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On Mar 4, 2015 2:10 PM, "Eryn Sepp" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi John—going through your old AmProg, as I do every couple of days, to
> make sure no one is writing anything urgent or timely to it.
>
>
>
> Colin Cookman’s updates have been going here for a long time now. Would
> you like me to update it to your gmail address, if you still want to get
> these?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eryn
>
>
>
> *From:* Colin Cookman [mailto:[email protected]] *On
> Behalf Of *Colin Cookman
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 04, 2015 7:23 AM
> *To:* John Podesta
> *Subject:* Pakistan-Afghanistan Update: Indian Foreign Secretary
> Concludes Visit; SIGAR Releases ANSF Attrition Figures
>
>
>
> *Topline*
>
> - *India’s foreign secretary met with Prime Minister Sharif on
> Tuesday; no joint communiqué has been issued from his visit, which Indian
> officials portrayed as part of broader outreach to SAARC countries,
> although Pakistan’s foreign ministry said that “all issues of concern” were
> discussed. New figures on Afghan National Security Forces personnel
> released by SIGAR and the Department of Defense on Tuesday indicated that
> the number of ANA soldiers had fallen roughly 15,000 between the falls of
> 2013 and 2014. The main suspect in the Karachi Baldia factory fire has
> “mysteriously disappeared”, according to Rangers officials who met on
> Tuesday; investigators and victims’ families are also reportedly facing
> threats from unspecified sources. The Afghan attorney general’s office
> announced Tuesday that it had arrested the former deputy head of the Afghan
> Central Bank in connection to a verdict in the Kabul Bank case last year,
> although he is reported to have turned himself in in December. The Supreme
> Court has pressed the Election Commission of Pakistan to issue a local
> elections schedule today; ECP officials say that the vote in Khyber
> Paktunkhwa will take place June 8. Pres. Ghani has ordered a review of all
> Afghan military logistics contracts, Reuters reports, ahead of his visit to
> the U.S. later this month.*
>
>
> *Pakistan — Security*
>
> - *Banned Organizations:* Speaking at a press roundtable on Tuesday,
> Pakistan’s ambassador to the U.S., Jalil Abbas Jilani, said that
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=5698893940&e=3d797c559a>
> a formal announcement of a ban on the Haqqani network was “the kind of
> issues that are in the works”. Separately on Wednesday, Punjab police
> officials told a senate committee that they had sealed a seminary
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=ca65436d05&e=3d797c559a>
> in the Rajhan tehsil of Rajanpur district that was linked with Islamabad’s
> Lal Masjid and with the spread of hate material.
>
>
> *Pakistan — Politics and Diplomacy*
>
> - *Indian Foreign Secretary Visit:* Visiting Indian foreign secretary
> S. Jaishankar met with
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=c1910674e7&e=3d797c559a>
> Prime Minister Sharif on Tuesday, discussing regional and bilateral
> relations; in a statement, Sharif said that India and Pakistan “must think
> together, act together and move forward with the spirit of bringing the two
> nations closer to each other.” Indian diplomatic sources described the
> visit as part of a regional tour of SAARC countries and not a resumption of
> bilateral composite dialogue talks, although some Pakistani analysts interpreted
> it
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=ea525999a6&e=3d797c559a>
> as having been undertaken at the insistence of the United States following
> Pres. Obama’s visit to India last month. No joint communiqué was issued
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=1e18212213&e=3d797c559a>
> following Jaishankar’s meetings with his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz
> Chaudhry, although Chaudhry said that “all issues of concern” were
> discussed, including alleged Indian support for separatist groups in FATA
> and Balochistan. Lawyers for accused Lashkar-e-Taiba operative Zakiur
> Rehman Lakvhi told the Express Tribune
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=822ab716ef&e=3d797c559a>
> that Jaishankar’s visit was intended to “put further pressure on Pakistan”;
> responded to earlier questions about whether Lakhvi’s case was discussed
> Chaudhry suggested that “there wasn’t enough time to go into detail on
> every issue.” [Pakistani Foreign Ministry Statement
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=e7996cfef4&e=3d797c559a>]
> [Indian Foreign Ministry Statement
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=daeb9a129f&e=3d797c559a>]
> [ET
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=faabbdc338&e=3d797c559a>]
> [Dawn
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=6ce3a4ed08&e=3d797c559a>
> ]
> - *Senate Elections:* The Lahore High Court gave the federal
> government until March 17 to respond to a petition
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=f29431a637&e=3d797c559a>
> seeking a constitutional amendment to hold senate elections under open
> ballot; the Senate vote is scheduled for March 5. Meanwhile, former Pres.
> Zardari met with
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=a798e668e9&e=3d797c559a>
> party members in the Punjab assembly on Tuesday to discuss strategy for the
> upcoming election; the party hopes to win support for its sole candidate
> from Punjab from disaffected PML-N assembly members, in part through
> the help of former Punjab governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=2fc8c7c677&e=3d797c559a>,
> who joined the PTI after quitting the PML-N last month. In Khyber
> Paktunkhwa, the Awami Jamhoor Ittehad Pakistan party has yet to merge
> with the PTI
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=5b12ef3a12&e=3d797c559a>
> ahead of the election, despite the party’s grant of a senate candidacy
> ticket to Liaqat Khan Taraki, the father of the party’s leader. [ET
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=a0cf7c6218&e=3d797c559a>]
> [ET
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=07778866c9&e=3d797c559a>]
> [Dawn
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=5e7c1ccf17&e=3d797c559a>
> ]
> - *Baldia Fire Investigation:* A meeting of senior officials of the
> paramilitary Sindh Rangers in Karachi on Tuesday “expressed concern over
> attempts by some elements to interfere in the Baldia Town factory fire case
> investigation”, Dawn reports
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=da0abe4b43&e=3d797c559a>.
> Rizwan Quraishi, an MQM activist who linked the fire to extortion attempts
> and who has been disowned by the party, is now reported to have
> disappeared
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=b80bf91d5d&e=3d797c559a>
> as a second investigation commission has begun a review the causes of the
> fire; the investigating officers and family members of the victims have
> reportedly been subjected to threats.
> - *Local Elections:* Election Commission officials told the Supreme
> Court on Wednesday that they would announce a schedule
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=9abc381654&e=3d797c559a>
> for local elections by April 6 and that polls will be held June 8 in Khyber
> Paktunkhwa, January 10, 2016 in Punjab, and February 22, 2016, in Sindh —
> the court ordered the formal announcement to be made by 8:00 PM today. The
> attorney general sought to deflect a contempt of court petition against the
> federal government for failing to hold the elections in military cantonment
> areas, where it has direct responsibility, by laying blame on the senate
> for not taking up the issue. [Dawn
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=49eb60c948&e=3d797c559a>
> ]
> - *Election Complaints:* The Supreme Court issued its detailed verdict
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=d5d8ba8074&e=3d797c559a>
> from December of its judgment clearing Prime Minister Sharif from PTI
> challenges seeking his disqualification on the grounds that he had lied
> before parliament and thus violated Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution,
> which requires candidates be “righteous, sagacious, and ameen”, a
> qualification the court noted was vague and ill-defined. Separately, the
> election tribunal hearing complaints into the NA-122 Lahore constituency accepted
> a PTI petition
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=2344d47a48&e=3d797c559a>
> seeking thumbprint verification on all ballot counterfoils.
> - *Regulator Service:* The government is reportedly considering the creation
> of a new civil service branch
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=54a1ae026e&e=3d797c559a>
> for the main government regulatory bodies — including the Oil and Gas
> Regulatory Authority, National Electric Power Regulatory Authority,
> Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, and Pakistan Electronic Media
> Regulatory Authority. Current appointments to these bodies are made by
> independent panels; Dawn suggests the measure is under consideration part
> due to clashes between the government and the nominally independent
> regulators.
>
>
> *Pakistan — Economics and Development*
>
> - *Vaccination Efforts:* Two health officials have been suspended
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=cbe49afada&e=3d797c559a>
> in connection to reports yesterday that $3.7 million worth of child
> vaccines had degraded under improper storage conditions, the national
> manager of the Expanded Program on Immunization told the AFP on Tuesday.
> Separately, Gates Foundation chairman Bill Gates spoke by phone
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=55a7e8e094&e=3d797c559a>
> with PTI leader Imran Khan on Tuesday, welcoming the efforts of Khyber
> Paktunkhwa’s ongoing ‘Sehat Ka Ittehad’ anti-polio vaccination campaign. [
> ET
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=7c9c64e509&e=3d797c559a>
> ]
>
>
> *Pakistan — Remainders*
>
> - Sharif Departs for Saudi Arabia [Dawn
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=45527ce830&e=3d797c559a>]
> [ET
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> ]
> - MQM Lawyer, Former PPP Union Councilor Killed in Karachi Shootings [
> ET
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> [ET
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> ]
> - TTP Commander Detained in Hangu [Dawn
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> ]
> - Death Row Sentence Halted After Family Pardon [ET
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> ]
> - Opposition Senators Continue Protest Over Economic Corridor Route [
> Dawn
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> ]
> - Prime Minister Reviews Nuclear Power Projects [Dawn
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> ]
> - Senate Committee Approves Amendments to Securities and Exchange
> Commission Powers [ET
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> ]
> - Senate Committee Proposes Bar on Dual National Civil Servants [ET
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> ]
> - Senate Seeks Detail on Perks for Retired Chief Justices [ET
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> [Dawn
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> ]
> - *Commentary: Pakistan’s Terrorism Accusations Against India: Bizarre
> But Calculated* – “Pakistan’s leaders, whether civilian or military,
> have a history of leveling accusations on India’s alleged involvement in
> everything from sectarian violence in Pakistan to terrorism perpetrated via
> proxies from Afghanistan.” [Rohan Joshi, The Diplomat
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> ]
>
>
> *Afghanistan — Security*
>
> - *ANSF Attrition:* Figures released by the Special Inspector for
> Afghan Reconstruction on Tuesday — following their declassification
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> after top U.S. commander Gen. John Campbell reversed a previous
> classification order in January — indicated that the number of Afghan
> National Army soldiers had declined from roughly 184,000 to roughly 169,000
> between the falls of 2013 and 2014. SIGAR questioned figures offered for
> Afghan police, suggesting that the actual number might be roughly 151,000
> instead of roughly 156,000 as reported. [SIGAR Report
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> (pdf)]
> - *Zabul Operations:* The provincial police chief of Zabul province,
> Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai, told RFE/RL
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> on Wednesday that at least 32 militants had been killed in operations in
> the Khak-e-Afghan district that began the day prior; he said that all were
> associated with Daesh, or the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Local
> accounts of the identity of gunmen responsible for the kidnapping of 30
> Hazara men from the district last week have conflicted over their
> affiliations; an anonymous caller to RFE/RL reporters claimed affiliation
> with Daesh but said that only seven fighters had been killed.
>
>
> *Afghanistan — Politics and Diplomacy*
>
> - *Kabul Bank Arrests:* On Tuesday, the Afghan attorney general’s
> office announced that it had imprisoned
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> Mohibullah Safi, the former deputy head of the Afghan Central Bank, in
> connection to the 2010 Kabul Bank crisis. Safi received a one-year sentence
> in connection to the case last fall, but fled the country. Although not
> announced at the time, he is reported to have turned himself in back in
> December, and anonymous sources in the attorney general’s office say that
> $52 million in assets had been seized from him; a spokesman for the
> attorney general’s office was unable to confirm the latter figure.
> - *Taliban Talks: *TOLO news notes remarks by Pakistani Ulema Council
> chairman Hafiz Muhammad Tahir Ashrafi, who expressed support
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> for a resolution of the conflict in Afghanistan through peace talks.
>
>
> *Afghanistan — Economics and Development*
>
> - *Military Contract Review:* Following the suspension of an Afghan
> National Army fuel supply contract earlier this year, Pres. Ghani has
> reportedly ordered a review of all military logistics contracts
> <http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=3990b39ebd&e=3d797c559a>,
> Reuters reports. An economist leading the review, Hamidullah Farooqi, says
> that “we expect to have the first stage done in the next week or two”,
> coinciding with Ghani’s visit to the United States later this month.
> - *TAPI Pipeline:* The Express Tribune reports
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> that a Pakistani cabinet committee on energy meeting on February 12 raised
> concerns over the “complex structure” of the TAPI gas pipeline project, and
> the pricing of gas, at $6.9 per million British thermal units, or $1
> cheaper than LNG import agreements. A meeting of TAPI members in February
> in Islamabad failed to reach an agreement on a consortium leader for the
> financing and construction of the pipeline, which Turkmenistan reportedly
> aims to do by October.
>
>
> *Afghanistan — Remainders*
>
> - *Report: ‘Today We Shall All Die’* – “The impunity enjoyed by
> powerful figures raises serious concerns about Afghan government and
> international efforts to arm, train, vet, and hold accountable Afghan
> National Police units, National Directorate of Security officials, and
> Afghan Local Police forces.” [Human Rights Watch
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> ]
> - *Commentary: A Step Forward for Afghan Women?* – “For months,
> Mahbouba Seraj traveled across Afghanistan to drum up support for an
> ambitious new policy framework to ensure women’s equal rights and
> participation in governmental decision-making, protection from violence,
> and human development.” [Elizabeth Weingarten and Leilal Hilal, Foreign
> Policy
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