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Viewing cable 07KABUL229, AFGHAN TELECOM CHIEF FIRED FOR CORRUPTION

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07KABUL229 2007-01-23 11:57 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kabul 
VZCZCXRO8719
RR RUEHDBU RUEHIK RUEHYG
DE RUEHBUL #0229 0231157
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 231157Z JAN 07 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY KABUL
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5653
INFO RUCNAFG/AFGHANISTAN COLLECTIVE
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC
RHEFDIA/DIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHINGTON DC
RUEKJCS/JOINT STAFF WASHINGTON DC
RHEHAAA/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHINGTON DC
 
UNCLAS KABUL 000229 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR SCA/A, EB/CIP 
STATE PASS TO USAID FOR AID/ANE 
NSC FOR AHARRIMAN 
OSD FOR KIMMITT 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ECPS KCOR PGOV PREL AF
SUBJECT: AFGHAN TELECOM CHIEF FIRED FOR CORRUPTION 
 
This cable is sensitive but unclassified--not for internet 
distribution. 
 
1. (SBU) Afghan Telecom (AfTel), Afghanistan's state-owned 
telecommunications company, has now been operating for two months 
without a formally designated president/CEO.  The Minister of 
Communications, Amirzai Sangin, is currently acting as president/CEO 
of the company.  Sangin fired Aftel's President/CEO, Jamal Nasser 
Noorzaie, in late November.  Embassy has received reports from 
sources within the Ministry that Noorzaie was fired at least in part 
because of allegations of corruption centering on a fuel contract 
for AfTel's corporate vehicle fleet.  A U.S./Afghan dual national, 
Noorzaie was not arrested or charged with a crime; he left the 
country immediately after being dismissed. 
 
2. (SBU) Noorzaie's performance after three years of running AfTel 
was reportedly coming under question from Sangin.  Despite 
considerable progress in corporatizing the company, Noorzaie had not 
managed to assemble a strong management team, and efforts to grow 
the company's subscriber base from less than one percent total 
penetration had largely foundered.  Sangin has set aggressive goals 
for strengthening AfTel's subscriber base to several times its 
current size and improving the company's operations to attract a 
foreign investor.  Further details on AfTel's build-out efforts and 
prospects for privatization will follow via septel. 
 
NEUMANN