimi expressed concern about growing tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and suggested including India in trilateral talks to ease the fricti [...]	2006-04-04 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI1932	S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...]	2006-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO
06ABUDHABI2248	UAE JOINS UN OCHA DONOR SUPPORT GROUP (ODSG); UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Already a regional leader in humanitarian assistance, the UAE announced at a May 9 conference in Abu Dhabi its decision to become the 20th member and the first non-Western country to join the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group (ODSG). US [...]	2006-05-31 15:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2324	UAE ARMED FORCES COS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (S) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohamed Thani al-Rumaithy sought broader engagement on the Gulf Security Dialogue, particularly given the escalating tension surrounding Iran. Al-Rumaithy, who requested the meeting, charac [...]	2006-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP IR IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2633	AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...]	2006-06-25 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE
06ABUDHABI2688	IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...]	2006-06-28 10:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI3027	SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...]	2006-07-25 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI3140	EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]	2006-08-02 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI376	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On January 30, on the margins of U.S.-UAE FTA negotiations in London, Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi provided Econchief with information detailing UAE aid to Afghanistan. She stressed that the UAE would prefer that the UAE treat this information confidentially. [...]	2006-02-06 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PHUM AF AE
06ABUDHABI3818	A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...]	2006-09-28 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3944	GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN, [...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...]	2006-10-12 10:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4302	GSD ISSUES REVIEWED AT JMC WORKING GROUP MEETINGS [...] (C) Working groups following up on the June, 2006 Joint Military Commission (JMC) met November 14 in Abu Dhabi, reviewing action items and charting a path towards deeper U.S.-UAE military cooperation. The thoroughness of UAE engagement on a number of items discussed, including topics which a [...]	2006-11-16 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MCAP PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR AF AE
06ABUDHABI4474	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINAN TERRITORIES, [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UAE provides humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon primarily through its three quasi-governmental charities: the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the Sheikh Zayed Foundation (ZF),and the Dubai-based Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makto [...]	2006-12-14 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUJA1008	POLITICAL SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: On April 10, 2006, the Ambassador and Regional Security Officer met with heads-of-mission and security officers from the Embassies and High Commissions of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, and Canada. The group discussed the increased security threats in Abuja a [...]	2006-05-04 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EPET AF NI
06ABUJA1900	RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN OGONI LAND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A fresh wave of violence began in Rivers States on July 20, with six feared dead in Emohua and eight reported dead in Gokana. The violence appears to be between two rival gangs known as Degbam and Dewell, with each group killing several members from its rival. The fight is ult [...]	2006-07-24 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI AF
06ABUJA2927	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR COMMAND POST [...] Post requests the Department's assistance pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act in screening the following candidates who have been nominated to attend the ECOWAS Command Post Exercise under the auspices of ACOTA. Candidates listed below are from the Nigerian armed forces. [...]	2006-11-08 16:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AF NI
06ABUJA594	SENATORS PRESS USG ON THIRD TERM BUT DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the US Ambassador, six Nigerian Senators repeatedly pressed the Ambassador on the USG position on a presidential third term. The Senators wanted to gauge USG perspective on the principle of constitutional change, the USG assessment of the process so far and wha [...]	2006-03-16 09:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI AF
06ACCRA2623	NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points per Ref A on October 27 to the MFA's Supervising Director for Multilateral, Passport and Legal Affairs, Kwesi Quartey. Quartey noted that Ghana was totally committed to preventing chemical weapons from reaching the wrong hands. Its failure to pass implem [...]	2006-10-31 16:04:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC GH
06ALMATY1456	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...]	2006-04-21 04:09:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ AF PK
06ALMATY1489	REGIONAL ELECTRICITY: AES EXPLORES PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry told Econoff on April 17 that AES was near to signing an MOU with "KMG-Energy," a newly-created subsidiary of Kazakhstan's state-owned oil-and-gas company, KazMunaiGaz (KMG),to cooperate in the construction and operation of regional electricity tra [...]	2006-04-24 10:14:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL TI AF
06ALMATY2393	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 11:10:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY2403	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Security Council chair Marat Tazhin responded favorably to a suggestion that Kazakhstan allocate funds to supplement FMF funding for the purchase of UH-II helicopters through the Foreign Military Financing program, stated that Kazakhstan [...]	2006-07-07 06:53:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM MOPS PREL KZ AF
06ALMATY3273	BOUCHER TO DZHAKSYBEKOV: CONCRETE PROGRESS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 8 meeting with Presidential Administration head Dzhaksybekov, Assistant Secretary Boucher outlined U.S. hopes for President Nazarbayev's upcoming visit to Washington, pressing on the importance of showing concrete progress on democratic reform. In the context of [...]	2006-09-18 06:45:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM ETRD MOPS AF KZ
06ALMATY3274	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Masimov expressed concern regarding the pace of bilateral WTO negotiations with the U.S. during a September 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and requested a sign of U.S. support for SIPDIS Kazakhstan's early accession during President Nazarbayev [...]	2006-09-18 07:13:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON EINV ENRG AF KZ
06ALMATY78	KAZAKHSTANI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN COMPACT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On December 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on donor pledging for the Afghanistan Compact in London to Aitzhan Aidashev, First Secretary in the Asia Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aidashev co [...]	2006-01-12 05:07:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL AF KZ POLITICAL
06ANKARA1410	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 22-23 VISIT OF CODEL WARNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your March 22-23 visit comes at a time when Turkey is attempting to balance its commitments to the West against its desire to maintain harmonious relations with its neighbors and to play a constructive role with other Muslim countries. Turkey remains a significant contributor to [...]	2006-03-16 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU IZ AF IR IS
06ANKARA1468	SCENESETTER FOR THE 23-26 MARCH VISIT OF CHAIRMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your March 23-26 visit comes at a time when progress has been made in improving the character of US-Turkish relations that frayed badly in 2003-2005. Senior level dialogue, including on the military-to-military side, has resumed; Turkey has downplayed its whining about the PDD and [...]	2006-03-21 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA1977	Project Proposal for Afghan-Turkish [...] (SBU) Summary: As discussed reftel, Post, working with the Regional DEA office in Ankara and Kabul, has developed the following proposal for enhancing Turkish-Afghan counternarcotics cooperation. The training, to be led by DEA's training team, would entail bringing together Afghan and Turkish [...]	2006-04-12 08:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EAID TU AF
06ANKARA2155	TURKEY REVIEWING A CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL TU AF
06ANKARA249	KARZAI RECEIVES WARM RECEPTION IN TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan President Karzai in his January 4-7 visit to Turkey expressed concern over waning international attention and asked for continued support, both moral and financial, from Turkey. In addition to a substantial hike in reconstruction aid, he signed agreements with the GOT, [...]	2006-01-23 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AF
06ANKARA331	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA3352	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 14 VISIT OF GENERAL SCHWARTZ TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 06:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PARM TU IZ IR AJ AF
06ANKARA3685	ISAF CAVEATS: TURKEY NOT LETTING GO YET [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to MFA Head of Section for NATO Affairs Ihsan Kiziltan on May 16. Kiziltan had no substantive reply, but said he would consult with the appropriate authorities. 2. (C) TGS/J3 Plans and Operations Chef MG Mehmet Eroz told us May 19 that Turkey's caveats were [...]	2006-06-22 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS PREL TU AF
06ANKARA4061	TURKEY INVITED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT EFFECTIVENESS [...] (SBU) We called on the MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia, Babur Hizlan, on July 10 to invite Turkey to the July 20-21 conference on enhancing Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) effectiveness co-sponsored by the governments of Canada and the United States and hosted by the Government [...]	2006-07-12 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS TU AF XD AORC NATO
06ANKARA444	TURKEY OFFERS TO LEAD AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (C) Following up on the Turkish Perm Rep's Feb. 1 announcement to the NAC that Turkey plans to stand up a PRT in Wardak Province in Afghanistan as soon as this summer, we contacted MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku. Ulku [...]	2006-02-03 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KPKO PARM NATO TU AF
06ANKARA4761	TURKEY: AFGHANISTAN PRT TO OPEN IN NOVEMBER; ISAF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8, MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ulku provided an upbeat account of preparations to establish Turkey's first Afghanistan Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT),slated to open by November. Ulku said construction had begun, staffing is underway, and initial [...]	2006-08-16 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF AORC EAID MOPS PREL TU XD NATO
06ANKARA5521	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on August 21. National security issue and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Recent developments in the Middle East, humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine, Turkey's policy on Black Sea s [...]	2006-09-21 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU AF BK
06ANKARA6248	Authorization to use post held fiscal data for [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EAID TU AF
06ANKARA6451	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, October 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on October 31. Internal and external developments affecting Turkey's national security topped the agenda of the meeting. Negotiations on Iran's nuclear program after the UN Security Council resolution of July 31 were discusse [...]	2006-11-20 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL UY CH GR AM AF LE TU
06ANKARA6558	IRAN'S UNEVEN HANDLING OF REFUGEE CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: The Iranian government's approach in dealing with Afghan refugees is markedly different from the way it handles Iraqi refugees, according to our consular contacts. Refugees from Afghanistan face greater official and societal obstacles than those from Iraq. The Iranian government h [...]	2006-12-01 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA686	ISAF: TURKEY MOVING AHEAD WITH PRT IN WARDAK [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR KPKO MOPS TU AF
06ASHGABAT107	TURKMENISTAN'S MI-8 DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The GOTX fumbled for three days -- January 21-23 -- before it could come up with a formal request for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Coalition Forces' assistance in a search for a GOTX relief helicopter -- probably crashed with seven crewmembers in the mountains in Afghanistan -- which [...]	2006-01-23 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PREL AF PK TX
06ASHGABAT1088	SEPTEMBER TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OMITS MYRADOVA, [...] (U) Local media coverage of mission events in September featured the embassy's ceremony announcing the 2006-2007 Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation grant winners. While generally positive and colorful, the coverage failed to mention the U.S. Government's substantial financial investm [...]	2006-10-16 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1250	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA IGNORES ALL MAJOR POST NEWS IN NOVEMBER [...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of post events in November included uncharacteristic omission of three significant news items: the November 10 opening of the Altyn Asyr border crossing checkpoint, a change in U.S. non-immigrant visa application policy and the November 21 Peace Corps d [...]	2006-12-08 08:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1311	A/S BOUCHER DELIVERS MESSAGE OF A NEW BEGINNING IN [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's December 24 visit to Turkmenistan generated a high level of international news coverage, which was mostly accurate except for some reports claiming that Boucher had an official meeting with Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimukhammedov. Turkmenistan'S [...]	2006-12-27 11:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT1322	NEW GOVERNMENT OF TURKMENISTAN REBUKES RUSSIA FOR [...] (U) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 28 publicly denounced the Russian media for assertions that the recently announced February 11 election was a farce and that state services have broken down because of a power vacuum following Niyazov's death. Local media continues to [...]	2006-12-29 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA REACTION ON GOTX POSITION ON [...] (U) On February 9, 2006, one week later than most Islamic countries, the GOTX expressed its opinion regarding the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. Per reftel, the MFA issued a press release on the only government sponsored website, turkmenistan.ru, as well as in major print dailies "Turkmen [...]	2006-02-17 11:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT561	Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko to [...] (SBU) Ukrainian Ambassador to Ashgabat Viktor Mayko will travel to Kabul in mid-June to present his credentials to President Karzai. Ukraine previously had been represented by its ambassador in Tashkent. Mayko will be a valuable interlocutor on energy issues and also on the trials and tribu [...]	2006-05-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PINR AF UP TX
06ASHGABAT721	Afghan-Turkmen Relations: Mutually Beneficial [...] (SBU) During a July 6 meeting with PolOff, Afghanistan Depuy Chief of Mission Rooz M. Noor discussed bilateral trade, transport routes, political relations, future joint projects and the general state of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan bilateral relations. END SUMMARY Afghan Trade with Turkmenist [...]	2006-07-07 11:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG TX AF ETRD PGOV SOCI ZK
06ASHGABAT819	ICRC REPRESENTATIVES VISIT ASHGABAT TO DISCUSS [...] (C) During a July 31 meeting, the new Head and Deputy Head of the International Committee of the Red Cross's (ICRC's) Regional Delegation of Central Asia told the Charge that their organization is changing its strategy on seeking access to prisoners. Instead of holding fast to the ICRC's pre [...]	2006-08-02 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAIR IO MARR PHUM PREL TX
06ASHGABAT883	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE JULY 2006 [...] (U) Turkmenistan state media provided relatively positive coverage of and adequate support for mission events in July. Turkmenistan state television was active and positive in its coverage of ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson's statement on U.S. Independence Day, her farewell meeting with Preside [...]	2006-08-18 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASHGABAT904	TURKMENISTAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Turkmenistan's state media coverage of the August 13-15 visit to Turkmenistan of Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Steven R. Mann included misinformation about the content of his meeting with President Niyazov and downplayed Mann's emphasis on the need for transparency and comp [...]	2006-08-24 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
06ASTANA158	KAZAKHSTANI SURVEY TEAM IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan will focus on humanitarian assistance, participation in investment projects, and broadening commercial ties with Afghanistan, according to the Deputy Foreign Minister who led the recent survey team to Kabul and two northern provinces. As a regional leader, Kazakhstan [...]	2006-10-03 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV MARR NATO AF KZ
06ASTANA42	KAZAKHSTAN: ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS WITH TRANSPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 5 meeting with Assistant Secretary Boucher and Elisabeth Millard of the NSC, Minister of SIPDIS Transport and Communications Mamin discussed the new $26 billion Transportation Strategy, ambitious plans for Air Astana, and ideas for infrastructure projects aimed t [...]	2006-05-10 16:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAIR KZ AF TI UZ KG TX ZK
06ASTANA573	KAZAKHSTANI PRESIDENT DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND [...] (C) Summary: In a 45-minute discussion following the dedication of the new embassy in Astana, President Nazarbayev expressed frustration with the misguided policies of Uzbek president Karimov, pledged Kazakhstani investment in Afghanistan, warned against any precipitous withdrawal of U.S. tro [...]	2006-11-15 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV AF IZ KZ
06ASTANA668	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 25 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev in Astana, the Ambassador proposed policy discussions on the permanent disposition of BN-350 spent fuel, expressed disappointment at Kazakhstan's voting record in the Third Committee, and offered expanded trainin [...]	2006-11-27 04:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PARM PHUM PREL PTER AF KZ
06ATHENS1345	GREECE TO ANSWER ISAF CAVEAT QUESTION AT BRUSSELS [...] (C) During the May 17-18 meeting of the U.S.-Greece High Level Consultative Committee, OSD/ISP DAS Fata urged Greek DMOD Michaliolakos to lift the caveats that prevented Greek troops taking part in ISAF from deploying beyond Kabul. He noted that these caveats had a practical and significant [...]	2006-05-24 12:27:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF
06ATHENS338	GREEKS CONSIDERING ISAF PRT, BUT MAY NEED HELP [...] (C) Summary. Greek leaders know that ISAF's Stage III expansion will increase pressure on them to increase their contribution to NATO's efforts in Afghanistan. Senior officials are contemplating offering to assume command of a PRT in the north, but are uneasy about the domestic political c [...]	2006-02-06 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GR AF NATOAFGHAN
06ATHENS430	GREEK DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) Greece has contributed and transported to the Iraqi armed forces significant amounts of equipment from the NTECG inventory of hardware needed. In 2005, Greece donated 36 extensively refurbished BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, 1000 AK-47s, and more than one million rounds of ammunition [...]	2006-02-15 11:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ GR IRAQ
06BAKU1731	MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 06:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF
06BANGKOK1042	THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) On February 21, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Counselor for American and South Pacific Affairs Paisit Boonparlit. Paisit promised to advise the Embassy if the RTG has any defense articles it wishes to donate to Afghanistan or Iraq. BOYCE [...]	2006-02-22 02:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ TH
06BEIJING17108	(C) PROSPECTS FOR COORDINATION WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) Summary: Chinese government officials indicated to a visiting USAID official that while they welcome the opportunity to discuss development assistance as part of an overarching U.S.-China dialogue, the prospects for coordination with China on foreign aid appear to be limited in the near te [...]	2006-08-21 06:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL CH AF
06BEIJING20223	DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...]	2006-09-22 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH
06BERLIN3195	GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN POLICE NEXT STEPS: ESDP? [...] (C) Summary. German agencies continue to disagree on the merits of turning to an ESDP mission to expand training of the Afghanistan police, even though Germany has made this proposal to the EU in Brussels (ref A). The MFA, which formally leads the German effort, sees a way to streamline oper [...]	2006-11-02 11:23:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PTER AF GM
06BERLIN3220	PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE, GOVERNMENT MISSTEPS [...] (C) Summary: Setbacks related to German overseas deployments are reinforcing a tendency toward short-term caution on military issues. Barely one week after the release of a well-received White Paper on security that cast Germany as an increasingly engaged and transformed security partner, Ber [...]	2006-11-03 16:03:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM GM LE AF BK SR
06BERLIN3452	GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...]	2006-12-07 18:06:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM
06BRATISLAVA51	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] (U) Only one passenger out of 43 survived when a Slovak Air Force An-24 crashed January 19 into the side of a snow-covered mountain in northeastern Hungary, three kilometers from the Slovak border. The flight was returning from Kosovo with 28 members of Slovakia's KFOR peacekeeping continge [...]	2006-01-20 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR MASS SOCI AF LO
06BRATISLAVA790	SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER, IN AFGHANISTAN, PLEDGES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico traveled to Afghanistan on September 27 to meet with NATO/ISAF commanders and Afghan officials to discuss Slovakia's future military contributions to Afghan reconstruction. The one day trip included Slovakia's Ministers of Defense and Interior [...]	2006-09-27 14:01:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA817	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND UP OCTOBER 6, 2006 [...] (SBU) The new National Coordinator to Combat Trafficking in Persons will be Jozef Bucek, the new State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior. This effectively raises the political clout of the National Coordinator position by several notches. Bucek, a Smer party member from Kosice, does not [...]	2006-10-06 14:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL ELAB KDEM PINR AF RO BU
06BRATISLAVA842	SLOVAK DEFMIN PRESENTS PLAN FOR WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 16 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Kasicky briefed plans for the withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq. Kasicky left the door open to future training on classic demining operations by a small number of troops, as well as officers remaining in NTM-I and [...]	2006-10-17 11:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ AF LO
06BRATISLAVA848	99 SLOVAK TROOPS TO LEAVE IRAQ; FUTURE DEMINING [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: As expected, the GOS October 18 approved a plan for withdrawal of Slovak troops from Iraq in February, 2007. The cabinet decision also called for: 11 officers to remain at MNF-I and NTM-I; training on Bozena demining equipm [...]	2006-10-19 05:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ AF LO
06BRATISLAVA869	SLOVAKS CONSIDERING REDEPLOYING TROOPS TO SOUTHERN [...] (U) This message contains an action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) MoD State Secretary Jaroslav Baska told DCM that Slovakia is considering NATO's request to move Slovak forces in Afghanistan south to Kandahar. The GoS is very concerned about the security situation and the qualitatively diff [...]	2006-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF LO
06BRATISLAVA904	DEATH OF SOLDIER IN IRAQ MAY AFFECT SLOVAK [...] (u) This is an action recommendation. Please see para 4. 2. (U) Reacting to the death of a Slovak soldier in Iraq on November 10, Prime Minister Robert Fico said over the weekend that the death would influence the decision of the Slovak Government about NATO's request to reposition its engi [...]	2006-11-13 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ UK CA LO
06BRATISLAVA907	SLOVAK DECISION ON AFGHANISTAN LIKELY TO COME [...] (C) Summary. GoS Ministers have told us that Slovakia is likely to delay a decision on moving its engineering unit in Afghanistan from Kabul to Kandahar until after municipal elections on December 2. Post believes this is a political decision that is not likely to be influenced by the provision [...]	2006-11-16 07:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF LO
06BRATISLAVA921	PRIME MINISTER MAY DECIDE ON AFGHANISTAN BEFORE [...] (C) Jan Foltin, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Gasparovic, told CDA November 24, that Gasparovic, FM Kubis and DefMin Kasicky will meet with PM Fico Monday, Nov. 27 to make a (hopefully) final decision on whether to agree to NATO,s request to move Slovak engineering troops from Kabul to [...]	2006-11-24 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF LO
06BRATISLAVA935	FICO SAYS NO TO TROOPS TO KANDAHAR, FOR NOW [...] (U) Prime Minister Robert Fico announced to the media November 29 that, so far, neither the security nor technical conditions have been met to allow Slovak engineering troops to redeploy to southern Afghanistan. Fico added that the Slovak troops were not "mountain rifle fighters who could par [...]	2006-12-01 09:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	AF LO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA954	SLOVAKIA'S PRE-GAERC POSITIONS DECEMBER 2006 [...] (C) China Arms Embargo: In response to ref A points, Drahomir Stos, Head of the Asia and Oceana Division of the MFA's Fourth Territorial Department, told us that the MFA treats the China arms embargo as a political issue, not a security one. Slovakia believes that it is not the right moment t [...]	2006-12-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM IS LE IR TU CH AF KPAL EU LO
06BRATISLAVA966	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 13 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fico told the Ambassador December 13 that: --he will travel to Afghanistan in January and announce that Slovak troops will move to Kandahar, --he is in firm control of the government; and coalition partners Meciar and Slota are just sideshows, and --he is determine [...]	2006-12-14 17:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL POLG ECON ENRG AF LO
06BRATISLAVA974	PM FICO ON AFGHANISTAN, SIS, CORRUPTION, U.S. VISIT [...] (C) On the margins of a three-hour long Christmas party he hosted December 18 for the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Robert Fico told the Ambassador he was determined to travel to Kahdahar, Afghanistan in mid-January. He reiterated his invitation to the Ambassador to join him (reftel). Me [...]	2006-12-19 12:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ETRD AF LO
06BRUSSELS2463	PM: BELGIUM CAN DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN, WANTS HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Verhofstadt told Ambassador Korologos July 20 that he was trying to secure coalition approval to "double" the Belgian troop contribution to Afghanistan, adding some 200 troops around Kabul. In principle, he accepted the need for NATO common funding, but that NATO's budgeting n [...]	2006-07-14 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MCAP MOPS KNNP AF CG IR BE
06BRUSSELS2502	BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]	2006-07-18 05:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS2647	BELGIAN COUNCIL OF MINISTERS FUND SEVERAL POSITIVE [...] (U) Summary. The Belgian Council of Ministers meeting held July 20 approved and provided budgetary allowances for several economic, political and military initiatives. Of particular interest were a C-130 for Afghanistan, a NATO mine clearing operation in the Baltics, and continued participatio [...]	2006-08-01 13:19:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AF BE CG EAID EN KZ MARR MAS MOPS PBTS PGOV
06BRUSSELS3105	BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES SHIFT ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: The Belgians may send additional air assets to Afghanistan, rather than ground troops, according to Prime Minister Verhofstadt. In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 11, Verhofstadt also said the Belgian contingent in Lebanon was working with a 1,000 person Chinese de-mi [...]	2006-09-14 15:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PGOV EFIN BE AF LE
06BRUSSELS3109	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of more forces for Afghanistan, adding that he would get the details worked out with the Socialist coalition partners after local elections October 8. He also s [...]	2006-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE
06BRUSSELS4158	AFGHANISTAN: EUR A/S FRIED AND SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) IN A MEETING REQUESTED BY THE AFGHAN SIDE ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MINISTERIAL IN BRUSSELS, EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED AND SCA DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM TOLD DAVOOD MORADIAN, AFGHAN SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO FM SPANTA, THAT WHILE THE USG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS AND DONORS, THE [...]	2006-12-15 16:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PREF PGOV AF
06BUCHAREST1011	ROMANIAN SOLDIER KIA IN AFGHANISTAN; FOUR [...] (SBU) Romanian Defense Ministry (MOD) sources confirm that a Romanian soldier was killed in action and four Romanian soldiers and an Afghan interpreter were wounded in Afghanistan June 20 at approximately 0300 local time. MOD sources advise that one of the wounded Romanian soldiers is in crit [...]	2006-06-20 11:09:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1058	PM TARICEANU/DEFMIN PROPOSE IRAQ TROOP WITHDRAWAL; [...] (C) Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu unexpectedly announced June 29 in a press conference that he would "support the initiative" of Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu to request the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw Romania's troops from Iraq. Tariceanu made his stat [...]	2006-06-29 14:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO

06BUCHAREST1072	SUPREME DEFENSE COUNCIL NIXES PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) flatly rejected June 30 the unexpected call by Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu and Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu for a Romanian troop pullout from Iraq. (Ref) Announcing the CSAT's decision, President Basescu rebuke [...]	2006-06-30 18:05:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1081	IRAQ PULLOUT PROPOSAL -- DEBATE DEEPENS, WHILE [...] (C) Summary: The debate over Romania's troop presence in Iraq continued to dominate weekend news coverage, following the unexpected June 29 announcement by Prime Minister Tariceanu and Defense Minister Atanasiu in support of a pull-out. Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Finance Minister Vladescu [...]	2006-07-03 19:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1093	PM TARICEANU TO AMBASSADOR -- "TIME HAS COME" FOR [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu told the Ambassador July 5 that he and his National Liberal Party (PNL) believed that "the time had come" for Romania to begin discussing a troop withdrawal from Iraq. Tariceanu stood by the proposal for a pullout he and Defense Minister Atan [...]	2006-07-06 17:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1274	PRESIDENT BASESCU,S TRAVEL TO BAGHDAD AND KABUL: [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu,s August 9-10 trip to Baghdad and Kabul reaffirmed Romania,s strong military commitment and potential economic links with both countries. In Iraq, Basescu,s meetings with the President, PM, and cabinet members aimed to reestablish historic economic ties b [...]	2006-08-15 11:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF RO
06BUCHAREST1385	ROMANIA: CODEL LANTOS DISCUSSIONS WITH ROMANIAN [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with the Romanian President, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister August 31, Congressman Tom Lantos (D-California) expressed appreciation for Romania's military contributions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Balkans. He briefed on his recent visit to Lebanon, [...]	2006-09-05 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP HU LE AF IZ IS RO
06BUCHAREST143	ROMANIAN COMMITMENT REMAINS FIRM IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During a recent press interview, Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu stated that Romania would reevaluate its troop presence in Iraq and Afghanistan at the end of 2006, adding that "for the time being, the Iraqi and Afghan armies are not capable of taking over the Romanian Army's mission." S [...]	2006-01-26 15:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL MARR AF IZ RO
06BUCHAREST799	ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ELIMINATING ISAF [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 09:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL AF RO
06BUDAPEST2278	SUPPORTING HUNGARY'S PRT WITH A FOREIGN SERVICE [...] EMBASSY BUDAPEST STRONGLY SUPPORTS EMBASSY KABUL'S CALL FOR THE ASSIGNMENT OF A US OFFICER TO THE HUNGARIAN PRT IN POL-E-KHOMRI. 2. PROMOTING THE SUCCESS OF HUNGARY'S PRT IS AMONG OUR KEY BILATERAL PRIORITIES. TANGIBLE SUCCESS ON THE GROUND IN AFGHANISTAN WILL HELP US MAKE THE CASE FOR A [...]	2006-11-09 15:24:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	APER HU AF
06CAIRO3145	EGYPT REVIEWING USG REQUEST ON KYRGYSTAN'S MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS EG AF KG
06COPENHAGEN262	KEEPING DENMARK ENGAGED IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) During a February 28 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Defense Minister Gade the USG's strong interest in Denmark's continued contributions in Iraq. Gade said the Danish government will prepare a "white paper" in May that analyzes how Denmark can best continue to contribute to Iraq's se [...]	2006-03-01 09:33:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ AF DA
06COPENHAGEN859	DENMARK TILTS TOWARD DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR NATO SCR [...] (SBU) Embassy conveyed reftel points in support of Ambassador Litt's candidacy to MFA Deputy Director for International Security Michael Lund Jeppesen and MFA NATO Section Chief Maria Egense. Egense responded June 15 by stressing that Denmark believes both Amb. Litt and the Dutch candidate Am [...]	2006-06-16 13:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL AF DA
06COTONOU1199	BENIN: CWC IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 26 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. (SBU) On December 7 Pol/Econ Chief asked Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to provide additional in [...]	2006-12-11 14:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC BN
06DARESSALAAM1425	CHEMCIAL WEAPONS CONVENTION IMPLEMENTATION HELP [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 13:17:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ
06DARESSALAAM1501	CWC IMPLEMENTATION: SLOW PROCESS UNDERWAY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tanzania believes it is on track to submit draft legislation implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) before the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) meets on November 7, officials told Poloff Augus [...]	2006-09-07 07:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ
06DARESSALAAM1762	TANZANIA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE [...] (U) Suleman Saleh, Assistant Director for Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, promised to determine the status of Tanzania's legislation on Chemical Weapons and inform the Embassy about the legislation's status by November 6. With the upcoming Eleventh Session of the Chem [...]	2006-10-31 03:46:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC TZ
06DARESSALAAM1883	TANZANIA: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION LEGISLATION [...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is making steady progress toward implementing its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). In late October, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) finalized draft legislation for [...]	2006-11-30 12:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF TZ
06DARESSALAAM1947	TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE WELCOMING THE [...] The following Diplomatic Note FA/D.10/3/79 from the Zanzibar office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tanzania was received on December 7, formally accepting the Department's proposal to open an American Presence Post (APP) in Zanzibar. The Note also requests that the Department consider [...]	2006-12-19 10:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AF AO PGOV AMGT TZ
06DARESSALAAM385	TANZANIA'S CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD AF TZ AROC CWC CBW OPCW
06DOHA48	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS QATARI OFFICIALS ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. The Qatari Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Finance Minister welcomed in principle the USG proposal presented by EB A/S Wayne for strategic investments in stability in the region. They were well-prepared and provided updates on their current assistance to the four priorit [...]	2006-01-09 13:01:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EINV EFIN KPAL IZ AF LE QA
06DUBAI6926	AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH UAE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 14:32:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PREL PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AF LE AE
06DUBLIN562	AFGHANIS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRISH CHURCH [...] Summary. According to official sources and press reports, 41 Afghani asylum seekers began a hunger/thirst strike in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest perceived pending deportations. Since the strike began on May 12, eight of the all male group have been admitted to a hosp [...]	2006-05-19 17:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN582	AFGHANI HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND ENDS WITHOUT [...] (U) On May 20, a seven-day hunger/thirst strike instigated by 41 Afghani asylum seekers ended peacefully and without major incident. Per reftel, this group of men sought refuge in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in a bid to strengthen their asylum cases. (None actually faced immed [...]	2006-05-24 12:02:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI
06DUBLIN620	IRELAND WILL SUPPORT AN EXTENSION OF THE MANAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:27:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KG MARR MOPS PREL AF EI
06DUSHANBE1027	TAJIKISTAN'S POWER POLITICS: DEPUTY PM GHULOMOV REMAINS [...] (SBU) Tajikistan is the most attractive country in Central Asia for hydro power investment, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghulomov, and he intends to demonstrate that to investors and suppliers alike at the "Energy Without Borders" conference in Istanbul June 12-14. In a 45-minute meeti [...]	2006-06-02 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE1434	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1435	IRANIAN AND AFHGAN PRESIDENTS' VISIT TO DUSHANBE BRINGS NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's July 25-26 visit to Dushanbe confirmed the close linguistic and cultural ties between Tajikistan and Iran; the multiple agreements signed further strengthened the bonds forged during Tajik President Rahmonov's January visit to Tehran. When Afghan [...]	2006-07-27 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1442	PRESIDENT KARZAI WORRIES ABOUT RUSSIAN INTENTIONS IN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai invited the Ambassador for a private one-hour breakfast at the Presidential Guest House in Dushanbe before returning to Kabul July 28. After a 20-minute one-on-one, Karzai invited his foreign minister and two other advisers to join. WHAT'S RUSSIA UP [...]	2006-07-28 10:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR RS AF IR TI
06DUSHANBE1469	THREE "IRAN-FREE" STEPS TO BRING TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The "Persian Language Summit" in Dushanbe July 26 highlighted the cultural and linguistic ties between Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Iran, but also provided an opportunity for the three presidents to declare publicly their economic and energy ties (Reftel A). At the close of the press con [...]	2006-08-02 11:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1512	BUILD MORE BRIDGES! AFGHAN BUSINESSMEN VISIT DUSHANBE [...] "You can select your friends, but not your neighbors," said Sharif Saidov, Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Chairman (TCCI). "If your neighbor is calm, then you are calmer." The August 3 visit of Afghan businessmen to Dushanbe underscored the calm on both sides of the border and t [...]	2006-08-08 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BEXP AF TJ
06DUSHANBE1545	WIIL ROGUN EVER GET BUILT? TAJIKISTAN AND RUSAL ENGAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Is RusAl on the verge of abandoning Rogun, or merely posturing to hasten its acquisition of Tajik state-owned aluminum smelter TadAZ? In the past week, Tajik and regional news agencies have published several articles on Rogun and other Russian-Tajik investments, questioning the [...]	2006-08-11 06:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF IR
06DUSHANBE1558	TAJIKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: LET THE FLOOD GATES OF WATER [...] SUMMARY: Senior Afghan water officials visited Tajikistan August 2-9 to discuss bilateral cooperation in developing joint projects along the Amu Darya and Pyanj Rivers, which form the Afghan-Tajik border. The highly successful visit initiated a practical dialogue and strong partnership betw [...]	2006-08-15 03:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG AF TI
06DUSHANBE1594	REGIONAL INTEGRATION: TAJIKISTAN'S FIRST PRIVATE-PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pamir Energy, Tajikistan's first private-public energy joint venture, manages at best 40% cost recovery and faces a local government that refuses to enforce collection. In a theatrical August 19 site visit with cameras rolling and an audience including Deputy Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-08-21 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF
06DUSHANBE1597	TAJIKISTAN: DEMONSTRATIONS IN AUTONOMOUS REGION A SIGN OF UNREST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two demonstrations in front of the Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast governor's office August 18-19 illustrate increasing unrest in the economically downtrodden remote area also known as the Pamirs. The several hundred strong crowd protested against the central government and [...]	2006-08-22 12:12:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AF TI SNAR
06DUSHANBE1758	TAJIK BORDER POSTS STILL SUFFER FROM LAST YEAR'S FLOODING [...] (SBU) Embassy Officers visited four border posts in the Moscovsky region bordering Afghanistan and saw how last year's severe flooding destroyed the units' buildings, seriously hindering the border guards' ability to protect the Tajik border from illicit activity. In addition to flood damag [...]	2006-09-26 11:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SNAR AF TI
06DUSHANBE1945	GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT VISIBLE PROBLEMS AT TWO TAJIK-AFGHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An October 18 visit to two border posts revealed extremely basic living conditions and a slow but solid start to U.S.-funded reconstruction efforts. Soldiers at Bakhorat and Bog outposts on the border with Afghanistan face winter with limited electricity and supplies, and alm [...]	2006-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR PINR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2019	DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...]	2006-11-03 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK
06DUSHANBE2109	CONTRACTUAL ISSUES IMPEDE CONSTRUCTION PROGRESS AT THE [...] (SBU) EmbOffs along with General Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee surveyed the Tajik-Afghan border posts of Khirmanjo, Bakhorat and Bog November 15 and discovered slow progress at two of the three U.S.-funded renovation sites. Contractual issues impede substantive p [...]	2006-11-20 15:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2153	VISIT TO TAJIK BORDER GUARD TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: A Russian-run training facility for Tajik troops has some modern conveniences, but the training program relies on Soviet educational methods to teach under-educated Border Guards the basics. PolOff and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) representative visited the Leninsky Trai [...]	2006-11-29 12:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2191	NOVEMBER 06 TAJIK BORDER WRAP-UP [...] (U) This cable summarizes Post's border security, counterterrorism and counternarcotics activities for November 2006. 2. (SBU) Border Guard Training Center Visit: EmbOffs visited Dushanbe's Leninsky Training Center, where the Russian military trains the Tajik Border Guards. Decorated w [...]	2006-12-07 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PINR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2201	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET: PRO-RUSSIAN OLD GUARD ENSCONCED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite some pre-election hints that Tajik President Rahmonov planned to clean house in the Defense and Security Ministries, the old guard remains firmly ensconced and has consolidated power by incorporating the Border Guards into the security structure. After winni [...]	2006-12-11 12:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINL SNAR TI AF
06DUSHANBE2219	TRADING PLACES: TAJIKISTAN'S NEW CABINET OF OLD HANDS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a few exceptions, Tajik President Rahmonov's post-election appointments simply shuffled loyalists and favorites into different positions, further concentrating power in the hands of those from his home region of Kulob. Instead of naming new, younger officials or educated tech [...]	2006-12-14 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM TI AF
06DUSHANBE302	TAJIK TRANSPORT MINISTER PLEASED WITH BRIDGE [...] On his first visit to the U.S.-funded bridge construction site at Nizhniy Pyanzh, Transportation Minister Ashurov expressed great satisfaction and offered to get involved personally if problems arise regarding the cement supply or customs. During the February 13 visit with PolOff and a visit [...]	2006-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELTN ECON TI AF
06DUSHANBE326	HYDROPOWER 101: A GUIDE TO TAJIKISTAN'S PROSPECTS, PROJECTS, [...] (U) Tajikistan's mountains and rivers provide it an estimated four percent of the world's hydropower resources. The Tajik government has no shortage of promises and offers to help develop this natural resource, and is currently balancing competing interests and priorities to maximize the fina [...]	2006-02-21 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE327	TAJIK HYDROPOWER 201: ADVANCED GAME THEORY [...] (C) In Tajik hydropower, a new conventional wisdom is emerging. If we want the Central Asian Infrastructure Initiative to succeed in Tajikistan, we need to consider the following: 2. (C) The United States is behind the curve on hydropower. Russia is building Sangtuda I and has first grab [...]	2006-02-21 11:54:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG ECON PREL TI AF
06DUSHANBE493	TAJIKISTAN'S MOI WITH AES ON POWER TRANSMISSION LINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received the following letter from the Minister of Energy regarding Tajik government cooperation with AES, including the nine-page Memorandum of Intent for the "construction of a 220kV transmission line connecting the energy systems of Tajikistan and Afghanistan." The l [...]	2006-03-14 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON RS TI AF
06DUSHANBE502	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS ON MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a read-out of his just-concluded meeting with President Rahmonov, EU Special Representative for Central Asia Kubis said that a calm and confident Rahmonov undertook to improve (to a degree) Tajik elections, reasserted his unreserved willingness to support coalition efforts in [...]	2006-03-15 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON KDEM RS IR UZ AF TI
06DUSHANBE509	DUSHANBE HOSTS INAUGURAL SCA REGIONAL REPORTING OFFICERS [...] Embassy Dushanbe hosted the first-ever reporting officers conference for Central and South Asia March 10-11 to discuss challenges of reporting in the age of transformational diplomacy and to identify emerging trends in crosscutting issues. Officers from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrg [...]	2006-03-16 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KPAO RS CH IR AF ZK KG TI
06DUSHANBE577	TAJIK AND AFGHAN BUSINESSWOMEN NETWORK AT KHATLON [...] Maybe sewing really IS women's work? At a March 29 conference in Qurghon-Teppa, 50 Tajik and Afghan women entrepreneurs came together to network and seek business cooperation, but had few examples of success outside the sectors of handicraft. Enthusiasm and energy were abundant, but the con [...]	2006-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR SOCI KWMN AF TI
06DUSHANBE668	TAJIKISTAN'S HYDRO ENERGY PRICING DILEMMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan faces critical choices to increase its hydropower exports and streamline domestic consumption and production. However, as long as the government provides cheap-or free-electricity, reforming the existing system will prove extremely difficult. Some simple steps to redu [...]	2006-04-12 07:07:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EENG EINV AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE698	TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...]	2006-04-13 10:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE703	TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENACTS HOUSEHOLD EXCESS ELECTRICITY RATE [...] (U) According to media reports, the Tajik Anti-Monopoly Committee approved on April 11 an excess electricity consumption rate above 250 kWh per month for private households retroactive to the beginning of April. The base electricity rate remains the same at 0.5 cent. Per reftel, the 0.5 cent [...]	2006-04-14 05:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV SOCI AF PK TI
06DUSHANBE711	TAJIKISTAN: AES STILL IN TEH GAME FOR SANGTUDA-I? [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Bank Chairman Murodali Alimardonov remarked April 14 that AES might still have a role to play in Sangtuda I or Rogun hydropower stations. In an elegant two-hour private lunch at the new National Bank building, Alimardonov outlined next steps for Tajikistan to integrate [...]	2006-04-15 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG RS AF TI
06DUSHANBE745	BADAKHSHAN TO BADAKHSHAN: TAJIKS REACHING ACROSS THE BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "We consider Afghanistan like our own." Ayubek Bekmurodov, Deputy to the Governor of Tajikistan's remote Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region said his government was looking at ways to increase trade, the power supply, and food and humanitarian aid to the Afghan regions across th [...]	2006-04-21 04:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE748	TAJIKISTAN'S NEW MAGIC WORD? DAST-I-ZHUM! [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Want to take a helicopter ride with the Deputy Prime Minister and three of Tajikistan's most influential energy players? Say "Dast-i-Zhum"-- a proposed 4000 MW hydropower station on the Tajik-Afghan border - and the Tajik government pays attention, rallying busy ministers and [...]	2006-04-21 08:59:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE802	NEW ENERGY MINISTER, SAME ENERGY POLICY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his third day on the job, Energy Minister Yorov reported Tajikistan's energy policy would continue to focus on attracting foreign investment for key infrastructure projects. He cited the reforms of the past five years, notably in improved fee collection, as evidence that Ta [...]	2006-05-02 11:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ECON EAID AF TI
06DUSHANBE835	TAJIK DEPUTY PM OUTLINES VISION FOR HYDROPOWER SECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Chinese have made the Tajiks an offer too good to refuse on a South-North transmission line project, according to Deputy Prime Minister Asadullo Ghulomov, many energy proje [...]	2006-05-04 17:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG AF TI
06HELSINKI1037	DAS PEKALA,S OCTOBER 4 MEETINGS WITH FINNISH MFA [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Mark Pekala visited Helsinki October 4-6 to participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Mission Conference and to consult with Finnish officials on bilateral and transatlantic issues. In separate meetings with Finnish Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros-Villeneuve and Director [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV ENRG ECON FI AF GT VE RS GG
06HELSINKI528	FINNISH TO DEMARCHE KYRGYZ REGARDING MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) In response to subject demarche, Hannele Voionmaa, MFA Counselor for peacekeeping and military crisis management operations, told PolChief that the GOF agreed June 8 to make a formal approach to Kyrgyz authorities regarding US access to Manas Airbase in Kyrgyzstan. The GOF has a strong in [...]	2006-06-08 12:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	KG MARR MOPS PREL AF FI
06HELSINKI55	LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN: FINNISH GOALS [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel demarche, MFA officials expressed their overall agreement with our stated goals and were grateful to be kept apprised of the US position. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Mari Kiviniemi will represent Finland at the London Conference on Afghanistan, where s [...]	2006-01-19 15:01:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV AF FI
06ISLAMABAD10429	KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN [...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...]	2006-06-05 10:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK AF
06ISLAMABAD10555	PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B),Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK IN PREL
06ISLAMABAD11504	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately),Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...]	2006-06-19 07:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12211	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...]	2006-06-27 06:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL AF IN
06ISLAMABAD16266	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BALOCHISTAN SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Balochistan, Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani said that Pakistan,s anti-Taliban efforts is currently focused on expelling undocumented Afghans, but that there is no long-term plan for dealing with the Afghan population. Ghani believes th [...]	2006-08-17 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK MOPS AF MASS MCAP PTER
06ISLAMABAD16441	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL SANOK, AUGUST 23-27 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Stephanie Sanok, Regina Burgess, Julian A. Haywood, LTC Craig Greene, Mark J. Fedor, and Kelly Bulliner from August 23 to August 27. The purpose of the visit is fact-finding concerning F-16 aircraft security in Pakistan and narcotics [...]	2006-08-22 04:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC OTRA OREP AFIN PK UK AF
06ISLAMABAD18012	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES, [...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...]	2006-09-12 03:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18379	PAKISTAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS TO OPERATIONS [...] (C) Operation MTN Thrust began in Southern Afghanistan (Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimroz) in May. The Operation set the conditions for NATO Operation Medusa, which began in July. Operation MTN Fury began in Eastern Afghanistan (Ghazni, Loghar, Paktika, Paktiya, and Khowst) August 1, with deci [...]	2006-09-18 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18708	EMBASSY ISLAMABAD-EMBASSY KABUL-CFC-A [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Islamabad-Embassy Kabul-CFC-A cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On September 12, select Embassy Islamabad, Embassy Kabul and CFC-A personnel met to discuss the security situation in the border areas and ways to improve the political, economic and social ties between Af [...]	2006-09-21 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER EAID MASS PINR AF
06ISLAMABAD18778	OPTIMISTIC VIEW ON PAK-AFGHAN RELATIONS FROM MFA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA Afghanistan Director told PolOff September 20 that high level engagement between Pakistani and Afghan leaders would continue through the autumn and was, he hoped, becoming institutionalized. The official reported that Presidents Karzai and Musharraf would meet on Septem [...]	2006-09-22 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19795	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...]	2006-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF
06ISLAMABAD19796	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI [...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...]	2006-10-10 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF
06ISLAMABAD21073	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...]	2006-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD21223	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-10-31 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21879	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...]	2006-11-08 08:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21931	THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO were not in Afghanistan for the long-haul. While we know t [...]	2006-11-09 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD21946	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammad Khan. The two discussed the upcoming strategic dialogue, including the status of dialogues on energy, education, and science and technology [...]	2006-11-13 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EAID ECON ENRG ETRD MNUC PARM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21947	BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...]	2006-11-13 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21948	THE RIGA SUMMIT AND PAKISTAN -- CORRECTED COPY, [...] (C) AmEmbassy Kabul concurs with this telegram. 2. (C) During Assistant Secretary Boucher's November 6-7 visit to Islamabad, post was struck by senior Pakistani officials' and politicians' pessimism over Afghanistan. Interlocutors repeatedly expressed concerns that the U.S. and NATO wer [...]	2006-11-13 02:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD21968	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER'S MEETING WITH PAKISTANI PRIME [...] (C) Summary: On November 7, Assistant Secretary Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed the political situation, remarking that the Bajaur incident had played into the hands of the religious opposition, and that the mood of the general populace was truly angry. He re [...]	2006-11-13 10:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
06ISLAMABAD22023	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-11-16 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22046	FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS ON PAK-AFG JIRGAS, BAJAUR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Kasuri reaffirmed Pakistan's commitment to hold a jirga as discussed at the September 27 trilateral iftar at the White House, but noted that Pakistan's vision for the event is limited to the tribal areas along the Pa [...]	2006-11-17 11:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IN PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22057	BOMBINGS AND SUICIDE ATTACKS: A PLAGUE ON BOTH [...] (C) A November 17 suicide bomb attack on a police van in Peshawar that killed the bomber and seriously injured two police officers is another reminder that the recent spike in suicide bombings in Afghanistan is now mirrored on this side of the Pak-Afghan border. The November 8 suicide bomb a [...]	2006-11-17 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22174	TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...]	2006-11-27 09:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN
06ISLAMABAD22178	FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...]	2006-11-27 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22251	FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES PREDICTING NATO FAILURE IN [...] (U) Following a November 29 press account (reftel) that described Pakistani Foreign Minister Khushid Kasuri as privately telling visiting foreign ministers of NATO member states that the Taliban is winning in Afghanistan and advising NATO members from sending in more troops, the Ministry of [...]	2006-11-30 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL NATO
06ISLAMABAD22303	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...]	2006-12-05 03:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22385	FIGHTING GWOT: IMPROVING FMF, FMS, AND OTHER [...] (S) As we enter the sixth year of this long war, it is increasingly clear that our Foreign Military Funding/Foreign Military Sales (FMF/FMS) programs, unchanged since 9/11, are not suited to the needs of GWOT allies like Pakistan. Difficulties we have encountered with some security assistanc [...]	2006-12-09 04:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MASS MOPS PK PNAT PREL
06ISLAMABAD22440	GOP STRATEGY FOR AFGHAN REFUGEES PLAGUED BY DELAYS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's three-year Afghan refugee strategy remains stalled at the ministerial level with no firm date for signature and final approval. The plan hinges on several components: the registration of Afghan refugees to distinguish between refugees and migrants; promised camp cl [...]	2006-12-13 10:42:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV AF PK
06ISLAMABAD22449	TRIBAL AREAS: TALIBANIZATION THREAT PERSISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Twelve weeks after the signing of the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement, the number of cross-border attacks from Pakistan into Afghanistan has declined. However, it is perhaps more likely that the decline is due to coalition force operations in Afghanistan [...]	2006-12-14 05:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK AF PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22479	VERBAL ATTACKS BY AFGHAN PRESIDENT WEARING ON [...] (U) Summary: A series of public statements by Afghan President Karzai accusing Pakistan of fomenting instability and violence in Afghanistan have deeply irritated Pakistani officials and popular opinion generally. Although official statements in response have thus far been restrained, Pakis [...]	2006-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22499	LEADING PAKISTANI PASHTUN BROADCASTER TROUBLED [...] (C) Summary and introduction: According to Hassan Khan, editor of Pakistan's leading Pashtun language foreign affairs television program on Khyber TV, Afghan President Karzai seemed "confused about many things" during their lengthy meeting in early December meeting. Khan, who described his [...]	2006-12-18 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PK PREL PTER NATO
06ISLAMABAD22617	FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22618	FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI ON ANTI-PAKISTAN RHETORIC [...] (C) During a December 22 meeting following his return from Iran, Foreign Minister Kasuri speculated on the motives behind the verbal offensive that Afghan President Karzai and other senior Government of Afghanistan (GOA) officials launched against Pakistan only days after the Foreign Minister [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3542	15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...]	2006-03-03 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD4761	VICE CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF WANTS ANA TO JOIN [...] (C) During a March 17 conversation with PM - A/S Hillen, Pakistan's Vice Chief of Army Staff GEN Ahsan Saleem Hyat said that he would welcome the expanding a joint exercise between the U.S. and Pakistan military schedule for later this spring to include a unit from the Afghan National Army ( [...]	2006-03-22 02:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL MOPS MASS AF
06ISLAMABAD5381	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR SAYS PAK-AFGHAN ATMOSPHERICS ARE [...] (C) In a March 29 conversation, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told Ambassador that he feels that the atmosphere between Islamabad and Kabul is clearing. On the eve of his return to Kabul for consultations, Tarzi said that he sensed that the GOP is eager to put aside the heated public rhetoric that [...]	2006-03-31 02:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF PGOV PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD5382	AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...]	2006-03-31 02:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP
06ISLAMABAD5903	A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Summary. SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher reviewed a range of regional issues in separate April 4 discussions with Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri and Foreign Secretary Khan. Kasuri and Khan were optimistic on relations with India, taking heart from PM Singh's recent speech in Amritsar [...]	2006-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IN AF PK IR
06ISLAMABAD6419	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ BRIEFS SENATOR HAGEL ON [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation with visiting Senator Hagel (R-NE),Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz reiterated Pakistan's opposition to any nuclear weapons program in Iran, but supported Iran's right to a civil nuclear energy program. He praised Afghan President Karzai, and highligh [...]	2006-04-14 14:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PREL MARR PK AF IN PGOV IR
06ISLAMABAD6420	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 15:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER

06ISLAMABAD7563	SIXTEENTH MEETING OF U.S.-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The Tripartite Commission (TPC) Met at GHQ in Rawalpindi April 19 -- the third Tripartite conducted at the four-star level and the second official visit to Pakistan by Afghanistan's Chief of the General Staff. Atmospherics were favorable, continuing a trend seen in earlier TPC [...]	2006-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK AF PTER
06ISLAMABAD9336	NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN [...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...]	2006-05-22 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL AF
06ISLAMABAD9704	FREE, FAIR, AND ISI: THE PML ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to PML Secretary General Mushahid Hussain, the party's goal in the upcoming elections is a plurality in the National Assembly. He identified urban areas in central Punjab (Lahore, Gujranwala, Faisalabad) as the chief battlegrounds, predicted a strong PML victory in [...]	2006-05-25 11:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER MOPS PK AF IR
06ISLAMABAD9997	AFGANISTAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Embassy Islamabad requests country clearance for the following to attend meetings with Embassy Kabul counterparts June 6- June 7: Â [...]	2006-05-31 11:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA PK AF
06JAKARTA11475	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): INDONESIA [...] (U) The Fourth Regional Meeting of CWC States Parties in Asia met in Jakarta, Indonesia from September 5-7, 2006. The meeting was attended by 24 States Parties from the Asian Group: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, N [...]	2006-09-15 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER PHUM AMGT ASEC CWC SA AF MV
06KABUL1022	VISIT OF SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS GUTIERREZ TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez visited Afghanistan February 28 to March 1. Secretary Gutierrez met with GOA President Karzai, Minister of Commerce Arsala, participated in a roundtable with Afghan International Chamber of Commerce executives and members of parliament, bus [...]	2006-03-08 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL1023	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM VISIT [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Dr. John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Tom Canahuate, SIPDIS Action Officer,PM/RSAT, Amy Coletta, Program Analyst, PM/PPA, and Richard G. Kidd, IV, Officer Director, PM/WRA and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on Ma [...]	2006-03-08 12:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP MARR AF
06KABUL1026	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - POPPY ERADICATION MOVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Daud told PRToffs on March 6 that Taliban forces are moving into Helmand and are likely to attack the Afghan Eradication Force (AEF). The governor is also concerned that there may be attacks in other districts due to the large security commitment to the eradic [...]	2006-03-08 17:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL1045	NATO-AFGHAN COOPERATION PROGRAM - GOA AND NATO [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Wardak and National Security Advisor called a meeting of NATO Ambassadors on March 9 to discuss draft language for the Afghan Cooperation Program negotiations, to take place in Brussels on March 13-15. The Afghan side has added a substantial amount of new lan [...]	2006-03-09 15:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF
06KABUL107	PRT/TARIN KOWT: SUICIDE BOMB TARGET UNCLEAR; PRT [...] (SBU) Summary. Contrary to media reports, the January 5 suicide bombing in Tarin Kowt, Uruzgan, did not take place in proximity to Ambassador Neumann and was probably intended as an attack on senior police officials ) although the actual motive is not yet known. A final casualty count of app [...]	2006-01-09 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV AF
06KABUL1089	POLICE REFORM: REGIONAL COMMANDS AND RAPID [...] (C) Summary: The GOA has a pressing need for an Afghan National Police (ANP) that can respond to counter civil disturbances as well as law enforcement cases. As foreseen ref A, Ambassador Neumann and LTG Eikenberry discussed and jointly agreed to a revised approach developed by OSC-A and IN [...]	2006-03-14 08:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL1103	PRT/TARIN KOWT - TALIBAN REMAIN POTENT THREAT IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. The security environment in the province of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan remains grave. The Taliban threat has not diminished over time and may increase in the near term. The provincial government - only marginally effective on the best of days - shows signs of surrendering [...]	2006-03-14 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR SNAR PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1133	GOA PROPOSES AUXILIARY POLICE, REQUESTS USG FUNDING [...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Ministry of Interior has developed a plan for 9,210 &auxiliary police8 to supplement the 62,000 policemen authorized for the Afghan National Police force. It is looking for U.S. funding to support the plan, at a cost of at least USD 25 million for the first year. Th [...]	2006-03-16 14:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PREL EFIN AF
06KABUL116	KARZAI DISSATISFIED; WORRIES ABOUT NEWSWEEK; PLANS [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai is flailing at Newsweek for writing that one of his brothers is a drug dealer. Karzai will make a new push on narcotics eradication. The President criticized our announcing the withdrawal of U.S. forces after NATO comes in. This suggests he has had negative f [...]	2006-01-10 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR AF
06KABUL12	PRT/TARIN KOWT: URUZGAN PREPARES FOR SPRING [...] (U) Summary: PRT Tarin Kowt is helping Uruzgan Province plan and prepare to avert a replay of last year,s devastating spring floods that left hundreds dead and thousands homeless. Along with a number of concrete local projects, the PRT has focused on building the local administration,s respo [...]	2006-01-02 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV SENV AF
06KABUL120	ELIMINATION/ERADICATION UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings over the past weeks, INL Kabul and the British Embassy Drugs Team (BEDT) have worked closely with officials from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) to finalize governor- and centrally-led eradication plans. A key compone [...]	2006-01-10 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
06KABUL1201	Afghanistan: Ambassador Gross Promotes [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador David Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy visited Afghanistan February 25-27, 2006 to meet with senior Afghan government officials, including Vice President Massoud and the newly created Parliamentary Committee on Communicati [...]	2006-03-19 09:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL1211	NEW GOVERNOR OR URUZGAN PROVINCE TAKES OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malawi Hakim MONIB, President Karzai's appointee as new Governor of Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, arrived in Tarin Kowt on the morning of March 18 nearly three weeks after his appointment. Outgoing Governor Jan Mohammed Khan greeted Monib graciously, pledging support [...]	2006-03-19 13:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1214	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL HOEKSTRA [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Rep. Peter Hoekstra, (R-MI),Chairman, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI); Rep. John Shadegg, R-AZ); Rep. Mark Souder, (R-IN); Rep. C.A. (Dutch) Ruppersberger, (D-MD); Rep. Todd Tiahrt, (R-KS); and HPSCI Staff David Buckley, Monority Staff Director [...]	2006-03-20 03:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF
06KABUL1218	PRT/PATKICA FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 08:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1250	PRT/MAZAR-E SHARIF: BALKH PROVINCE POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mazar PRToff met with representatives from four political groups from Balkh Province. The representatives planned to travel to Kabul to meet with President Karzai and formally register a complaint against Governor Atta Muhammad Nur (a.k.a. Ustad Atta) for offenses ranging from c [...]	2006-03-22 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL1267	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO HELMAND; POPPY ERADICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 15:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL1277	CODEL HOEKSTRA SEES POPPY PROBLEM FIRST HAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: INL exposed Codel Hoekstra March 23 to the challenges facing U.S. counternarcotics policy and eradication in Afghanistan firsthand. The morning discussion between the Representatives, Embassy CN officials, CFC-A and the U.K. Embassy CN experts highlighted for the congressmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL1281	KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. Other [...]	2006-03-23 17:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1284	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - UK OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: UK officials told Provincial Council (PC) and Mullahs' Council members in separate meetings on March 19 that the UK mission will last at least three years. The mission is in conjunction with the GOA and will focus on several areas: (1) Extending the government's authority [...]	2006-03-24 13:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL AF UK
06KABUL1285	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - HELMAND VIOLENCE: CAUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, as the insurgency has gained momentum in Helmand province, security has deteriorated. Causes are varied, complicated, and intertwined. They include: Some blurring of tribal/drug trafficking boundaries; growing Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) strength; the [...]	2006-03-24 13:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL1323	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO JOHN J. HILLMEYER [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes John J. Hillmeyer, Tajikistan Desk officer, and grants country clearance for his visit to Afghanistan on March 30 - April 2, 2006, to attend the Central - Asian Cucasus Institute "Partership, Trade, and Development in Greater Central Asia". Control Officer is Aaron Jen [...]	2006-03-26 11:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF
06KABUL1324	1267 SANCTIONS LIST MONITORING TEAM WILL URGE CASE [...] (C) Summary: The focus of the upcoming UN 1267 Sanctions List Monitoring Team visit will be to facilitate the delisting of the new governor of Uruzgan, Abdul Hakim Monib. UNAMA officials have been instructed that until delisting has occurred, they are legally barred from supporting any pro [...]	2006-03-26 13:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1325	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A judicial conference sponsored by the PRT on March 20 revealed that lack of education and corruption are major impediments to improving Helmand's judicial system. Participating judges agreed that those engaged in poppy cultivation should be punished. They also lamented th [...]	2006-03-26 14:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PREL AF
06KABUL1328	PRT/TARIN KOWT - NEW GOVERNOR OF URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abdul Hakim Monib, who took office as Governor of Afghanistan's Uruzgan province on March 18 (reftel),is making a cautious and thoughtful start. Monib is an outsider -- appointed by President Karzai to replace a corrupt and ineffective predecessor -- and he is moving systemati [...]	2006-03-26 14:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL1332	ABDUL RAHMAN UPDATE - 3-26 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rahman remains in detention as of Sunday evening but events are moving quickly and he is expected to be released on Monday. After some pushing, the Afghans agreed to issue documents on Sunday confirming that the case has been dismissed and Rahman can be released (see paras 6 and [...]	2006-03-26 17:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1341	1267 SANCTIONS LIST MONITORING TEAM WILL URGE CASE [...] (C) Summary: The focus of the upcoming UN 1267 Sanctions List Monitoring Team visit will be to facilitate the delisting of the new governor of Uruzgan, Abdul Hakim Monib. UNAMA officials have been instructed that until delisting has occurred, they are legally barred from supporting any proj [...]	2006-03-27 11:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1345	AFGHANISTAN ADVOCACY SUCCESS STORY: U.S. POULTRY [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of Afghanistans first confirmed case of Avian Influenza, Summit Associates, an American company that imports U.S. frozen chicken and eggs, requested Embassy advocacy to intervene with customs officials blocking Summit containers from entering the country and to help l [...]	2006-03-27 15:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL1353	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - MOUSA QALA DISTRCT CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mousa Qala district chief Mohammed Wali and tribal elders told visiting UK PRT liaison officer, poloff, Poppy Elimination Program (PEP) officer, and USAID representative on March 23 that they are looking forward to better security when UK and Afghan National Army troops deplo [...]	2006-03-28 04:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID PREL ASEC AF
06KABUL1356	DIAG PLENARY: "IT'S TIME FOR HONESTY" [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing the status of the DIAG process, UNAMA Deputy SRSG Alexander told the DIAG Steering Committee that the time has come for honesty. He said there has been little progress since the Parliamentary elections last September, and that until the GOA shows political commitment a [...]	2006-03-28 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AF
06KABUL1358	PRT/MAZAR-E SHARIF DOSTUM PRESIDES OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Dostum, the paramount warlord in northern Afghanistan, presided over a Feb. 23 ceremony in Sheberghan, capital of Jowzjan Province north of Mazar-e Sharif, during which over 100 of his commanders turned in 2.5 tons of boxed ammunition and roughly 400 small arms, RPG lau [...]	2006-03-28 12:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1382	FM ABDULLAH'S TRAVAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked Charge on fairly short notice on March 28 to what was billed as a farewell event for FM Abdullah, who did not make the cut in President Karzai's proposed Cabinet reshuffle. However, upon arrival, Charge was treated to a 30-minute one-on-one session with the outgoing [...]	2006-03-29 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1428	PARLIAMENT OPPOSES RAHMAN RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's lower house of Parliament, the Wolesi Jirga, pointedly criticized the GOA handling of the Abdul Rahman case during several hours of debate on March 29. Most criticism focused on the perception that the Karzai government caved to foreign pressure, bypassing correct [...]	2006-03-30 03:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1439	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/A VISIT [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Assistant Secretary Richard A. Boucher and Senior Advisor Caitlin Hayden, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on April 1-4, 2006, for consultations with host government. Control Officer is Angus T. Sim [...]	2006-03-30 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMGT NP OTRA OVIP AF
06KABUL1440	CORRECTED COPY: KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. [...]	2006-03-30 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL145	SENATOR REED MEETS WITH FIRST VICE PRESIDENT MASOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH SENATOR REED, FIRST VICE PRESIDENT MASOOD STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PARTICULARLY IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND MINERALS SECTORS, FOR AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE. THE SENATOR ASSURED HIM OF THE UNITED STATES' LONG-TERM COMMITM [...]	2006-01-11 09:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAGR EINV PK AF
06KABUL146	KARZAI MEETS WITH CODEL BAYH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH SENATORS BAYH (D-IND) AND BOND (R-MO) AND REPRESENTATIVE FORD (D-TN),KARZAI OUTLINED THE PROGRESS AFGHANISTAN HAD MADE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, FOCUSING ON COUNTERNARCOTICS RATHER THAN TERRORISM AS THE REAL CHALLENGE FOR THE FUTURE. HE REITERAT [...]	2006-01-11 09:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER SNAR PK AF
06KABUL1461	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Senator Chuck Hagel, Chairman, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Staff members Lou Ann Linehan, Rexon Ryu, and Eric Rosenbach, and DOD Cdr. Steve Vahsen, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on April 13-14, 2006, to conduct political, [...]	2006-04-01 05:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ASEC AMGT OREP AF
06KABUL1478	WARDAK-HILLEN MEETING: ANA IS IMPROVING, ISAF [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Defense Wardak said the quality of the ANA is improving and he welcomes recent Coalition planning for joint operations. In a March 20 discussion with visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs SIPDIS John Hillen, Minister Wardak said that [...]	2006-04-02 04:52:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER AF
06KABUL1516	CHRISTIANS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After asylum was granted to Abdul Rahman in Italy, attention has shifted towards the greater Christian experience in Afghanistan. Afghan Christians, in large part remain hidden due to the risk of discrimination and violence. No new immediate threat to non-Afghan Christians appears [...]	2006-04-04 16:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC KIRF AF
06KABUL152	TERRORISM FINANCE: POST VETTING [...] (S) POST DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATING HIG AS A PARTY WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ELIMINATING SOURCES OF FUNDING TO GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR, BUT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ONGOING RECONCILIATION PROCESS. AS MENTIONED IN REF A OF REFTEL, THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY TIES BETWEEN [...]	2006-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC AF
06KABUL1525	PRT/QALAT - KARZAI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (U) Summary: President Karzai visited Zabul Province for the first time March 28, where he visited the PRT-run Trade School and the new hospital funded by the UAE. He also greeted people in the bazaar. His "pressing the flesh" may improve Zabul's poor security image. End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2006-04-05 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AF TC
06KABUL1535	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO MARTHA P. AMLIN [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Martha P. Amlin, program officer for Asia and Near East Assistance Office for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),and grants country clearance for her visit to Afghanistan on April 13, 2006, to meet with staff of UNHCR, NOGs and relevant country ministries. Contro [...]	2006-04-05 16:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREF AF ASEC
06KABUL1537	PRT/MAZAR-E SHARIF - PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MUCH IMPROVED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 06:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SOCI AF
06KABUL1538	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS KAZAKH FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 07:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP AF ECON
06KABUL1544	RAHMAN CASE [...] (C) In the past week Amb has raised the Abdul Rahman case on a one-on-one basis in private meetings with several of Afghanistan's top political leaders, including Vice-President Ziya Massoud, ex-President (and now MP) Burhanuddin Rabbani, MP Abdulrab Rasoul Sayyaf, Wolesi Jirga Speaker Yunu [...]	2006-04-06 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1545	PROGRESS ON UN 1267 SANCTIONS DELISTING REQUEST [...] (C/REL NATO/ISAF/AUS/NZ) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council is preparing dossiers on the 20 individuals for whom they have requested removal from the 1267 Sanctions list. The UN Team has also requested information from CFC-A, particularly with regard to Uruzgan governor Monib, a [...]	2006-04-06 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1554	THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT: AFGHAN VS AMERICAN BELIEFS [...] (C) Summary: Afghanistan is in flux, fully exposed to a barrage of new concepts, economic and social change after decades of war, with a populace that both welcomes many changes and yet can react negatively and forcefully when new ideas and events seem to threaten the fragile social structur [...]	2006-04-08 03:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1573	PRT/SHARANA - PAKTIKA: THE POLITICS OF LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Development has expanded rapidly in the last year in Paktika, and so have land disputes. As the pace of development increases, the number of land disputes also increases as parcels of land are identified for schools, roads, and government centers across the province. Paktika [...]	2006-04-09 08:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KJUS EAID AF
06KABUL1615	: PSA ASSESSMENT: FARYAB PREY TO WARLORDS, WEAK [...] (C) Summary: Afghan and senior international leaders assess that the roots of conflict in Faryab province stem both from the rivalry between the two factions of Junbesh and Azadi, and from the weak governance that allows those private militias to operate. In a recent Provincial Security Asses [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KJUS PREL AF
06KABUL1630	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - PROSECUTORS DISCUSS THEIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a PRT sponsored seminar on March 28, Helmand prosecutors demonstrated a good knowledge of procedures and the applicable sections of the Afghan constitution. They cited lack of evidence and police corruption as the main reasons why many cases are not sent forward to judges. [...]	2006-04-11 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS SOCI AF
06KABUL1633	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL TIAHRT [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Rep. Todd Tiahrt, Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Rep. Frank Labiondo, and Professional Staff Members Kathleen Reilly, George Pappas and Michael Delaney, and DOD Maj. Michael Hopkins, and grants country clear [...]	2006-04-11 11:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OREP AMGT ASEC AF
06KABUL1653	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER MEETS KAZAKH FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP AF ECON
06KABUL1667	GOA DETAINEES LEGAL WORKING GROUP MOVING AHEAD [...] (SBU) The Afghan Inter-Ministerial Legal Working Group met on April 5 to discuss the development of a legal framework that would form the basis for transfer of detainees from U.S. custody as well as for the disposition of individuals taken off the battlefield in future. Due to a confusion on [...]	2006-04-12 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS KAWC PGOV AF
06KABUL1669	PRT/TARIN KOWT - SECURITY PROGRAMS GETTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Establishing GOA authority, particularly police authority, in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province is very much a work in progress. The province's two police forces are semi-reformed militias allied to rival warlords. The PRT and coalition forces are making some progress in trainin [...]	2006-04-12 13:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR ASEC PTER MARR AF
06KABUL1674	PRT/SHARANA - WOMEN'S TRAINING BEGINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the months of March and April, PRT Sharana funded and conducted Paktika's first women's sewing skills and literacy training activities. These activities trained a total of 38 women from Sharana, Paktika's capital, and Orgun-e, the province's largest population center. The [...]	2006-04-13 06:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID AF
06KABUL1714	KARZAI NERVOUS ON PROVINCIAL SECURITY: RESURRECTS [...] (C) In the wake of recent insurgent activity in the South, President Karzai is afraid he may be losing public confidence in his government's authority in rural provincial districts, and he is once again broaching the idea of raising informal auxiliary police units to provide security in ce [...]	2006-04-17 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR PTER EFIN AF PK
06KABUL1715	RUSSIANS CONVENE G-8 TO DISCUSS TERRORISM; CHARGE [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Kabulov called a meeting of G-8 chiefs of mission and other interested parties on April 11 to discuss the issue of countering terrorism in Afghanistan through ideological means. The meeting followed a February 2006 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Mosco [...]	2006-04-17 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF RU
06KABUL1719	ARIANA FLIGHTS TO UAE SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) Afghan Ministry of Transport officials informed Embassy's FAA representative that an April 14, 2006 ramp inspection of an Ariana aircraft by UAE Civil Aviation Authorities found numerous, serious safety infractions and violations. UAE authorities allowed the plane to return to Kabul wi [...]	2006-04-17 10:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON AF
06KABUL1753	WOMEN MPS RECEIVE MUCH ATTENTION, FACE MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Women in the Afghan National Assembly face many challenges: political divisions, sometimes uncoordinated aid efforts, and traditional attitudes. Women are vocal and regular contributors to debate, and hold some key leadership positions, but it is unclear what their impact will [...]	2006-04-19 03:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KWMN AF
06KABUL1769	PRT/TARIN KOWT - DUTCH PREPARING FOR ISAF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province is getting underway. Under NATO'S ISAF Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan will transfer from U.S. to Dutch-NATO command on or about July 31, 2006. In recent months, several D [...]	2006-04-19 14:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR PTER PREL ASEC SNAR AF NL AS
06KABUL1791	AFGHAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES 20 OF 25 MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Thursday, April 20, the Afghan National Assembly approved the majority of President Karzai's nominated Cabinet Ministers. Significant confirmations included Engineer Zarar as Minister of Interior and Spanta as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Minister of Culture Raheen and Mini [...]	2006-04-20 15:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL18	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The tone of the second week for Afghanistan's National Assembly (NA) has been positive, with members of parliament open to new ideas and mostly constructive debate. The NA spent the week finalizing its leadership and discussing its rules of procedure. The formation of caucuse [...]	2006-01-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1821	PRT/KANDAHAR - DEALING WITH THE TALIBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The "spring offensive" announced by Taliban leaders in southern Afghanistan a month ago appears to be picking up momentum. During the previous four months the Taliban engaged primarily in small hit and run attacks and improvised explosive bombings, and this remains their pr [...]	2006-04-24 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL1828	PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...]	2006-04-24 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR ASEC AF CA
06KABUL1844	NEIGHBORS PLEDGE SUPPORT FOR CN COOPERATION AT [...] Summary: The Acting Afghan Minister of Counternarcotics held a Conference April 13 on regional counternarcotics (CN) cooperation attended by Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan did not participate. Political statements from regional ambassadors focused on the import [...]	2006-04-25 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SNAR AF
06KABUL186	PRT HERAT: FEWER AFGHAN REFUGEES RETURNING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Latest data from United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) indicate significant increase in Afghan migrant labor in Iran. Undocumented Afghans who turn themselves in to Iranian authorities are treated as spontaneous returnees and given free transportation to the bor [...]	2006-01-14 16:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL1884	PROPOSED POLICE PROGRAM CHANGES TO MEET THREAT [...] (C) Operationally-focussed shifts in the Afghan police program will address the security situation in the south and to President Karzai's concerns (ref a). The Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A, formerly OSC-A),in coordination with the Embassy, the German Police Pro [...]	2006-04-28 08:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1887	PRT/BAMYAN: KHALILI SUPPORTERS MUDDY [...] (SBU) The supporters of Second Vice President Khalili are playing political hardball, and Governor Sarabi appears to be their target. Minority Tajik unrest, which has received tacit backing from Khalili stalwarts, appears designed to discredit the Governor. The recent appointment of a crony o [...]	2006-04-28 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1904	ONDCP DIRECTOR DISCUSSES COUNTER-NARCOTICS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-29 15:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OTRA OVIP SNAR AF
06KABUL1905	PRT-GARDEZ TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-30 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL1913	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/CT COORDINATOR AND [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Ambassador Henry Crumpton, and Senior Advisor Michael Hurley, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on May 4-7, 2006, to discuss CT issues. Control Officer is Mary Townswick, Deputy Political Counselor, email address: TownswickMN@state.gov, teleph [...]	2006-04-30 12:45:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL1946	AFGHAN/IRAN TRANSIT TRADE - A GROWING EMBRACE [...] (SBU) Afghanistan is deepening its transit trade ties with Iran. Afghan companies are increasingly favoring Iran to transit goods out of frustration with perceived shipping delays, surcharges and corruption in Pakistan. The GoA recently signed a new transit trade agreement with Iran and bo [...]	2006-05-01 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL AF
06KABUL1968	AFGHANISTAN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR OPDC PHUM PREL UNGA AF
06KABUL1969	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - CANDIDACY OF IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREL AF
06KABUL1974	PRT-SHARANA COMMUNICATIONS MEANS SECURITY - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 13:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECPS PGOV PTER TINT AF
06KABUL1975	Afghanistan Border Management Initiative - Fueling [...] (SBU) The International Border Management Advisory Team (IBMAT) visited Afghanistan April 9 to 17 and conducted an assessment of overall border management activities in Herat province. The IBMAT team corroborated earlier assessments indicating an overall lack of GoA initiative, poor coordina [...]	2006-05-02 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN PREL AF
06KABUL1976	20 MINISTERS SWORN IN; WOLESI JIRGA REVIEWS THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 1 and 2, the lower house of the Afghan Parliament reviewed the GOA budget, posing extensive questions to Minister of Finance Ahadi about the government's finances. During debate, the Wolesi Jirga (WJ) emphasized two points: first, it has the right to closely review the [...]	2006-05-02 14:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1977	PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai had a productive visit to India earlier this month to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The visit of President Karzai and his 109 member delegation, including nine parliamentarians, religious leaders, and businessmen, reinforced the close r [...]	2006-05-02 14:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ETRD EFIN MARR AF IN
06KABUL1994	PRIVATIZING ARIANA? [...] (SBU) Dr. Atash, President of Ariana, plans to breakup Ariana into smaller, more focused companies ahead of a gradual, partial privatization. He is aggressively trying to push this plan through the Afghan Government over the next month. Atash will likely leave as soon as the plan is approve [...]	2006-05-03 10:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAIR ECON AF
06KABUL2007	PRT/KUNDUZ: OUT IN BADAKHSHAN'S POPPYLAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. District managers in Jurm and Baharak acknowledge that poppy is being grown in their districts, but claim that the amount of land under cultivation is much less than in previous years. They add, however, that as long as there are no other economic opportunities for the large [...]	2006-05-03 13:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL2008	PRT/HELMAND - HELMAND ERADICATION WRAP UP [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KRDP AF
06KABUL2021	PRT/HELMAND FROM THE STARS AND STRIPES TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 03:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2037	PRT/HELMAND - HELMAND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-07 04:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2039	PRT/PANJSHIR: U/S VISITS TEAM, MEETS GOV. [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-07 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT AF
06KABUL205	PRT/BAMYAN: Can Bamyan Law Enforcement Reform? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand is providing a crucial lifeline to Bamyan law enforcement, but needs more U.S. support for their efforts to take hold. NZ commitments in expertise and infrastructure appear to be making progress, but could yield stronger results with targeted U.S. assistance, namel [...]	2006-01-16 06:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL2051	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DOL SECURITY ADVANCE [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Department of Labor Security Advance Team members Eugene Asa Cunningham, Jon Joseph Metrey and Wayne Emerson Hakes, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on May 10, 2006, to advance visit of the US Delegation headed by Under Secretary for Democracy [...]	2006-05-07 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA PGOV AF
06KABUL2093	PRT/QAL I NOW: BADGHIS PROVINCE SECURITY OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The Badghis province Director for of the National Security Directorate (NSD) Mehr Ali offered a provincial security overview to PRToff, including poppy eradication efforts, Taleban influence, the recent slaying of five medical workers, and the police and justice system. Althou [...]	2006-05-10 10:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SNAR SOCI AF
06KABUL2149	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] Proper Demographic Representation was emphasized as a method of conducting business by President Karzai and applies to all types of p placing special emphasis on operational effectiveness achieved by establishing a presence and understanding with the community in which the police operate. [...]	2006-05-12 13:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2151	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Course of Action plan outlined below is desig for implementing President Karzai?s decision to re-balance the Afgha in order to address pressing security issues in the south (reftel). by members of the international community involved with building up t the Afghan Ministry [...]	2006-05-12 15:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2154	A COURSE OF ACTION TO REBALANCE THE ANP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Course of Action plan outlined below is designed as a guide for implementing President Karzais decision to re-balance the Afghan National Police in order to address pressing g security issues in the south (reftel). This outline will be used by members of the international [...]	2006-05-13 08:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL2173	SPANISH TROOP INCREASE IN QAL I NOW WILL YIELD [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SP AF
06KABUL2178	PRT/TARIN KOWT: GOVERNOR MONIB'S TENUOUS GRASP ON URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (C) The security situation in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province remains acute seven weeks after the arrival of a new governor. Unhelpful interference by the previous governor, stepped up Taliban activity, and police forces operating outside governmental authority impede Governor Monib's ability [...]	2006-05-14 11:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2186	PRT/HELMAND: HELMAND GOVERNOR DAUD VOICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a weekly security meeting on April 17, Helmand Governor Mohammed Daud told PRT officials that the security situation in the province was becoming more critical. In late April, the Governor moved poppy eradication forces to the northern districts, not only to eradicate, but al [...]	2006-05-15 06:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL2234	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable ? [...] EXBS: The Afghanistan EXBS Advisor issued invitations to the Senior Advisor to the Minister of Commerce and to the Director of International Transit and Trade KABUL 00002234 006.3 OF 006 Facilitation to participate as observers at the 8th Central Asia and Caucasus Regional Forum on Exp [...]	2006-05-16 14:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF

06KABUL2259	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Kabul requests country clearance for Kanishka Bakhshi, FSN Political Assistant, to travel to Islamabad to obtain a visa to the U.S. Mr. Bakhshi has been nominated to participate in the 5th Annual FSN Worldwide Conference to be held in Washington, D.C. June 15-23. 2. Embassy Kabul [...]	2006-05-18 12:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS AF
06KABUL2285	OPTIONS FOR US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS [...] (SBU) Officials from the Japanese Embassy in Kabul are anxious to restart work on their portion of the Ring Road between Kandahar and Herat as soon as possible. The Japanese Government is considering all options, including recontracting the work to a non-Japanese contractor. The US Army Corps o [...]	2006-05-20 07:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ELTN AF
06KABUL2296	PRT/BAMYAN: LAND USE TENSIONS SIMMER IN [...] (SBU) Uncertainty over land titles seems to be the common denominator in recent disputes in Bamyan. The Governor has intervened personally to defuse Tajik and Hazara tussles over farmland. An unresolved ownership dispute continues to hamper government efforts to regulate coal mining in the p [...]	2006-05-21 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AF
06KABUL2298	THE ARDS AND GOA PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) The Afghan Reconstruction Development Service (ARDS,) strives to conduct GOA procurement in accordance with international standards and the GOA Procurement Law, passed in September 2005. Though not all GOA procurement is handled by the ARDS, this office sets a standard to which all gove [...]	2006-05-21 08:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN OPIC EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL2319	SCO AND MANAS DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KG IR AF
06KABUL2323	PARLIAMENT REJECTS BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 21, the lower house of the Afghan Parliament rejected the GOA budget by a clear majority (although with only around half of MPs voting). The impasse occurred after the GOA rejected Parliament's suggested changes to the budget, including an increase in salaries for civil s [...]	2006-05-22 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2342	PRT/QALAT Q ROMANIAN INTEREST IN PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR RO AF
06KABUL2354	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. GOVERNORS TRAVEL [...] (U) Embassy Kabul welcomes Governor Mitt Romney, Massachusets; Governor Matt Blunt, Missouri; Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, US Army; Governor Brian Schweitzer, Montana; Anthony Welcher, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, DOS; Dan Wilmot, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, DOD; LT [...]	2006-05-24 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA PGOV AF
06KABUL2364	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ONLY TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On Wednesday, May 24, the Afghan National Assembly approved only two of four Supreme Court Justices put to a vote. The two approved Justices - Mawlawi Mohammad Qasem and Mohammad Aleem Nasemi - are both Pashtun Sharia law faculty graduates. Of the five remaining Justices, thre [...]	2006-05-24 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2365	KABUL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. effort in Afghanistan continues to promote economic reconstruction, build democratic institutions and develop the government's capacity to deal with continuing threats to security. The Afghanistan Compact adopted at the January London Conference and Parliament elected [...]	2006-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA AF
06KABUL2366	REPORT FROM KANDAHAR: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN U.S. [...] (S) Conflicting reports about the U.S.-led forces (CJSOTF) attack the evening of May 21 on the village of Azizi in Panjwai district about 25 kilometers from Kandahar City reflect, in part, an ongoing Taliban psychological operations (psyops) campaign to misrepresent coalition military operat [...]	2006-05-24 16:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL2386	BILATERAL DETAINEE AGREEMENTS WITH THE GOA [...] (C) Summary: Four nations ) Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and the U.K. ) have signed bilateral agreements with the Government of Afghanistan concerning the transfer of detainees. With the exception of Denmark, these nations are already engaged in military action as part of OEF or are lo [...]	2006-05-25 06:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PTER PREL AF
06KABUL2387	PAKTIKA'S GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR MORE ROADS, [...] (SBU) In a May 1 visit to the PRT in Sharana, the capital of Paktika, Ambassador met with Governor Khpulwak and local government officials, where he was repeatedly asked for assistance in constructing local roads to complete the provincial network, as well as help in linking the province to [...]	2006-05-25 07:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL24	MP BIO: ALEMI BALKHI [...] (U) This is the first in a series of biographic reporting cables on Afghanistan's newly elected Parliamentarians. Additional reports will be sent as PolOffs continue to meet personally with new MPs during the coming weeks. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The striking feature of PolOff's December 31 meeting [...]	2006-01-03 07:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2407	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-27 11:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2410	The Iranian Border, Islam Qala and the [...] (SBU) Commercial traffic at Islam Qala, the major border crossing between Iran and Afghanistan, has declined significantly in the last few months, particularly as transshipped goods destined for Pakistan are diverted to other ports of entry. Yet, truck traffic at the "informal" border crossi [...]	2006-05-28 04:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN ELTN AF
06KABUL2411	New ISAF Headquarters Approach to PRTs: [...] Summary: The Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) has assumed the mantle of command of ISAF. They are bringing a commitment and plan of action to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) program that should bring greater coherence to the effort. We strongly support this initiative, and recom [...]	2006-05-28 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL2424	PRT/TARIN KOWT - URUZGAN'S DEVELOPING INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Monib, of Uruzgan Province in southern Afghanistan, has been on the job for two months and is still working to build up functioning institutions from the administrative rubble left behind by his incompetent and corrupt predecessor. Visits to Tarin Kowt in recent days b [...]	2006-05-29 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2425	PRT-QALAT - GOVERNOR ARMAN'S FIRST YEAR IN ZABUL: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Governor Arman has been a strong governor and, overall, Zabul Province has improved over the past year. However, as he well realizes, security and high-level visits are not enough for effective government, and the GoA still lacks the ability to provide goods and services to its [...]	2006-05-29 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC SNAR KCRS AF
06KABUL2426	DEPUTY MINISTER SAIKAL DISCUSSES THE STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Saikal told PolCouns in a May 21 meeting that the GOA was pleased with the first March 2006 Strategic Partnership dialogue in Washington and hoped to move to substance and outcome in succeeding meetings. He stated that reftel outline for the March dialogue [...]	2006-05-29 12:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF
06KABUL2427	PRT HERAT - ALLEGED ATTACK ON AMANULLAH KHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An apparent grenade attack on Shindand/based Amanullah Khan (AK),allegedly launched by his rival Ismael Khan (IK),disrupted plans for his appearance at a May 20 DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) ceremony in Herat. Despite high-level GOA attendance, the ceremony itself [...]	2006-05-29 12:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PGOV AF
06KABUL2436	SITREP 5/29 1600: MILITARY CONVOY ACCIDENT LEADS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A vehicle accident on the outskirts of Kabul involving a US military supply convoy resulted in at least one Afghan casualty and led to rioting around Kabul on May 29. The situation in Kabul as of 1600 local time was calm except for some small protests in the northwestern suburbs [...]	2006-05-29 13:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER AF
06KABUL2467	PRT HERAT: NO EVIDENCE OF AFGHAN WOMEN'S BILL OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to "My War at Home", a recently published book by young Afghan-American Masuda Sultan, an "Afghan Women's Bill of Rights" (AWBR) was delivered to the GOA and widely disseminated throughout the country prior to the Constitutional Loya Jirga. Afghan sources and USG and [...]	2006-05-30 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN AF
06KABUL2468	PARLIAMENT REJECTS SHINWARI AS CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 27, the lower house of the Afghan Parliament rejected two additional Supreme Court nominations, including conservative Chief Justice Shinwari. END SUMMARY. Vote Count ---------- 2. (SBU) The rejection of Shinwari and additional nominee Roostayi brings the total numb [...]	2006-05-30 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2471	PRT/PAKTIKA Q JOURNEY TO WAZA KHWA Q [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2472	PRT/PANJSHIR Q BIG TEST FOR AMMO REMOVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNDP/ANBP program to remove mines and ammunition from Panjshir is reaching a critical juncture. As it nears successful completion of work at the site of Parakh, it now takes on a greater challenge at Paranday, both in terms of depot size and local resistance. UNDP/ANBP of [...]	2006-05-30 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2473	PARLIAMENT REACTS TO CONVOY CRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both houses of the Afghan Parliament resumed debate on security in closed session on Tuesday, May 30. According to MPs, the US military convoy vehicle accident of May 29 was discussed, but debate quickly moved to larger security issues. No statements were made calling into quest [...]	2006-05-30 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS AF
06KABUL25	PRT/BAMYAN: LARGE OPIUM SEIZURE HIGHLIGHT PLUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bamyan police found a 1.9 ton opium cache stashed away in caves near Bamyan City, and arrested three suspects. Counter-narcotics officials from Kabul and a gaggle of press witnessed the PRT weigh, transport, and burn the opium on December 28. Behind the scenes, however, the go [...]	2006-01-03 09:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL2512	PARLIAMENT'S STATEMENT ON US CONVOY ACCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Afghan National Assembly) issued a press release summarizing its debate on the US convoy crash on May 29. The release called for legal action against those responsible for the crash. While the release is non-binding, it accurately [...]	2006-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS AF
06KABUL2529	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAKISTAN DELEGATION [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Ambassador Ryan Crocker; Tim Wilder, POL; Col. Cris Allen, ODRP; Chris DeAngelis, ECON; Scott York, RAO; Hollis Summers, REF; Eric Alm, ARSO; Sherry Carlin, USAID; Lisa Johnson, NAS; Col. Charles Robinson, DAO; Bill Dyer, DEA, and Mohammed Motiwala, Staff Aide, and grant [...]	2006-06-04 09:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC SNAR OTRA AF
06KABUL2551	PARLIAMENT APPROVES REVISED BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan National Assembly approved a revised national budget, including modest increases in government salaries and payments to the disabled, on June 3. The new budget, which did not go above the previously agreed ceiling, accommodates Parliament's most significant concerns; [...]	2006-06-04 14:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN KDEM AF
06KABUL2552	RECONCILIATION PROGRAM HOLDS CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) The Independent Commission for the Program for Strengthening Peace (PTS) - the Afghan-led reconciliation process - held a conference on May 15 with representatives of Coalition and ISAF PRTs in order to familiarize them with the PTS process and to give the heads of the six regional PTS [...]	2006-06-05 04:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL257	PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE [...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...]	2006-01-18 06:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM
06KABUL258	PRT/BAMYAN: POOR FACILITIES, CORRUPTION PLAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The law enforcement organs in Bamyan are on life support. Poorly paid, equipped, and trained police do little to counter lawlessness in the Central Highlands. Police and prosecution corruption exacerbates and undermines the people's already shaky faith in Central Government aut [...]	2006-01-18 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL2601	PRT/KUNDUZ: STRONG INDICATIONS THAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There are strong indications that the May 30 attack on a USAID alternative livelihoods contractor in the remote river valley district of Darayeen in Badakhshan province was perpetrated by local drug lords who feared that the contractor was undermining their multimillion dolla [...]	2006-06-07 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL2619	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO BRENT HARTLEY AND [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Brent Hartley, EUR/RPM Incoming Principal Deputy Director and Richard Olson, Incoming DCM USNATO, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on June 12-14, 2006, to participate in a delegation led by SACEUR General Jones. Control Officer is Marie Richa [...]	2006-06-08 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL2685	PRT/FARAH - DIAG PHASE 1, MILESTONE OR MILLSTONE? [...] (C) Summary: Phase I Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG) commenced May 21 in Farah, with great official fanfare. Although the televised event was high on GOA and ISAF voltage, a last minute change of IAG lists by the Herat DIAG Committee led to participation of only two of nineteen IA [...]	2006-06-12 11:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PGOV AF
06KABUL2687	PRT/PAKTIKA PAKTITA FOUR DISTRICTS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An early June journey to and assessment of four districts in western Paktika ka revealed districts with generally little infrastructure and little support from the central government. Despite certain similarities, these districts differ in their support for the government and [...]	2006-06-13 02:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2703	PRT/GARDEZ SECURITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Gardez recently visited the remote Logar district of Azra, which borders Pakistan, to secure and remove an arms cache handed over to the DIAG program. ANP control is limited to the physical bounds of the station itself and the communitys security is completely controlled b [...]	2006-06-14 04:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2704	PARLIAMENT SEEKS TO STRENGTHEN PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Both houses of the Afghan National Assembly have drafted revisions to the Provincial Council Law, which will be considered by the Wolesi Jirga upon their return from recess in July. The revisions would strengthen the role of Provincial Councils in provincial governance, giving [...]	2006-06-14 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2707	AFGHAN BUDGET DEBATE (C-NE6-00713) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is a response to Department's request for additional reporting on the Afghan National Assembly debate on the budget (REF A). END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Below are the responses, by question: A. What were the major points of debate on the budget? Please see REF C, par [...]	2006-06-14 10:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECIN ECON PGOV AF
06KABUL2717	SWED AMB: "NOT A SITUATION TO PULL OUT, THIS IS A [...] (C) The Swedish Ambassador to Afghanistan and Pakistan met with the Ambassador to discuss growing concern from Swedish officials over increased violence in Afghanistan. Despite the increase, Ambassador Wilkens strongly believed that progress would only be made if the international community inc [...]	2006-06-14 16:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL2718	KUNAR TRIP HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR MORE AFGHAN INPUT [...] SUMMARY: Increasing Afghans, involvement in development projects was one of the main themes of the Ambassador,s June 4 trip to the PRT in Asadabad, Kunar province. The Ambassador met with Governor Wafa, members of the local shura, and students from a nearby school who were an enthusiastic audi [...]	2006-06-14 16:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL2723	CODEL HAYES MEETS KARZAI, WARDAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 31, Congressmen Robin Hayes (R-NC),Joe Wilson (R-SC),Jeff Miller (R-FL),Richard Keller (R-FL),and Henry Cuellar (D-TX),and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) met separately with Defense Minister Wardak and President Karzai. The President blamed the recent distu [...]	2006-06-15 05:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2727	PARLIAMENT'S FIRST SESSION: REVIEW AND ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Afghan National Assembly ended its first session on June 5 having achieved several key milestones, including the confirmation of 20 ministers and the passage of the budget. Notable trends in the first session of Parliament included occasional hints of ethnic divisions beneat [...]	2006-06-15 11:13:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2736	PROBATION BOARD FOR POLICE LIST ADDITIONS: [...] (C) Summary: With considerable U.S. input, international community representatives agreed on June 14 that the Probation Board for the dozen or so problem cases on the new police list should establish objective, forward-looking standards and meet periodically over a period of four months to [...]	2006-06-15 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL275	AFGHAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: UPCOMING AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Afghan National Assembly (NA) will resume session on Saturday, January 21. On the immediate agenda are continued discussion on rules of procedure and the formation of political groups and committees. Debate on approving the Cabinet and transitional laws will most likely [...]	2006-01-19 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2759	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S. GOVERNORS [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Governor Mark Sanford, Governor Frank Murkowski, Governor John Hoeven, Mr, Anthony Welcher, Mr. Dan Wilmot, Major General Michael Summarall, Major Patrick Lewis and Lt. Col Roger Carstens, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on June 22-23, 2006, [...]	2006-06-18 08:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OVIP ASEC AF
06KABUL276	PRT/TARIN KOWT: DOING HARD TIME IN URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A USG team visiting Uruzgan Provincial Prison found that the warden and prison guards, although untrained, were paid regularly and were interested in receiving training and improving the facility. The prison and administrative buildings were largely crumbling mud-brick structu [...]	2006-01-19 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS AF
06KABUL2765	PRT FARAH FROM THREATENED CIVIL STRIFE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Village elders from Gullistan District in northern Farah requested help from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to resolve extortion, theft, and freedom of movement problems stemming from corrupt and abusive practices by Purchaman District Manager Salim Mobarez. The elde [...]	2006-06-18 12:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV AF
06KABUL2781	GOA REPLY TO REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FIVE [...] (SBU) Polmiloff contacted Afghan National Security Council officer for detainee affairs Jamil Bahramy regarding the five individuals listed reftel, to confirm whether the GOA would be willing to accept these individuals back from Guantanamo through the reconciliation program (PTS). Bahramy, a [...]	2006-06-19 10:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWCR PHUM PINS AF
06KABUL2786	MOHAQEQ, FAHIM CONCERNED OVER MILITIAS. FAHIM [...] (C) Both Hajji Mohammed Mohaqeq and Marshal Fahim were against the idea of implementing militias to improve security across Afghanistan. In recent meetings with the Ambassador, each expressed the desire to create a nationally representative group if additional security is needed. Using tribal [...]	2006-06-20 11:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SNAR PREL AF
06KABUL2787	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 11:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN AF
06KABUL2802	DRAFT AFGHAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DETAINEE [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council (ONSC),in consultation with relevant Ministries, the U.S. mission, and its own contracted legal expert, has developed a legal framework for Afghan detainee operations. The framework, as briefed to the polmiloff and representatives of CFC-A, a [...]	2006-06-21 02:19:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KWCR AF
06KABUL2819	CRIMINAL LAW REVISION SPURS NEW LEVEL OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2827	DIAG CHAIRMAN OUTLINES NEEDED STEPS BY GOA [...] (C) At the June 16 DIAG Forum, Chairman Nuristani said he recognized that the DIAG process was in serious difficulty. He outlined several points on which action needed to be taken, either by the international community or, in more cases, by elements of the GOA. 2. (C) Nuristani started by [...]	2006-06-22 06:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL2829	PRT/KUNDUZ NEW POLICE CHIEF IN KUNDUZ [...] (SBU) Note: Below is the first reporting shared with the Embassy by the German PRT in Konduz. We hope to make this a precedent, not only for the Germans but for the other non-US PRTs as well. We are working with ISAF, as part of its PRT Coherence Plan to pool as much PRT reporting as possi [...]	2006-06-22 07:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2840	SECOND MEETING OF POLICE PROBATION BOARD WORKING [...] (C) A second meeting to discuss the formation of a Probation Board to review the police appointments added to the original 86 candidates (reftel) took place on June 17 at the German Embassy, hosted by Ambassador Frick. Attendees included polmiloff, CSTC-A, UNAMA, EU, Canada, UK, and Japan. [...]	2006-06-24 02:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL2841	ASSESSING THE PASHTUN BELT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-Embassy Islamabad-CFC cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Neumann, Ambassador Crocker, CFC Commanding General Eikenberry, and their senior staffs met at Embassy Kabul for the first of a series of planned periodic inter-Embassy meetings prompte [...]	2006-06-24 02:52:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER USAID MASS PINR AF
06KABUL2847	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAS GASTRIGHT AND [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes John Gastright, Virginia Palmer, David Kilcullen, Daniel Green, and Meghan Bradley, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on June 25-29, 2006, to discuss security and counter-terrorism efforts. Control Officer is Chris Hensman, Political Officer, [...]	2006-06-25 02:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL2857	SECOND MEETING OF POLICE PROBATION BOARD WORKING [...] (C) A second meeting to discuss the formation of a Probation Board to review the police appointments added to the original 86 candidates (reftel) took place on June 17 at the German Embassy, hosted by Ambassador Frick. Attendees included polmiloff, CSTC-A, UNAMA, EU, Canada, UK, and Japan. [...]	2006-06-25 08:03:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PTER AF
06KABUL2862	PRT/KUNDUZ: NEW POLICE CHIEFS RAISE HOPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new police chiefs in Kunduz, Baghlan and Takhar are well-educated, professional, career police officers who have risen through the ranks over the past 20 to 25 years, assiduously avoiding direct participation in partisan politics and earning a reputation for loyalty and in [...]	2006-06-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KABUL2881	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/P DIRECTOR AND [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Staff Member Daniel Markey, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on July 1-4, 2006, for consultations. Control Officer is Aaron Jensen, Political Officer, email address: jensenaw2@state.gov, telephone 011-93-7 [...]	2006-06-26 03:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL2919	FINNS SEEK ASSURANCES WEAPONS DONATIONS WOULD [...] (SBU) Summary: Finnish Ambassador Antti Koistinen held separate meetings with Ambassador Neumann and CSTC-A Brigadier General OBrien the week of June 19 to inquire whether a donation of one hundred thousand AK-47s requested by the Afghans could be given to the ANP with guarantees that they wou [...]	2006-06-28 08:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FI AF
06KABUL2932	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable - [...] (U) The Border Management Initiative (BMI) has identified immediate needs at the Islam Qalah Border Crossing Point (BCP). Working with Afghan ministries, CFC- A, CSTC-A, USAID/Bearing Point and international donors, BMI has identified areas of concern that are being addressed within the tim [...]	2006-06-28 11:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
06KABUL294	SURVEY POINTS TO SUCCESS IN COUNTER NARCOTIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL295	PRT/KUNDUZ ? TAKHAR GOVERNOR ASKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with PRToff, the Governor of Takhar made his usual requests for increased international assistance to Takhar Province, particularly on road construction and alternative livelihoods (AL). The Governor's claims of neglect of his province were disingenuous given [...]	2006-01-23 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR EAID AF GE
06KABUL2956	ITALIAN VICE FOREIGN MINISTER SUPPORTS ROADS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a 30-minute meeting with the Ambassador June 23, The Italian Vice Minister Vernetti focused attention primarily on roads and customs trainers. The Italians continue to work on expanding the customs training programs out of Herat in order to increase GOA revenue. The Italians [...]	2006-06-29 14:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL2962	PREPARATIONS FOR DIAG TOKYO CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) At the June 28 pre-meeting before the bi- weekly DIAG Forum, Japanese Ambassador Okuda briefed international representatives on plans for the July 5 DIAG Conference in Toyko. In addition to the planned presentations (DAS Gastright is listed as presenting on the ANA),Canada, the Nether [...]	2006-07-01 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AF JA
06KABUL2970	NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND [...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...]	2006-07-02 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS AF PK
06KABUL2972	ISAF STABILITY OPERATION IN FARAH TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: ISAF has begun a stability operation in Farah province to mitigate potential affects of Operation Mountain Thrust. Known as Operation Turtle, the activity consists of three elements: security, engagement, and development. On the security side, ISAF has begun increasing its g [...]	2006-07-03 03:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PTER NATO AF
06KABUL2975	ZABUL GOVERNOR ON ROMANIAN DEPLOYMENT, UAE AID, [...] (S) In a meeting with Ambassador Neumann on June 30, Zabul Governor Arman expressed his concern with the ability of the Romanians to operate in Zabul province without additional support. Leaving aside the question of combat capability, he cited three factors: 1) the Romanian troops will be n [...]	2006-07-03 07:08:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2976	PRT/QALAT - DRUG SITUATION IN ZABUL: RECORD [...] Summary: The ANP have seized over 18,000 kilograms of drugs in the past 14 months, primarily along the Ring Road linking Kandahar to Kabul. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) expects the local poppy cultivation, although small, will increase more than 50% this year. End Summary. S [...]	2006-07-03 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL2985	AFGHAN JUDGES TAKE TO AMERICA [...] (U) Summary: Four women judges from Kabul participated in a study trip to the US. During their three-week trip, the judges obtained a bird's eye view of the administration and operations of Vermont,s rural court system and held constructive discussions with key USG officials about the status o [...]	2006-07-03 12:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KCRM SNAR AF
06KABUL2990	FIRST MEETING OF POLICE PROBATION BOARD [...] (C) The first meeting of the police probation board was held July 3. The Afghan side was represented by senior generals in the MOI. German Ambassador for Police Affairs Frick, CSTC-A, U.S. Embassy (polmiloff),EU, and UNAMA constituted the international participants. Minister of Interior Z [...]	2006-07-05 06:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL30	PRT-QALAT: GOVERNOR FIRES SHAMULZAI DISTRICT CHIEF, [...] (U) Summary: Zabul Provincial Governor Arman used a carrot and stick approach (local autonomy and good officials; development projects) and argued both Islam and geopolitics at a shura to try to convince Shamulzai district elders not to deal with the Taliban. While Arman is willing to fire [...]	2006-01-03 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PK
06KABUL3001	KHOWST DLEGATION PRESS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of elders and a parliamentarian from Khowst Province told A/DCM and PRTOff June 19 that Governor Merajoddin Pathan's administration is overrepresented by former Communist government officials, leading to weakening of GOA legitimacy in Khowst. The group warned ant [...]	2006-07-05 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL3019	LEAHY AMENDMENT GUIDANCE FOR POLICE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) As reported ref a, the recent list of 86 senior Afghan National Police officers, as promulgated by the GOA, contained the names of 14 individuals who did not successfully pass the MOI rank reform Selection Board review process. These name [...]	2006-07-06 07:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KCRS AF
06KABUL3021	AMBASSADOR AND MRS NEUMANN VISIT LITHUANIAN PRT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Neumann and Lithuanian Ambassador Srsknys visited Lithuanian PRT Chaghcharan on June 23, and met with Ghor Governor and other provincial officials. The Lithuanians impressed the Ambassador with their excellent relations with provincial officials, regular patro [...]	2006-07-06 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID ECON LH AF
06KABUL3037	ISAF STABILITY OPERATION IN FARAH TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: ISAF has begun a stability operation in Farah province to mitigate potential effects of Operation Mountain Thrust. Known as Operation Turtle, the activity consists of three elements: security, engagement, and development. On the security side, ISAF has begun increasing its g [...]	2006-07-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PTER NATO AF
06KABUL3049	PRT/BAMYAN: OFFICIALS MAKE NZ PRT SCAPEGOAT [...] (SBU) Officials have begun their annual blame the internationals for everything campaign, this time focusing their ire on the PRT. Official carping about the PRTs (mis)perceived lack of activity in Bamyan has reached new heights, capped by recent caustic remarks from WJ and PC members to the [...]	2006-07-08 10:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID MARR ECON SOCI AF
06KABUL3059	AFGHANISTAN:RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 03:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN AF
06KABUL3078	PRT/PANJSHIR: Road Paves Way For Change [...] (SBU) The new road in Panjshir, funded by USAID at 16 million USD, is making daily progress along its 47- km stretch. The road is transforming the province - economically, politically and socially. The change is overwhelmingly positive; Panjshiri support of the project is wide-spread. Ther [...]	2006-07-10 06:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV ECON EAID AF
06KABUL3100	PRT/BAMYAN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL PUSHES [...] (SBU) The Provincial Council (PC) is finding its voice for Bamyans people, but also for VP Khalili. The PC is pressuring the international community to provide more assistance in Bamyan, through an aggressive project monitoring effort and through increasingly inflammatory rhetoric. The PC is [...]	2006-07-11 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID AF
06KABUL3123	PRT/KHOWST - TAKING THE ERRATIC POLITICAL PULSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Khowst's July 2, IRI-sponsored town hall meeting for GOA officials to discuss security, corruption, and reconstruction issues devolved into a heated series of speeches denouncing and defending the GOA, local officials, and the international community. Two MPs made negative rem [...]	2006-07-12 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3134	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR KABUL REFCOORD GWEN [...] Embassy Kabul requests country clearance for Gwen Pascoe, PRM Coordinator, to travel to Islamabad and Peshawar to see PRM funded projects and refugee camps on July 23-27, 2006. 2. Embassy Kabul requests assistance with transportation and hotel arrangements in Islamabad. Ms. Pascoe depart [...]	2006-07-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF
06KABUL3135	DISSATISFACTION IN THE PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: : On 10 July, Poloff met with Arif Khan, a member of the Paktika Provincial Council who has been in Kabul trying to meet with GOA officials to express his concerns over poor governance, corruption and deteriorating security in Paktika. His efforts to have government meetings had [...]	2006-07-13 11:16:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL317	TRIP REPORT PDAS SCHWEICH TO AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: From January 11 to January 13 PDAS Thomas Schweich led a team from INL Washington to review the status of the INL-supported civilian police training, justice reform and counter narcotics programs in Afghanistan. The trip included a trip to the Kandahar air base and regional police tr [...]	2006-01-24 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3179	DEPT FOR THE PREVENTION OF VICE AND THE PROMOTION [...] (C) The feared Department of the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue that existed during and before the Taliban era may resurface again if Acting Supreme Court Chief Justice Shinwari has his way. Two months ago, at a meeting of the National Ulema Council for Afghanistan, Shinwari and [...]	2006-07-17 08:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR AF
06KABUL318	UNODC DIRECTOR COSTA NOTES RISE IN 2006 OPIUM [...] (C) Summary: During an official visit to Afghanistan (January 19-22),Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa met with US, UK, and GOA officials to discuss GOA CN programs. Director Costa met with President Karzai on January 21 and present [...]	2006-01-24 05:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR AF
06KABUL3198	KARZAI: A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Middle East again in turmoil, Washington does not need a leadership crisis involving President Karzai ) and the good news is that he is not in immediate danger of political collapse. The bad news, however, is that public confidence has eroded badly in recent weeks, as hi [...]	2006-07-17 16:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL3216	PRT FARAH FARAH CITY MAYOR SACKED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 10, Farah business representatives joined members of the Provincial Council and visiting Parliamentarians demanding Deputy Governor Juma Ghanghor dismiss Mayor of Farah City, Besmellah Khan, amid constant allegations of corruption. Local merchants also protested again [...]	2006-07-19 04:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KCOR AF
06KABUL3225	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ERIC PELOFSKY [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Eric Pelofsky, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser for Political Military Affairs, and grants country clearance for his visit to Afghanistan on July 20-24, 2006, for consultations. Control Officer is Idris Rahimi, Political Officer, email address: RahimiIA@st [...]	2006-07-20 03:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC APER AF
06KABUL3251	PRT/BAMYAN: DONORS NONCOMMITAL IN MEETING FOR [...] (U) Afghan Minister of Urban Development Pashtun and Provincial Governor Sarabi hosted a donors meeting on Bamyan reconstruction July 12. The government defined its preference for the way ahead in broad terms, and made a pitch for international assistance. Donors outlined their current assis [...]	2006-07-23 10:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI AF
06KABUL3259	READOUT OF JULY 18 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-23 12:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV AF
06KABUL3260	PRT/PANJSHIR: Feud Called "Family Affair" [...] (SBU) Panjshir Governor Bahlul and NDS Director Saleh, both Panjshiris, have feuded recently, throwing light not only on their personal differences but also on Panjshiri cohesiveness. When matters threatened to boil over, Panjshiri heavyweights stepped in to close ranks. The episode is reve [...]	2006-07-23 12:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3264	PRT/QALAT: GOVERNOR, CJTF-76 PUSH SHAJOY DISTRICT [...] (C) Summary: At Governor Arman,s request, CJTF commander MG Freakley met with mullahs and elders from Shajoy district, an area which has become more problematical in recent months. The ultimate objective is the release of a BAF detainee, Mullah Riais, in return for his allegiance to the GoA [...]	2006-07-24 02:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3271	PRT BAMYAN: CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BABY STEPS [...] Bamyans Chamber of Commerce is making strides, but still needs assistance and guidance to develop into a private sector advocate. The Chamber does not yet appreciate the distinction between its role and the governments, for instance, by continuing to o pressure donors rather than government [...]	2006-07-25 04:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN EINV SOCI AF
06KABUL328	KANDAHAR: A GOVENOR'S INTENTIONS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Neumann and senior Embassy staff had several meetings with the Governor of Kandahar, Asadullah Khalid, between December 26, 2005 and January 14, 2006. In these meetings Govenor Khalid spoke about his intention to fight illegal poppy cultivation, detailed his problem with the m [...]	2006-01-24 13:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
06KABUL3286	POSSIBLE DATES FOR THE U.S.-AFGHAN STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) The Afghan side has proposed September 6-7 for the upcoming U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership meeting. These dates conflict with the September 4-6 visit to Kabul of the North Atlantic Council (NAC, including the 26 NATO Ambassadors),for many of whom we will need to provide housing an [...]	2006-07-25 12:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF

06KABUL329	LONDON CONFERENCE SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE [...] (SBU) President Karzai arrives in London for the January 31 ) Feb 1 Afghanistan Conference with a two-fold agenda: -- To present to the world the face of a reborn and newly confident Afghanistan that, with the seating of its first parliament in 32 years, has successfully fulfilled the last [...]	2006-01-24 17:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON EAID SNAR AF
06KABUL3297	DETAINEE DELEGATION MEETINGS FOCUS ON BTIF, PTS [...] (C) Summary: In July 23 meetings, a Washington- based detainee affairs delegation from the Departments of Defense and State discussed the status of detainee operations with ICRC representatives, members of the Afghan interagency working group, and political-military officers from ISAF comman [...]	2006-07-26 08:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWCR PHUM AF
06KABUL3305	AFGHANISTAN - EB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN [...] (U) Meeting attendees from the USG: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Daniel Sullivan OPIC, Deputy Chief of Staff, Dulce Zahniser State, Bilateral Trade Officer, Mary Beth Goodman Econ Counselor, Jack Spilsbury Tradeoff, Robert Newsome AFGH [...]	2006-07-26 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV AF
06KABUL3317	PRT/KUNDUZ: BRINGING DOWN A PROMINENT WARLORD -- [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amir Gul, a former Taliban commander and one of Baghlan's most prominent warlords, was arrested after a large arsenal of incriminating bomb-making material, weapons and ammunition was found at his compound during an Afghan National Army (ANA) cordon-and-search operation in Baghlan [...]	2006-07-27 10:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL3320	HUNDREDS OF KOREAN CHRISTIANS PLAN RALLY IN KABUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy is tracking a potential rally of up to 2000 Christians flying in from Korea. The Korean Embassy has verified that Koreans involved with the group have already arrived in advance of the event slated for August 5-7. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In April Embassy Kabul received [...]	2006-07-27 14:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AF
06KABUL339	PRT/TARIN KOWT: AUSTRALIANS LOOK KEENLY AT TARIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: After Australia,s agreement in principle to send a PRT team to Afghanistan this year, the Australian Force Commander and his POLAD have proposed to Canberra to embed a small number of Australian military personnel in the Tarin Kowt PRT in order to learn more about its operation [...]	2006-01-25 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NL AF AS
06KABUL3436	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAFFDEL MCCARTHY [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Ryan McCarthy, Professional Staff Member, House International Relations Committee and Bart Forsyth, Deputy Chief Counsel, House International Relations Committee, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on August 7-8, 2006, to evaluate Counter Narcot [...]	2006-08-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA AFIN ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL3439	PRT/SHARANA - SUMMER OF THE TALIBAN: A TALE OF TWO [...] (C) Summary: Insurgent/Taliban forces have taken over two districts in Paktika province this summer. The remote districts of Naka and Dila have come under insurgent control with Afghan government forces either surrendering their weapons or simply leaving the districts in the face of insurge [...]	2006-08-01 16:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3440	PRT/TARIN KOWT - HANDOVER TO DUTCH COULD MEAN [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of control of the Tarin Kowt Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) by the Dutch from the U.S. on August 1 immediately following the transfer of the PRT from OEF to ISAF on 31 July has revealed some challenges that may take several months to resolve, although none a [...]	2006-08-01 16:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3447	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO CODEL TURNER [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Rep. Mike Turner, Member of the House Government Reform Committee (HGOV); John Cuaderes, Staff Director, HGOV; Mike Wiehe, Professional Staff member, HGOV, and grants country clearance for their visit to Afghanistan on August 7-8, 2006, to visit military and civilian pe [...]	2006-08-02 09:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AFIN PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL3449	MP FAIZULLAH ZAKI HEALTHY, FOCUSED ON STABILITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting with DCM, Faizullah Zaki, MP from Jowzjan, pronounced himself in good health, and interested in downplaying the attack on him in June (REFTEL). While not explicitly stating that Dostum was behind the attack, Zaki said that he wanted to minimize reaction to [...]	2006-08-02 09:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL3454	NOMINATIONS OF FIVE NEW CABINET MEMBERS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) The nominations of five new cabinet members were announced by the Presidential Palace on the afternoon of August 2. The nominations are for the Ministries of Commerce, Culture and Information, Economy, Transportation, and Women's Affairs. 2. (SBU) The Minister of Commerce nominee is [...]	2006-08-02 14:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL3455	KOREAN RALLY UPDATE - 08-02-2006 [...] (SBU) Post continues to track a group of approximately 1150 Koreans in country to participate in a peace rally and relief work. News reports characterize the groups as "Christian Evangelicals" and there has already been one Afghan demonstration in Mazar-e-Sharif to protest this event and the s [...]	2006-08-02 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF KS
06KABUL3456	INTERIOR MINISTER ZARAR ON KOREAN CHRISTIANS: [...] (C) DCM, accompanied by polmiloff, met Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbil today, August 2, to deliver reftel demarche regarding the planned August 5-7 "peace rally" organized by a South Korean NGO. DCM noted USG concern for the safety of U.S.citizens and expressed U.S. support for the GOA in [...]	2006-08-02 16:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CASC AF
06KABUL3470	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI OFFICERS [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the Officer corps at Block IV of Kabul. Post requests a response from the Department within ten worki 1.Name: Haji Safiullah Fathers Name: Haji Juma Khan Village: Bagh Ala [...]	2006-08-03 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3471	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI GUARD FORCE [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the guard force at Block IV of Pu These individuals comprise the lower-level enlisted personnel. Post commissioned officers septel. Post requests a response from the Depa working days. 1. [...]	2006-08-03 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3479	KOREAN RALLY UPDATE, THURSDAY 08-03-2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai has ordered the "protection" of the estimated 1,200 ethnic Koreans in Afghanistan as part of the Institution of Asian Culture and Development,s (IACD) and Millennium Pacific Icon (MPIG) groups' planned August 5-7 peace rallies (reftels). According to Gen. Akhbar [...]	2006-08-03 16:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER AF KS
06KABUL3480	Korean Rally Update, Friday 08-04-2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Kabul and the provinces with regard to the Korean groups remains calm. Hundreds of Koreans were deported today through Mazar-e-Sharif and Herat. Some groups of Americans have been identified, contacted, and offered assistance. We expect most will leave the coun [...]	2006-08-04 17:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF KS
06KABUL3481	KOREAN RALLY: MOI/MOD CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) CSTC-A Commander MG Durbin called a meeting on Aug 4 afternoon to brief Emboffs on MoI planning and MoI-MoD coordination (CSTC has embedded mentors in both Ministries) with regard any demonstration or rally held by the Koreans now in Afghanistan. MG Durbin emphasized that although Ministe [...]	2006-08-04 17:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM AF KS
06KABUL3486	GERMANS DISCUSS BORDER MANAGEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) German Ambassador for Police Reform Helmut Frick told us that he and Deputy Head of the German Police Project Office (GPPO) Gerald Stoeter met on July 26 with Iranian Ambassador Mohammad R. Bahrami and Iranian Drugs Liaison Officer Hashem Zayyem, the Iranian Embassys expert on police iss [...]	2006-08-05 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN SNAR ASEC IR AF
06KABUL3508	Korean Rally Update, Sunday 08-06-2006 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no incidents of violence in connection with the Korean rally participants so far. Hundreds of participants have left Kabul over the last two days, including many Americans. The situation appears to have largely been defused and the remaining Koreans are mostly [...]	2006-08-06 16:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF KS
06KABUL3515	PRT/QALAT - BORDER INCIDENT LEAVES SEVERAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AF PK
06KABUL3538	PRT/TARIN KOWT - GOVERNOR MONIB: FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since he took office on March 18, Uruzgan Governor Abdul Hakim Monib has been confronted by a number of challenges to his authority, most coming from former Uruzgan Governor Jan Mohammed Khan and his supporters, but also from a deteriorating security situation that has undermin [...]	2006-08-07 14:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3569	PRT Herat: Iran's Influence in the West: [...] (SBU) On July 29, the vice presidents of Afghanistan and Iran dedicated three Iranian-funded projects: completion of a portion of highway linking Herat province to Badghis and points north; "ground breaking" for a railway from Khaf, Iran, to Herat (pledged by Iranian President Ahmadinezhad to [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL IR AF
06KABUL3570	PRT KUNAR: SOVIET-STYLE SALE OF EAST AFGHAN TIMBER [...] (SBU) Cracking down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling has been one of Kunar's outgoing governor's most important achievements. He strictly enforces Karzai's decrees on that matter. According to his interpretation, however, no individual can transport wood without the GoA's express per [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON AF
06KABUL3589	EQUIPPING THE ANA [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel, in which post and CFC were asked to provide information regarding ANA equipment needs for possible donations by NATO countries. This effort requires close coordination with OSD staff who are part of the overall security assistance progra [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SNAR PREL NATO AF
06KABUL359	CIV AIR SHAKE UP [...] (C) Lufthansa Consulting's team at Afghan state-owned flag carrier Ariana fills key senior management positions at the airline. Lufthansa,s earlier announced resignation, made in response to a series of questionable procurement and aircraft lease contracts entered into by Ariana,s Preiden ov [...]	2006-01-26 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AF
06KABUL3594	KARZAI NOMINATES SABIT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai nominated Dr. Abdul Jabar Sabit as Attorney General on August 8. The Embassy has worked closely with Sabit on several issues including the Counternarcotics Law, Anti- Terrorism Law, and detainees. Although a somewhat volatile personality, his appointment seems [...]	2006-08-11 16:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF
06KABUL3597	GOA VIEWS ON THE PROPOSED DEPT OF VICE AND VIRTUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister for Religious Affairs and the Hajj, in whose ministry the proposed Department for the Prevention of Vice and Promotion of Virtue would be located, is a strong supporter for the reinstatement of the Department. Minister Shirani met with Ambassador Neumann on August 8 [...]	2006-08-13 06:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AF
06KABUL3608	WALKOUT FROM AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Begin summary: A group estimated at 80 MPs walked out of Parliament on 12 August, ostensibly to protest what they view as discriminatory ethnic policy by the Karzai administration. Led by the Uzbek MPs, the protesters included representatives from at least nine provinces. They [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3610	PAG REPORT:AUGUST 10 MEETING [...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met for the third time August 10. The development of the organization continues to be an ongoing process. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- Minister of Defense Wardak said we need to take initiative on finding ways to m [...]	2006-08-14 09:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL362	KARZAI URGES SUPPORT FOR GOVERNOR-LED ERADICATION; [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai met with governors and or deputy governors from 19 provinces on January 24 as governor-led eradication begins in Afghanistan. The President stressed the GOA's commitment to sustain the reduced opium cultivation levels of the previous year and to further reduce cul [...]	2006-01-26 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PGOV AF
06KABUL3629	PRT QAL-E-NAW: WHY THERE IS NO DIAG IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DIAG process in Badghis is broken. Some of the reasons why are the same as elsewhere in Afghanistan: weak local authorities, powerful former commanders and limited reach of government authority. However, while in southern provinces the program struggles in the face of sec [...]	2006-08-15 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3632	BMI WORKGROUP AUGUST 10: IRANIANS JOIN THE TEAM [...] (C) A Border Management Initiative (BMI) Working Group meeting was held on August 10. The Embassy of Iran sent two representatives for the first time after receiving an Afghan invitation: First Secretary Ali Majidi Soraky, and Drugs Liaison Officer Hashem Zayyem. 2. (C) The Deputy Minist [...]	2006-08-15 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN ECON IR AF
06KABUL3683	PRT/KUNDUZ - PRT/KUNDUZ: VISITING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3712	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO STAFFDEL KILEY [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Mr. George Kiley, Professional Staff Member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services (SASC),Mr. Derek J. Maurer, PSM, SASC, Mr. Michael J. Mccord, PSM, SASC, Ms. Evelyn N. Farkas, PSM, SASC, Col. George Sanchez, USMC (DOD escort) and Ltc. Greg Olso, USMC (DOD escort),[...]	2006-08-21 05:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF
06KABUL3719	PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]	2006-08-21 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3752	REQUEST VETTING FOR KABUL IMET CANDIDATES [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, Post is forwarding the names and biodata of two Afghan officers selected for IMET training. They will attend the Senior Executive Seminar to be held at the Marshall Center, Germany, which is scheduled to begin August 28, 2006. Both individuals [...]	2006-08-22 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR AF
06KABUL376	HELMAND GOVERNOR PROMISED COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: Reftel discussed, among other things, the dramatic increase in opium cultivation in Helmand and advised the establishment of the Helmand Eradication Planning Task Force to deal with the critical issue of opium cultivation in Helmand. That Task Force met January 26 and is undertakin [...]	2006-01-27 03:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3761	TRIBAL AFFAIRS MINISTRY STILL MATTERS TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3777	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HMA VISIT [...] Embassy Kabul welcomes Col. Stuart Harris, USMC, Deputy Director for Operations, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA),and grants country clearance for his visit to Afghanistan on August 29 to September 5, 2006, to conduct field site visits to HMA locations in Afghanistan. Control [...]	2006-08-24 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER ASEC PREL AF
06KABUL378	PRT/HELMAND PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF
06KABUL379	JAPANESE RESTART ROAD CONSTRUCTION ON KANDAHAR- [...] (SBU) Kenji Saito, 3rd ranking officer at the Japanese Embassy, confirmed today that work restarted earlier this week on the Japanese portion of the Ring Road between Kandahar to Herat. This approximately 116 km portion stretches from Kandahar to the beginning of the Saudi-funded section in [...]	2006-01-27 10:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ELTN AF
06KABUL3822	PRT/KHOWST - FEAR AND LOATHING IN KHOWST BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Tensions are mounting between the Khowst Afghan Border Police (ABP) Commander General Muhammad Khalil Amin Zada and his Deputy, Colonel Almar Gul Mangal. Khalil, generally thought to be effective and relatively honest, met with PRTOff, PRT Commander, and DynCorp officials in late [...]	2006-08-28 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3824	PAG UPDATE:AUG 23 MEETING [...] (C) The full Policy Action Group (PAG) met August 23. 2. (C) Key view points and topics of discussion raised were: -- The Security Operations Group (SOG) has begun producing joint daily reports on the security situation. Defense Minister Wardak reported that the implementation and coordi [...]	2006-08-28 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL3844	EMBASSY KABUL'S DESIGNATED IRAN WATCHER [...] Embassy Kabul has carefully considered how we can best meet the request that we provide high-quality Iran-watching capabilities using existing staff. We have designated the officer in the Political Section whose portfolio includes regional issues, including Iran, as our Iran-watcher. This p [...]	2006-08-29 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AF
06KABUL3850	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR JAPANESE RING ROAD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives of Embassy Economic Section, CFC-A, USAID/Afghanistan, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District (AED) have held several recent meetings with the Japanese Embassy to discuss the status of suspended work on their 114- kil [...]	2006-08-29 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ETRN ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3851	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR JAPANESE RING ROAD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives of Embassy Economic Section, CFC-A, USAID/Afghanistan, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District (AED) have held several recent meetings with the Japanese Embassy to discuss the status of suspended work on their 114- kil [...]	2006-08-29 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ETRN ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3852	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR JAPANESE RING ROAD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives of Embassy Economic Section, CFC-A, USAID/Afghanistan, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District (AED) have held several recent meetings with the Japanese Embassy to discuss the status of suspended work on their 114-kilo [...]	2006-08-29 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ETRN ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3853	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR JAPANESE RING ROAD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Representatives of Embassy Economic Section, CFC-A, USAID/Afghanistan, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Afghanistan Engineering District (AED) have held several recent meetings with the Japanese Embassy to discuss the status of suspended work on their 114-kilo [...]	2006-08-29 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ETRN ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL3914	61ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY:AFGHAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- H.E. Dr. Hamed Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan C. Attendance of the Foreign Minister. -- H.E. Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta, Minister of Foreign Affairs D. Attendance of other VIP's. -- H.E. Dr. Anwarul Haq Ah [...]	2006-08-31 10:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AF
06KABUL3927	REQUEST LEAHY VETTING: PAK-AFGHAN [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, Post is forwarding herewith the names and biodata of eight Afghan officers selected for IMET training. They will attend the Afghanistan-Pakistan Confidence Building Seminar to be held September 17-30 in Garmisch, Germany. The individuals have b [...]	2006-09-01 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR AF
06KABUL3934	PRT/KUNDUZ: BETTER THAN ITS REPUTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German-led PRT in Kunduz is one of the most maligned PRTs in Afghanistan, but many of the old myths, especially regarding the PRT's military effectiveness, no longer apply. The Germans now patrol regularly throughout their area of responsibility (Kunduz and Takhar provinc [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL3935	HELMAND GOVERNOR ON TRIBAL WARFARE, SECURITY, NEED [...] (C) Summary: Helmand Governor Daud asked the Ambassador on August 23 for support for efforts to carve out the space the governor said he needs to build "loyal" local governance in the province. The Governor acknowledged poppy cultivation and Taliban activities are critical threats to his effor [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL394	AFGHANISTAN AGRICULTURE MOVING FORWARD: PART I [...] Summary: Developing the agriculture sector in Afghanistan is critical for economic growth and for tackling opium poppy oppy cultivation. The Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Food (MAAHF),Mr. Obaidullah Ramin, has begun to provide leadership to rebuild the agriculture sector in [...]	2006-01-30 02:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID AMGT AF
06KABUL3943	PRT KHOST:KUCHI AGREEMENT STOPS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Provincial leaders are pleased with a July 31 agreement ending a violent land dispute between the Kuchi and Baker Khel tribes in Khost's Bak District. Although they have reason to celebrate the cooperation among traditional, provincial, and GOA leaders to broker the agreement, it [...]	2006-09-04 10:04:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF AF
06KABUL3975	PRT/TARIN KOWT:AMBASSADOR EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Neumann promised Governor Munib and leaders of Uruzgan, that the U.S. would remain committed to assisting with security and reconstruction, and work closely with our Dutch and Australian partners, during his August 27 visit to PRT Tarin Kowt. He explained that with Mun [...]	2006-09-05 13:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF
06KABUL4001	PAG APPROVES AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) The August 30 Policy Action Group (PAG),chaired by National Security Advisor Rassoul, approved in principle a concept for auxiliary police proposed by the Ministry of Interior. The MoI argued that it is essential to provide some level of security in key provinces immediately, particular [...]	2006-09-06 11:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR MARR PGOV AF
06KABUL4002	PROBATION BOARD RECOMMENDS REMOVAL OF THREE POLICE [...] (C) The Police Probation Board met on August 30 to discuss the cases of three of the 14 police officials not on the original list of 86 (reftels). At the Senior Working Group meeting in mid-August, it was decided to review the cases of Abdul Basir Salangi (Nangarhar Police Chief),Haji Mohamma [...]	2006-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR MARR PREL AF
06KABUL4005	KARZAI COMMENTS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICY [...] (S) Ambassador Neumann met with President Karzai and discussed the Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. Karzai is vehemently against aerial spraying saying that we would eliminate poppy for one year at the price of turning Afghanis permanently against GOA and putting large numbers into the [...]	2006-09-06 12:54:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	SNAR AF
06KABUL4009	SRSG KOENIGS' BRIEFING ON PROPOSAL FOR [...] (S) In an August 27 briefing for resident embassy/mission representatives, SRSG Koenigs reported on his recent visit to Islamabad and sought support for his proposal for an organized political dialogue (as complement to the tripartite process and involving the UN, the NATO political represent [...]	2006-09-06 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNAF NATO PK AF
06KABUL4032	AFGHANISTAN WILL WORK WITH INDIA ON POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Reftel points asking for support for U.S. position on issues to be discussed at the upcoming NAM Summit were delivered during the Ambassador's September 5 meeting with ForMin Spanta. Spanta confirmed that he and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Jawad will represent the GOA at the Su [...]	2006-09-08 07:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU AF
06KABUL4033	AFGHANISTAN WILL WORK WITH INDIA ON POSITIONS AT [...] (C) Reftel points asking for support for U.S. position on issues to be discussed at the upcoming NAM Summit were delivered during the Ambassador's September 5 meeting with ForMin Spanta. Spanta confirmed that he and Afghanistan's Ambassador to the U.S. Jawad will represent the GOA at the Su [...]	2006-09-08 07:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM CU AF
06KABUL4045	NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE [...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...]	2006-09-10 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL405	PRT/HELMAND HELMAND RELIGIOUS SCHOOL [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 08:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4062	PRESIDENT MUSHARAF'S VISIT TO KABUL: LAYING THE [...] (C) Keenly aware of domestic skepticism over Pakistan's claims that it is committed to controlling cross-border elements of the ongoing insurgency, President Karzai nevertheless made the decision to host a very public visit by President Musharaf to Kabul on September 6-7. The theme of the vis [...]	2006-09-11 03:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK AF
06KABUL4066	GOA NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the notifications in reftels A and B on September 10 to National Security Council staff member Jamil Bahramy. Mr. Bahramy had no comment upon receiving the notifications. NEUMANN [...]	2006-09-11 09:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PREL KAWC AF
06KABUL4114	PRT:PANJSHIR: MASSOUD COMMEMORATION DRAWS PEACEFUL [...] (SBU) The ceremony for slain mujahideen commander Ahmed Shah Massoud, held September 10 in Panjshir, attracted some five thousand people and went off peacefully. U.S. participants included Ambassador Neumann and CJTF-76 Commanding General, Major General Freakley. The event had many dimensio [...]	2006-09-13 13:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL4127	PRESIDENT KARZAI ACCEPTS THE PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 11:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL UNGA AF
06KABUL4161	PAG REPORT SEPT 14: SECURITY SITUATION STRETCHED [...] (C) An Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) briefing to the September 14 Policy Action Group (PAG) continues to paint a stretched security situation in the four southern provinces of Helmand, Farah, Zabul, and Uruzgan. Military gains are being put into jeopardy due to lack of police [...]	2006-09-15 15:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL417	DEBATE BUT NO ACTION IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's first week in session after a holiday recess was marked by heated debate over procedures for approval of the Cabinet and travel by Members of Parliament overseas. After initially agreeing to approve the Cabinet Minister by Minister, the Wolesi Jirga (lowe [...]	2006-01-30 14:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL418	AFGHAN DETAINEE TRANSFER TEAM READY TO TRAVEL TO [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS: SEE PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 BELOW. 2. (C) THE INFORMAL KABUL DETAINEE AFFAIRS WORKING GROUP MET ON JANUARY 26, ATTENDED BY CFC-A, OSC-A, DOS (INCLUDING VISITING WASHINGTON DESK OFFICER),AND DOJ (ARG) REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE TOP PRIO [...]	2006-01-30 14:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC MOPS PREL AF
06KABUL419	AFGHAN WTO ACCESSION: MODEST PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The GOA is making modest progress on WTO accession and plans to reach out to the Afghan private sector to promote WTO membership. The Afghan Commerce Ministry, which has the lead on WTO accession, is building in-house trade capacity to support its accession efforts. The Embassy will s [...]	2006-01-31 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID PREL AF
06KABUL4232	AFGHAN POLICE REFORM: CIVIL ORDER MAINTENANCE - [...] (C/REL CAN) Summary: Ongoing Afghan National Police (ANP) reform efforts are focused on removing corrupt/incompetent leadership, increasing the quality of training and equipment, and "rebalancing"/augmenting the force in favor of provinces with the greatest security needs. As important as the [...]	2006-09-18 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV AF
06KABUL4233	PRT/ASADABAD - EAST AFGHAN MILITIA FORCES HERE TO [...] (C) Summary: Provincial and district officials in the eastern Afghan border provinces of Kunar and Nuristan see militia or auxiliary forces, in existence since last year, as essential security elements. Though they are untrained and unreliable, the 1000 men in Kunar and 200 in Nuristan guar [...]	2006-09-18 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4245	AUXILIARY POLICE ASSESSMENT TEAM BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) After the recent Policy Action Group (PAG) decision to move ahead with recruiting auxiliary police (AXP) under MoI command and control, with Zabol as the pilot province (reftel),MoI with CSTC- A support immediately began to organize an assessment team. An advance group of MoI, CSTC-A, [...]	2006-09-18 14:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4247	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 03:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL4251	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...]	2006-09-19 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF
06KABUL426	FREED EDITOR ASKS FOR US FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/DCM and EMBOFFS met with freed editor Ali Mohaqeq Nasab. He expressed thanks for the Embassy's efforts to influence his release and asked for substantial funding to supplement his women's rights publication and other endeavors. While funding for the scale of projects Nasab w [...]	2006-01-31 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL428	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE - ADDITION [...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered reftel demarche to NSC official Jamil Bahramy. The name, together with biographical information on the individual, were left behind as a nonpaper, along with relevant talking points. NORLAND [...]	2006-01-31 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KTFN AF
06KABUL429	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO BAY JAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see action request in paragraph 2. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches regarding Guantanamo Bay-held detainees to Jamil Bahramy, an NSC official, on 31 January. Poloff also reviewed talking points in refs A and D and left them behind as a nonpa [...]	2006-01-31 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PREL AF
06KABUL43	INDEPENDENT ELECTION COMMISSION FACES [...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations Development Program faces a USD 11 million shortfall from the 2005 Wolesi Jirga and Provincial Council elections and an additional 2.9 million for transition support to the new Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) Without additional assistance, the U [...]	2006-01-04 01:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL4317	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable - [...] (SBU) UNODC held a workshop with the Ministry of Interior (MoI) Afghan Border Police (ABP) to discuss ways of improving cross-border crime detection and interception with Afghanistan's neighboring countries Iran and Pakistan. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Finance (MoF) Afghan Customs Depar [...]	2006-09-21 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL ETRD KSTC KNNP AF
06KABUL4321	SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]	2006-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL4322	PRESIDENT KARZAI ISSUES DECREE ESTABLISHING [...] (U) On September 17, four days before the deadline, Afghanistan met the first benchmark from the London Compact (Pillar II: Governance, Rule of Law, and Human Rights) when President Karzai issued a decree establishing a Special Consultative Board to recommend candidates for Presidential appoi [...]	2006-09-21 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AF
06KABUL4326	PRT/MEHTARLAM - THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Police (ANP) is the predominant Afghan government institution responsible for the security of Laghman province. Its recent performance has engendered mistrust by the local population and is in many cases directly responsible for the deterioration in security [...]	2006-09-21 14:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4327	PRT/MEHTARLAM - THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Police (ANP) is the predominant Afghan government institution responsible for the security of Laghman province. Its recent performance has engendered mistrust by the local population and is in many cases directly responsible for the deterioration in security [...]	2006-09-21 14:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL4368	PRT/Jalalabad: Afghanistan Returnees Create [...] (U) Summary: The Tangi returnee settlement is an excellent example of what can happen in a barren desert when an organized group of people decides to build a home for themselves. With only minimal assistance from international and local donors and their own government, a group of former Afgha [...]	2006-09-25 17:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF AF
06KABUL4390	REQUEST VETTING FOR KABUL CANDIDATES [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, Post is forwarding the names and biodata of five Afghan officials of the Presidential Protection Service for DS/ATA training. They will attend a senior leadership course to be held at the American University, Washington, D.C. It is scheduled to [...]	2006-09-27 03:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PINR AFIN ASEC AF
06KABUL442	TERRORIST ATTACKS ON SCHOOLS SHOW SPIKE IN JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Four schools (two of which were USAID projects) were attacked and burned January 28 in Helmand and Kandahar provinces. The perpetrators are believed to be Taleban sympathizers or other anti-government groups. In the month of January alone, there were 11 attacks on schools in s [...]	2006-02-01 10:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER EAID AF
06KABUL443	CABINET DOWNSIZING: WILL THE AFHAN MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 25 meeting with A/DCM and POLOFFs, Minister of Women's Affairs Massouda Jalal expressed concern that the Ministry of Women's Affairs might not survive a possible upcoming cabinet reorganization. Karzai has indeed said that he would like to streamline his Cabinet [...]	2006-02-01 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KWMN AF
06KABUL4432	Update on Japanese Ring Road [...] (U) At the Embassy of Japan's request, Embassy and USAID staff have recently participated in discussions with the Japanese about the security situation in southern Afghanistan and its impact on the prospective start of Japan's segment of the ring road. We have described approaches to operating [...]	2006-09-28 11:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL ELTN SNAR ASEC AF
06KABUL4436	PRT BAMYAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES JOURNEY TOWARDS [...] (SBU) The Governor,s office organized and hosted a NZAID funded two-day conference September 18-19 that outlined ongoing development activity in Bamyan. While all of the nine sector working groups of the Provincial Development Committee (PDC) provided substantive presentations, some of the se [...]	2006-09-28 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL4437	PRT BAMYAN: BAMYAN ECONOMIC INITIATIVES RECEIVE [...] (U) Bamyan,s Chamber of Commerce is making strides as private sector advocates, thanks to assistance and guidance from the Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC) and the Center for Private Enterprise (CIPE). AICC, recognizing the Chamber,s potential even with its current weakne [...]	2006-09-28 11:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON AF
06KABUL444	ARIANA UNSCHEDULED FLIGHT DIVERSIONS ON JANUARY [...] (C) On January 23, 2006, Minister of Transport Qasimi requested expedited landing clearance at Kandahar Airfield for two flights from Ariana Afghan Airlines, the state-owned carrier. While the Minister gave no details to justify the request, Post learned from Ariana that passengers (pilgrims [...]	2006-02-01 12:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON AF
06KABUL4448	PAYING THE AUXILIARY POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-30 15:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PGOV ASEC AF
06KABUL4452	PAYING THE AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is urging LOTFA donors, particularly those engaged in security operations in the south, to facilitate and provide additional funding for auxiliary police under command and control of the Ministry of Interior, in order to quickly establish a security presence in fragile a [...]	2006-09-30 15:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PGOV ASEC AF
06KABUL4463	PAYING THE AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is urging LOTFA donors, particularly those engaged in security operations in the south, to facilitate and provide additional funding for auxiliary police under command and control of the Ministry of Interior, in order to quickly establish a security presence in fragile a [...]	2006-09-30 15:45:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PGOV ASEC AF
06KABUL452	PRT Panjshir: The Security Dimension [...] (SBU) In Panjshir Province, the security environment is permissive. The PRT is able to move about actively in the valley and interact closely with its inhabitants. The main factors shaping the positive environment are: strategic alignment with the U.S., a strong governor who works with the [...]	2006-02-01 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL4522	PAYING THE AUXILIARY POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is urging LOTFA donors, particularly those engaged in security operations in the south, to facilitate and provide additional funding for auxiliary police under command and control of the Ministry of Interior, in order to quickly establish a security presence in fragile a [...]	2006-09-30 15:54:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PTER PGOV ASEC AF

06KABUL453	PRT HELMAND: GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ON POPPY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand provincial Governor Engineer Daud told PRT officers on January 30 that he is optimistic his poppy eradication plan will succeed. Along with eradication, there must also be significant assistance to poor farmers, especially in the far north of the province. The Govern [...]	2006-02-01 13:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF

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