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Afghanistan Review08 October 2013Week 41

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Economic Development Jan Nalaskowski [email protected] World Bank has carried out a randomised impact evaluation of the AfghanistansNational Solidarity Programme (NSP) showing that one of the governments flagship programmes has improved the villagers access to basic utilities such as drinking water and

electricity, education, health care and womens counselling services. The programme also increases girls school attendance, but did not impact the school attendance of boys. Doctor visits, prena-tal exams and medical professional attendance in cases of illness or injury were also improved. Asthe largest development programme in Afghanistan, NSP established 32,000 Community Devel-opment Councils (CDCs) across the country and financed approximately 65,000 development projects. The programme framework is based on [t]he creation of a gender-balanced CDC through asecret-ballot, universal suffrage election and [t]he disbursement of block grants, valued at $200per household up to a community maximum of $60,000, to fund village-level projects selecteddesigned, and managed by the CDC in consultation with villagers.

On 27 September, Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Afghan counterpart, President Hamid

Karzai, held talks onstrengthening bilateral cooperation during the Fifth Euro-Asia Economic Forum held in Chinas Shaanxi Province, reports Wadsam. Leading the agenda was the discussion onthe largest foreign investment in Afghanistan, the China Metallurgical Group CorporationsUSD3 billion projectto develop theAynakcopper mine, which so far is in deadlock due to the securityproblems in the area, writes Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. During the meeting, China reiterat-ed its interest inexploiting oil and gasfrom three Amu River fields in northern Afghanistan, notesPajhwok Afghan News. The expansion ofChina-Afghanistan economic tiesfalls within a steadytrend which was initiated in 2002. Until 2009, the trade volume between the two partners increased from USD 20 million to USD 214 million per year. China has invested mostly in the Af-ghan mining sector, construction and telecommunications, while Afghanistan has invested overUSD 50 million in China. During his speech at the Fifth Euro-Asia Economic Forum, PresidenKarzai encouraged business participants to explore economic opportunities in Afghanistan, hoping

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Highlighted Topics Clicking the links in this list will take you to the appropriate section. The World Bank carries out a randomised impactevaluation of the NSP. Afghanistan and Chinastrengthen bilateral cooperation during the transition. A total of27 candidatesregistered for the April 2014 presidential elections. Afghan Taliban commanders refused to meet withMullah Abdul Ghani Baradar. Bilateral security agreementnegotiations are on a deadlock. UNAMA recorded asixteen per cent risein civilian casualties in 2013. New Zealand funds a largeoff-grid electricity power systemin Bamian. Chevron emerges as one of the potential leaders of theTAPI consortium.
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that the country can contribute to the formation of a new Euro-Asia economic architecture, adds Wadsam.The meeting resulted inincreased Chinese support for Afghanistans reconstruction process. Karzai welcomed Chinas participation in developing Afghannatural resources and Xi Jinping pledged to extend USD 32.5 million in foreign aid grants to Afghanistan to focus on economic devel-opment

According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock (MAIL), the production of saffron has experienced significangrowth throughout this year, highlightsBakhtar News. The MAIL is providing farmers who receive saffron seeds with training coursesand drying machines to bolster productivity of saffron cultivation. Experts highlight the potential role of saffron in development of theAfghan economy. In other agriculture development news, the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries reports that in the first sixmonths of the current fiscal year, Afghanistan exported more than 6,000 tons ofpotatoes and onions. The increase in potato produc

tion occurred predominantly inBamianprovince, where farmers have achieved a ten per cent growth in comparison to the last yearProduction improvements are related to the availability ofsmall loansto farmers totalling AFN 112 million, notes Wadsam. The promotion of alternative crops aims directly to counterbalance the profits from poppy cultivation. The MAIL launched the distribution ofimproved wheat seeds and chemical fertilisers to farmers inUruzganandLogarprovinces in order to encouragegrowth of licit crops.

On 28 September, awool washing factorywas inaugurated in Chowk Arghandi area ofKabulprovince, reports Bakhtar. WafiullahEftekhar, the director of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, said that this investment of USD 1.5 million is a positive indica-tion of foreign and domestic business interests in the country. The new factory is able to wash 1200 kg of wool in 24 hours. In otherinvestment news, on 24 September the Ministry of Mines (MoM) announced an extension of the bidding process for constructingcement plantsin Jabal-ul-Saraj district and Ghori ofParwanandBaghlanprovinces through 05 November. Nearly one million tons ocement are expected to be produced annually from the plants, which will likely aid the country s development as Afghanistan currently requires seven million tons of cement per year, says Wadsam.

A number of other articles related to economic development appeared over the past two weeks, including those summarised below:

On 26 September, President Hamid Karzai said during his visit in China that thescourge of terrorismis impeding economic growthand development in Afghanistan, reports Daily Outlook Afghanistan. Karzai encouraged participants of the Fifth Euro-Asia Economic Forum to participate in efforts to weaken networks and sources of terrorist financing.

The death of 27 coal miners inSamanganprovince has forced ahalt in coal extractionactivities in Samangan and Bamian provinces, resulting in the loss of jobs for 4,500 workers, reports Wadsam. Members of the Afghan Parliament have called on the MoM tostandardise mining activities to avoid similar incidents in the future.

Chief of the Central Bank of Afghanistan (CBA) Noorullah Delawari has linked the declining value of the afghanito pilgrims carrying USD 200-250 million with them to Saudi Arabia this year, reports Wadsam. The CBA recognises the availability of the USdollar could not match the high demand, which resulted in Afghans having to pay a higher price in the Afghan currency to acquirethe US currency. Najibullah Akhtari, Head of the Money-Exchangers Union, added that fear of risks in the aftermath of troopwithdrawal is resulting in capital flight, adds Wadsam.

Governance & Rule of Law Katerina [email protected] 06 October, the Afghan Independent Election Commission (IEC) formally closed the presidential candidates registrationprocessfor the April 2014 Afghan elections, reports Khaama Press. According to IEC officials, a total of 27 candidates regis-tered for the presidential elections. The approved list of candidates, pending approval by the IEC and the Electoral Complaints

Commission (ECC), is expected to be announced on 19 October. In addition, 2,360 candidates, including 273 women, submitted theirnominations for provincial council elections to be also held in 2014. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghani-stan (UNAMA), the electoral process has so farproceeded in a satisfactorymanner, addsPajhwok Afghan News.

In other election-related news, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported that nominations submitted to date suggest theAfghan electioncampaign will be dominatedby former warlords, influential governmental officials and a number of prominent West-ern-educated technocrats. A number of major candidates have sought to foster coalitions in an effort to unify an ethnically dividedpolitical platform. According to theRFE/RL, these include:

Abdullah Abdullah, an ethnic Tajik and former Afghan foreign minister who competed in the 2009 election. Abdullah, amember of Jamiat-e Islami political party, formed an alliance with Mohammad Khan, a Pashtun and a member of Hezb-e Is-lami party who will run as Abdullahs first vice president. Mohammad Mohaqeq, a Hazara leader running as the second vicepresident complements the alliance. According to Kate Clark, a senior analyst of Afghanistan Analysts Network, althoughneither side naturally likes one another [] for Abdullah, Hezb -e Islami represents the best Pashtun network that he thinksmight access Pashtun voters.

Another candidate, Ashraf Ghani, a former Afghan finance minister, has teamed up with Sarwar Danish, a Hazara leader; andwith General Abdul Rashid Dostum, a former warlord and Uzbek leader of a militia which was part of the former NorthernAlliance. After announcing his candidacy as one of the vice presidents,Dostum has apologisedin a press statement for hispast deeds during the countrys civil war, adds anotherRFE/RL article. Dostum also urged other factions and commanders

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involved in the civil war to apologise. Ahmad Shuja of Human Rights Watch (HRW) suggests that the timing of Dostumsapology may be a part of a strategy to increase his election chances.

Another candidate is Zalmai Rassoul, an influential Pashtun and former Afghan foreign minister, who many consider to bePresident Karzais favoured nominee. Rassoul partnered with Ahmad Zia Massoud, a Tajik and former vice president, andHabiba Sarabi, a Hazara female and former governor ofBamianprovince. According to Waliullah Rahmani, the director ofthe Kabul-based Center for Strategic Studies, Rassoul is an early presidential favourite, with his coalition enjoying support innorthern and central Afghanistan.

Another candidate, Abdul Rasul Sayyaf, a controversial Pashtun with alleged ties to al Qaeda during the 1980s, will run in acoalition with Ismail Khan, an influential Tajik warlord and the former Afghan energy and water minister; and Abdul WahabErfan, an ethnic Uzbek and parliament member.

The next candidate is Qayum Karzai, President Hamid Karzais brother. He teamed with Wahidullah Shahrani, another ethnicUzbek and former Afghan minister of mines, and Ibrahim Qasemi, an ethnic Hazara and former parliamentarian.

Lastly, Khalida Ghaznavi represents the only female presidential candidate.For the complete list of the presidential candidates and their first and second vice-presidents, see aKhaama Pressarticle.

At a press conference held in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai reiterated that he will prevent foreigners and the current Afghangovernmental officials frominterfering in the 2014 presidential electionsto avoid frauds that plagued the previous elections in 2009reports Tolo News. Karzai stated that governmental funds will not be used to support any specific presidential candidates. Howeversome observers express doubt about Karzais assurances, especially as Karzais comments come after Atta Mohammad Noor, thegovernor of Balkh province and a member of the Afghan political party Jamiat-e-Islami, claimed thatKarzai offered him USD 100millionto secure Jamiats support for his favoured candidate, addsKhaama Press. Specifically, in an interview with Tolo News, Noostated that leadership of his party hasreceived several recommendationsand offers; they offered us the post of First Vice [President]

and a blank check, but we did not accept. Let me be clear, even the President made an offer. According to Noor, candidates recommended to Jamiat included Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, Zalmai Rassoul and Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf. The Afghan presidential palacerefused Noors allegations as baseless. Despite the Karzai camps alleged offer, Jamiat currently supports Abdullah Abdullah as apresidential candidate.

AfghanTaliban commanders declined to meetMullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the former Afghan Taliban second-in-command, reportsReuters. US and Afghan officials believe Baradar could play a peacemaker role in the stalled peace process, possibly convincing Tali-ban militants to cease fighting. According to an Afghan Taliban commander, the meeting in the Pakistani city of Peshawar did notake place because Baradar was accompanied by Pakistani security officials. Baradar, detained in Pakistan since 2010, reportedlycontinues to be held in Pakistani custody although Pakistan agreed to release him. The Afghan government seeks the transfer of Bara-dar to Afghanistan, as the government does not consider him free as long as he resides in Pakistan and is closely watched by Pakistansecurity. Meanwhile, some Taliban officials doubt that Baradar will be able to resume the stalled peace talks with the Taliban. As oneTaliban official expressed, He isnt a free man and thats why people are afraid of meeting him.

In an interview held in Pakistani tribal area of Waziristan, aPakistani Taliban groups (TTP) spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, statedthat the group cooperates with and receives financial support from the Afghan Taliban, reports The Washington Post. Shahid notedThe Afghan Taliban are our jihadi brothers [] In the beginning, we were helping them [the Afghan Taliban], but now they arestrong enough and they dont need our help, but they [the Afghan Taliban] are now supporting us [the Pakistani Taliban] financially.Shahid further noted that the Afghan Taliban provides a sanctuary in eastern Afghanistan for a Pakistani Taliban commander, MullahFazlullah, who was driven out of Pakistans Swat Valley.

A number of other articles related to governance and rule of law appeared over the past two weeks, including those below:

According to a chief of the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC), Sima Samar, detainees continue tobe tortured in Afghan prisons, reports Khaama Press. While the deputy chief of the Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS)Hesamuddin Hesam dismissed the accusations, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) stated that theprisoners situation in Afghanistan will be investigated.

The Independent Election Commission (IEC) informed that the use of mobile registration teams, protected by Afghan local / national police, bolstered the voter registration process in rural areas of southern Kandahar province, reportsPajhwok Afghan News.

France committed to continue its assistance in an effort to strengthen governancein post-2014 Afghanistan, writes Pajhwok. Aspart of this assistance, Afghan deputy governors would be provided with four weeks of training at the National School of Administration in France where they would learn about various models of sub-national governance.

Security & Force Protection Eray [email protected] on abilateral security agreementbetween the US and Afghanistan have stalled, reports The New York Times. Thepossibility of a total withdrawal of the US troops is now under consideration. American officials say they are ready to suspendthe negotiations in the following weeks unless there is significant breakthrough, adding that restarting the talks with President
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Hamid Karzais successor in next years elections is very unlikely. According to The New York Times, a full US troop withdrawawould mean a full withdrawal of coalition forces, a move that could eventually strengthen the Taliban. Moreover, a complete with-drawal of the American troops could jeopardise the much-needed aid commitments on which Afghanistan is highly dependent. Alt-hough issues such as the legal immunity of the US troops were agreed upon, reportedly two main issues remain unresolved therebycausing the impasse between the two countries. The US rejects President Karzais proposals that the US should be in charge of guaranteeing Afghanistans security and provide intelligence to Afghan forces so they can seek al Qaeda operatives in the country w ithouUS assistance. Meanwhile, Chinaexpressed its supportof Afghanistans strategic foreign relations with regional powers as well as theUS, informsKhaama Press. Presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said the Chinese president announced his support towards the bilateral security agreement between the US and Afghanistan in addition to the Afghan-led peace process.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported a sixteen per cent rise in civilian casualties in the firseight months of 2013 compared to the same period last year. During a news conference in Jalalabad, UNAMAs Human Rights Dire ctor Georgette Gagnon said the situation in the four eastern provinces ofKunar,Laghman,NangarharandNuristanis even worse, witha 54 per cent rise in the civilian casualties. Gagnon pointed out that nineteen per cent of all casualties in the country took place in theEastern part of the country in 2013. Anti-government groups which continue to deliberately target civilians have caused the vasmajority of civilian deaths and injuries. Their activities, not limited to violence, include intimidation, threat and abducti on of civilianssaid Gagnon. She also highlighted that the leading cause of the casualties in the eastern region is the ground engagements between theanti-government groups and ANSF which often take place in populated areas.

Based on a recent report by an Indian intelligence agency, India Times writes that increasedcannabis productionin Afghanistan andsmuggling activities carried out by the Taliban and the Inter-services Intelligence (ISI) can further deteriorate the terror and instabilityin the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. The report alleges that the Taliban smuggle raw cannabis to Central Asia, Iran and Pakistan andthen process it into hashish in these locations. Tajikistan is concerned about its border with Afghanistan and it is seeking tobeef up theborder security to prevent extremists and illegal drugs to cross it, reports Central Asia Online. Tajik political scientist Parviz Mul

lajanov said [a]ll the predictions point to an increase in tensions in Afghanistan and to an increase in the activity of religious [extrem-ist] organisations in Central Asia, such as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU). Highlighting that Afghanistan is produ cingabout ninety per cent of all opium in the world, Tajik Presidential Centre for Strategic Studies Deputy Chairman Saifullo Safarov said[a]s a result ... steps are being taken to create an anti-drug belt, which ... [President Emomali] Rakhmon has been talking about for along time. Also, our neighbours Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan and [other] Asian countries ... are keen on seeing the border with Afghanistan strengthened. Tajik Border Service plans to create more check-points, train border guards and update equipment; howeverTajikistan still needs additional military and technical assistance. Political scientist Shokirjon Khakimov pointed out that the weakeconomy and small government budget prevents the country from effectively equipping their border guards.

Germanyhanded overthe control of itsKunduzcamp to the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) on 06 October, reports AgenceFrance Presse (AFP). Approximately 4,000 German soldiers are still deployed in Afghanistan, 900 of which remain in Kunduz. For-eign Minister Guido Westerwelle pledged to support Afghanistans development. The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)regional commander for northern Afghanistan, Major General Jrg Vollmer, said: We have brought Afghan security forces to a leveof 80 percentthe other 20 percent they will have to do themselves.

On 06 October, a remote-controlledroadside bombkilled Momand Khan, the head of the operations department for Kunar securitycommand, reportsKhaama Press. The explosion took place in the eastern province of Nuristan while Khan travelled to Wama districtto inspect police forces. No group claimed responsibility for the attack. Also, Taliban insurgentskilled fourISAF soldiers on 06 October by detonating a bomb during a joint operation with the Afghan forces in the Zhari district ofKandaharprovince, reports The NewYork Times. The alliance did not disclose the nationalities of the deceased soldiers; The New York Times notes that almost all of thecoalition soldiers in Zhari are Americans. On 05 October, another ISAF member wasshot deadin southern Afghanistan by a contracted security guard, reportsKhaama Press. An ISAF statement said [t]he scene of the incident is secure and the suspected gunman hasbeen killed. ISAF and Afghan officials are assessing the incident and more information will be released as appropriate, without disclosing the exact location of the incident and the nationality of the service member. Finally, a NATOair strikeon 04 October reportedly killed five civilians including three children, reports Reuters. The airstrike followed a mortar attack on a joint NATO-Afghanbase outside the Jalalabad city of Nangarhar. A statement from the presidential office said President Hamid Karzai strongly condemned the NATO air strike in which he says five civilians, including three students aged 10, 14 and 16 were killed in eastern

Nangarhar province on Friday night. ISAF initially denied the civilian casualties but later launched an investigation.

Social & Strategic Infrastructure Rainer [email protected] electrical companies from New Zealand, Sustainable Energy Services International (SESI) and Netcon, are developing oneof the worlds largest off-grid electricity power systems inBamianprovince, reports Stuff. The USD 18 million project wilprovide electricity to 2,500 families and commercial properties in Bamian city; a project with a similar installed capacity in

New Zealand would only power 200 houses. According to Stuff, the electricity initially will be used for lighting purposes but in thefuture, assuming the capacity increases, electricity might also be used for refrigeration and communications. The project was awardedto SESI and Netcon as part of the New Zealands government international aid programme for Afghanistan. In order to assure theprojects sustainability, project managers recruited fifteen Afghan-trained engineers and forty tradesmen and labourers from the near

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by villages and communities. Project implementation is complex due to harsh weather in the province, but project managers highlightthe main challenge was coordinating with communities to ensure cohesion with local socioeconomic and cultural specific characteris-tics.

According to various sources, the American multinational companyChevron has emerged as a potential leaderto finance and run theTurkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, says The Express Tribune. The four countries involved are inthe process of selecting and setting up the consortium with the best technical and financial capabilities to design, finance, constructand operate the gas pipeline. Afghan and Indian officials have met Chevron representatives in New Delhi and confirmed that bothcountries support Chevron as one of the main candidates to lead the consortium. Although Pakistan did not attended the meeting dueto the security tensions with India in the Kashmir area, sources confirm that Pakistan will also be keen to vote for Chevron s participa

tion in the project. The main obstacle in the negotiations with Chevron is Turkmenistan which has refused to award Chevron, and anyother foreign consortium, rights to exploit the onshore gas fields. Instead, Turkmenistan has offered exploration rights for offshorefields to swap the gas found in these fields for gas in onshore fields and then export it to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. At the same,time,Russia has also expressed its interest to participate in the TAPI project, according to Menafn. Indian Foreign Minister SalmanKhurshid said, in many ways Russia can be a major contributor, whether it is in the building of the pipeline or it is in upstream su pplement of the gas that will come from Turkmenistan to India, or indeed in any other way. Khurshid also emphasised the role of thepipeline to create much greater economic interdependence between our countries and that perhaps is the best guarantee [for ensuringthe realisation of the project]. Similarly, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov said that the TAPI will be a real contribution to the establishment of international energy cooperation, an effective stabilizing factor having a positive impact on the entiresituation and will give additional stability to the entire system ofpolitical and economic ties in the Asian continent, writesAzarNews.

In other regional energy news, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and US President Barack Obama will discuss the future of theIran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipelineduring a bilateral meeting on 23 October, reports The Nation. The energy crisis Pakistan is facing willbe one of the key items on the agenda for the coming meeting, according to sources. Reportedly, the Pakistani government is prepar

ing various documents to secure backing of the US president on the gas project. The Petroleum and Natural Resources Ministry hassent a summary to Law and Justice Division to solicit views about US threatening statements to impose economic sanctions in casePakistan went ahead with the pipeline project, said Pakistan officials. Sources allege the US sanctions regime does not appl y to the IPproject as it does not entail direct transactions with Iranian public sector banks. Pakistani officials believe that President Obama willpush Sharif to pursue the TAPI gas pipeline instead of the IP project; however, the Pakistan government does not want to compromiseeither project. Furthermore, Pakistan has asked Iran forUSD 2 billion in financial aidto build its side of the IP gas pipeline, highlightsDawn. Pakistani petroleum minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said that the preparations to build the pipeline in Pakistan are complete butthey still need the USD 2 billion to materialise the construction of the pipeline.

A number of other articles related to infrastructure appeared over the past two weeks, including those below:

According to Wadsam, on the sidelines of the security talks among Iran, the US and Afghanistan, a US representative requestedIrans further partnershipin infrastructure projects in Afghanistan. Iran is one of the most important donors to Afghanistan and hasbuilt roads, power transmission lines, border stations and several other infra projects over the past decade.

The construction works of the railway linkingBalkhprovince with Tajikistan will be launched in the followingsix months, according to the Minister of Public Works, says Pajhwok Afghan News. Special police units will be deployed along the future railway toguarantee the security of the construction sites.

The capital city ofBaghlanprovince, Pol-e Khomri, will soon launch the construction works for the establishment of two maintransmission lines and the asphalting of the Doshi-Sheebar road, reports Wadsam. The German government will fund the transmis-sion lines at a cost of USD 55 million, while the asphalting works are financed in collaboration with the World Bank. According tothe governor of the Baghlan province, the upgrading of the Doshi-Sheebar road will be a better alternative to the Salang Highway.
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Development Assistance in Afghanistan after 2014: From the Military Exit Strategy to a Civilian Entry Strategy, SIPRI,October 2013.

Afghanistan: Emergency Response Fund Update, 06 October 2013, UNOCHA, October 2013.

Fourth Six Month Report, Independent Joint Anti-Corruption Monitoring and Evaluation Committee, September 2013.

Afghanistan Food Security Outlook Update, FEWS Net, September 2013.

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Dashboard (as of 31 August 2013), UNOCHA, September 2013.

Womens Rights, Gender Equality, and Transition: Securing Gains, Moving Forward, AREU, September 2013.

Afghanistan: Protection of Civilians Snapshot (as of 1 October 2013), UNOCHA, October 2013.

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