Cablegate: Leahy Vetting Request: Students to Attend the Air War

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DE RUEHBUL #4228 3650519
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P 310519Z DEC 07 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 2076

UNCLAS KABUL 004228

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DEPT FOR SCA/RA (JBRENNIG), SCA/A, DRL, S/CT

E.O. 12958 N/A
TAGS: PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE AIR WAR
COLLEGE

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 two Afghan nationals selected to
attend the Air War College in the United States. Post possesses no
derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests
Department's review of these candidates by January 15, 2007.

3. Following is the biographical data:

1. Name: Niamat Khwaja Mirzayee
Father's Name: Khwaja
Grandfather's Name: Mirza Khwaja
DOB: September 1, 1966
POB: Badakhshan, Afghanistan
Ethnicity: Tajik
Rank: LTC
Unit: MoD, NMAA Instructor

2. Name: Amanuddin Ghafari
Father's Name: Abdul Ghafar
Grandfather's Name: Din Mohammad
DOB: August 01, 1963
POB: Baghlan, Afghanistan
Ethnicity: Hazara
Rank: COL
Unit: MoD, NMAA Instructor

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