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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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=427272480a&e=3d797c559a>]
* MQM Lawyer, Former PPP Union Councilor Killed in Karachi Shootings [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=a3eb913361&e=3d797c559a>] [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=54b27077d2&e=3d797c559a>]
* TTP Commander Detained in Hangu [Dawn<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=d17934c537&e=3d797c559a>]
* Death Row Sentence Halted After Family Pardon [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=e3776a0aaa&e=3d797c559a>]
* Opposition Senators Continue Protest Over Economic Corridor Route [Dawn<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=bc47d2d595&e=3d797c559a>]
* Prime Minister Reviews Nuclear Power Projects [Dawn<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=a9acceda80&e=3d797c559a>]
* Senate Committee Approves Amendments to Securities and Exchange Commission Powers [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=30e1443cb4&e=3d797c559a>]
* Senate Committee Proposes Bar on Dual National Civil Servants [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=3fbbab8cbd&e=3d797c559a>]
* Senate Seeks Detail on Perks for Retired Chief Justices [ET<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=d28a7ae44b&e=3d797c559a>] [Dawn<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=ae7013e46d&e=3d797c559a>]
* 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=53ed11ab2d&e=3d797c559a>]
Afghanistan — Security
* ANSF Attrition: Figures released by the Special Inspector for Afghan Reconstruction on Tuesday — following their declassification<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=10194bfd61&e=3d797c559a> 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=be4713470b&e=3d797c559a> (pdf)]
* Zabul Operations: The provincial police chief of Zabul province, Ghulam Sakhi Rogh Lewanai, told RFE/RL<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=eaf08cbd69&e=3d797c559a> 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=bb9f94b941&e=3d797c559a> 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=9aeb337c0b&e=3d797c559a> 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=dfa5c9035a&e=3d797c559a> 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=7b0a1c0e68&e=3d797c559a>]
* 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<http://wordpress.us5.list-manage.com/track/click?u=09725f588a8ce4a6ce9ae11d3&id=e82f03341b&e=3d797c559a>]
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