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### Viewing cable 09KABUL1377, CODEL LEAHY: CRITICAL TIME IN BILATERAL

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09KABUL1377 | 2009-06-01 08:08 | 2011-01-28 16:04 | CONFIDENTIAL | Embassy Kabul

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    209437
    2009-06-01
    09KABUL1377
    Embassy Kabul
    CONFIDENTIAL

    C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 KABUL 001377

    SIPDIS

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/29/2019
    TAGS: PGOV PINR PREL PTER USAID
    SUBJECT: CODEL LEAHY: CRITICAL TIME IN BILATERAL
    RELATIONSHIP

    Classified By: Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry for reasons 1.4(b) and (d)

    ¶1. (C) SUMMARY: The members of CODEL Leahy told President
    Karzai during a 5/26 meeting that this was a critical time
    for the Afghan-U.S. relationship. Americans needed
    assurances, especially in this economy, that the money they
    are spending in Afghanistan is being well spent, and that the
    people of Afghanistan are benefiting from it. Karzai replied
    that Afghanistan had made much progress in the past seven
    years, but needed continued U.S. assistance, particularly in
    building capacity in the areas of agriculture and security.

    -----------------------------------------
    Important Point in Bilateral Relationship
    -----------------------------------------

    ¶2. (C) CODEL Leahy (Senators Leahy, Whitehouse and Warner),
    accompanied by Ambassador Eikenberry, met for approximately
    one hour with President Karzai. Senator Leahy told Karzai
    this was a particularly critical time in the Afghan-U.S.
    relationship. President Obama was strongly committed to
    continuing assistance to Afghanistan, but the American people
    needed assurance that such assistance was being used
    appropriately, wisely and for the benefit of the Afghan
    people, especially in light of the troubled world economy.
    Karzai insisted that Afghanistan would do all necessary to
    convince Americans their investment in Afghanistan's future
    was a sound one. Afghanistan had already made substantial
    progress in recent years, but still needed assistance in
    building its capacities in areas such as agriculture,
    security, finance and other areas.

    --------------------------------------------- ---
    Must Promote Capacity Building in the Ministries
    --------------------------------------------- ---

    ¶3. (C) Senator Whitehouse said that he had been impressed by
    the Ministers of Agriculture, Finance and Rural
    Rehabilitation and Development at an earlier meeting,
    referring to their demonstrated commitment to accountability
    and transparency in their ministries. The more progress in
    good governance and transparency, he said, the more goodwill
    Afghans would see from the American people, and the more
    support they would see from the American government. Karzai
    replied that he had a very good cabinet of technocrat
    ministers and advisors. The problem, he said, lay below the
    senior level, and was caused by a lack of capacity in the
    ranks. Karzai referred to India's program of training 1,000
    young Afghans each year for civil service and suggested he
    would like to model an Afghan program along those lines.

    ------------------------------------------
    Need to Promote Development of Rule of Law
    ------------------------------------------

    ¶5. (C) Karzai asserted it would take a long time to restore
    the judiciary because it had been so thoroughly destroyed
    during the war years. Many Afghans still relied on informal
    or community-based systems for swift justice, rather than the
    courts. He believed, however, that it was an encouraging
    sign that Afghans had a higher expectation of justice than
    ever before. The Afghan government was committed to removing
    corrupt and incompetent judges. Karzai cited progress in the
    anti-corruption and rule of law areas, though he was still
    concerned about widespread corruption among officials and
    police, and its impact on the average Afghan.

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    Karzai's Campaign Message
    -------------------------

    ¶6. (U) Karzai said his campaign message would be to stress
    Afghanistan's progress during his seven years as president.
    Most importantly, Afghanistan had been made into a country
    for all Afghans again, and had become a proud member of the
    world community, actively participating in multi-lateral
    talks with nations such as Iran and Pakistan - something he
    could not have imagined six years ago. Average per capita
    income had risen from $180 six years ago to more than $500
    now. Afghanistan had amassed $3.6 BN in foreign reserves,
    and established banking and accounting systems to prevent
    theft and misuse of public funds. Karzai had encouraged the
    establishment of a strong and independent media to hold the
    government accountable. Regarding the narcotics threat,
    Karzai acknowledged serious challenges remained, but noted 22
    of Afghanistan's provinces were free or mostly free of poppy,
    up from just three poppy-free provinces in 2005.

    ¶7. (C) Karzai said when he assumed the presidency, there
    were 4,000 - 5,000 students in Kabul's five universities -
    today there are approximately 75,000 in the nation's
    universities, 45,000 of whom entered the university this

    KABUL 00001377 002 OF 002

    year. Of those 75,000 university students, 25 percent were
    women. The nation, he said, had seven million students in
    its schools, mostly in areas not controlled by the Taliban.
    Over the next 10 years, he expected that population to grow
    as areas were increasingly wrested from insurgent control,
    and new schools opened. He proudly pointed to a program
    initiated four years ago in which female students were sent
    overseas for advanced education, and were now returning to
    Afghanistan with advanced degrees to teach in the schools and
    universities.

    --------------------------------
    Poppy Production Still a Problem
    --------------------------------

    ¶8. (C) Karzai said that Afghanistan had always had poppies,
    but forty years ago, poppy was not an important crop in
    comparison to apricots, pomegranates, and other agriculture
    products. He believed the people could be turned from poppy
    production, but feared limited opportunities and poverty
    served to increase the temptation of easy money through poppy
    cultivation. He also criticized some forms of aid or NGO
    gifts. Afghans, he said, needed to take on the work of
    repairing Afghanistan for themselves, rather than having the
    NGOs do it for them. The NGOs were not helping the Afghans'
    work ethic though gifts, but through training.

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    Iranian Attitudes Towards U.S. Changing
    ---------------------------------------

    ¶9. (C) Karzai said the purpose of his May 24 trip to Tehran
    was to participate in Afghanistan's first tri-partite summit
    talks with Iran and Pakistan, on the issue of
    counter-terrorism, among other regional issues. Karzai told
    Iran's leadership the U.S. was a good country and the
    Iranians should seek better relations with the Americans.
    President Ahmadinejad indicated he would be willing to
    improve relations; Karzai believed Iran's attitude towards
    the U.S. was changing.
    EIKENBERRY

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