Cablegate: Leahy Vetting Request: Mod Staff for Counternarcotics

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DE RUEHBUL #2487 2581301
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E.O. 12958 N/A
TAGS: PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: MOD STAFF FOR COUNTERNARCOTICS
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1. This is an action request - see paragraph 2.

2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable
forwards the name and biodata of three (3) officers. Post has
reviewed the information available on these individuals and has
found no derogatory information. Post requests Department response
by September 29, 2008.

3. Following is biographical data:

1. Name: Payanda Mohammad Nazem
Father: Mohammad Afzal
Rank: MG
Unit: MoD, Deputy Assistant Minister for Strategy and Policy
DOB: 07/14/1965
POB: Kabul, Afghanistan
Ethnicity: Tajik

2. Name: Abdul Habib Hasary
Father: Mohammad Yaqoub
Rank: MG
Unit: MoD, Planning Chief, Office of the Chief of Staff
DOB: 11-05-1963
POB: Kapisa, Afghanistan
Ethnicity: Tajik

3. Name: Mohammad Sarwar Hussieni
Father: Mohammad Hussain
Rank: COL
Unit: MoD, CNT Director, Office of the Assistant Minister of
Strategy and Policy
DOB: 03/21/1958
POB: Panjshir, Afghanistan
Ethnicity: Tajik

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