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P 261401Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3028
UNCLAS KABUL 000487
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E.O. 12958 N/A
TAGS: PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: VARIOUS IMET TRAINING COURSES
1. This is an action request - see paragraph 2.
2. In order to comply with Leahy human rights vetting requirements,
this cable forwards the names of fifteen (15) Afghan government
officials selected to attend various International Military
Education and Training (IMET) courses. Post possesses no derogatory
information on these individuals. Post requests the Department's
review of these candidates by March 20, 2008.
3. Following is the biographical data:
1. Name: Lutfullah Mashal
Father's name: Mr. Lal Gul Khan
Grandfather's name: Musa Khan
POB: Kabul, Afghanistan
DOB: December 25, 1971
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Rank: Director (Maj. General)
Course: Comprehensive Security Response to Terrorism - Asian
Pacific Center for Security Studies
2. Name: Mohammadullah
Father's name: Allah Dad
Grandfather's name: Khudaidad
POB: Kabul
DOB: 1979
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Rank: COL
Course: Counter Terrorism Exec Seminar at NESA Center-Washington DC
3. Name: Wafaurahman Wafa
Father's name: Gulrahman
Grandfather's name: Moqarab
POB: Jalalabad
DOB: 16 Dec 77
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Rank: MAJ
Course: Program on Advanced Security Studies-Marshall Center
4. Name: Mujeeb Monib
Father's name: Mohammad Sadiq
Grandfather's name: Khial Mohammad
POB: Wardak
DOB: 1985
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Rank: Major
Course: Program on Advanced Security Studies-Marshall Center
5. Name: Mohammad Taher
Father's name: Mohammad Sarwar
Grandfather's name: Mohammad Azim
POB: Kabul
DOB: 1953
Ethnicity: Tajik
Rank: Col
Course: NESA Center Counter Terrorism Executive Seminar
6. Name: Mohammad Kabir
Father's name: Tordi Khan
Grandfather's name: Lohammad Abid
POB: Kabul
DOB: 1947
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Rank: Col
Course: NESA CENTER Executive Center
7. Name: Atiqullah Habibi
Father's name: Habibullah
Grandfather's name: Hafizullah
POB: Kabul
DOB: 1982
Ethnicity: Tajik
Rank: 1Lt
Course: Language and USMC Expeditionary Warfare School
8. Name: Sayed Ghulam Nizami
Father's name: Nizamuddin
Grandfather's name: Mohammad Hassan
Rank: COL
DOB: May 5, 1957
POB: Paktia
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Course: NESA Executive Seminar
9. Name: Ghulam Sakhi Asifi
Father's Name: Mohammad Asif
Grandfather's Name: Haji Jamaluddin
DOB: May 8, 1949
POB: Kabul, Afghanistan
Rank: Brigadier General
Ethnicity: Tajik
Course: Marshall Center Senior Executive Seminar
10. Name: Mohammad Sarwar Hussain
Father's Name: Mohammad Hussain
Grandfather's Name: Mirza Hamzallua
Rank: COL
DOB: January 1, 1958
POB: Panjshir
Ethnicity: Tajik
Course: Marshall Center PTSS
11. Name: Muslim Hamid
Father's Name: Mohammad Jan
Grandfather's Name: Juma Khan
Rank: Major General
DOB: January 1, 1955
POB: Bamyan
Ethnicity: Hazara
Course: NESA Alumni Seminar
12. Name: Gul Ahmad Mirbacha
Father's Name: Mirbacha
Grandfather's Name: Mohammad Alam
Rank: COL
DOB: January 1, 1960
POB: Kabul
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Course: NESA Alumni Seminar
13. Name: Shah Mahmood Mangal
Father's Name: Khan Mohammad Khan
Grandfather's Name: Sanak Khan
Rank: COL
DOB: January 01, 1945
POB: Paktia
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Course: NESA Alumni Seminar
14. Name: Mohammad Taher Anbari
Father's name: Nasruddin
Grandfather's name: Mohammad Haidar
DOB: December 15, 1970
POB: Herat
Rank: Civilian
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Course: Program on Terrorism and Security Studies at Marshall
Center
15. Name: Homayoun Tandar
Father's name: Mohammad Ibrahim
Grandfather's name: Sherdel
DOB: August 31, 1956
POB: Kabul
Unit: Office of National Security Council
Rank: Civilian
Ethnicity: Pashtun
Course of Study: Senior Executive Seminar at Marshall
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