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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 04 KABUL 000275 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR SCA FRONT OFFICE (DAS GASTRIGHT),SCA/A, AND EB 
DEPT FOR ISN/ECC:JCOLLINS 
DEPT PASS AID/ANE, USTR, AND OMB:PCALBOS 
TREASURY FOR LMCDONALD, JCIORCIARI, AND ABAUKOL 
NSC FOR AHARRIMAN 
CENTCOM FOR CG CFC-A 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
SUBJECT: JCMB SUCCESS - ANDS PRODUCES PRIORITY PROJECT LIST IN 
ADVANCE OF BERLIN JCMB MEETINGS 
 
REFS: A) STATE 7434 
B) 06 KABUL 5918 
C) 06 STATE 189298 
 
KABUL 00000275  001.2 OF 004 
 
 
¶1. On January 25, ANDS Executive Director Adib Farhadi passed to 
Deputy ECON Counselor the GOA's consolidated priority project list, 
which emerged from the recent round of JCMB Consultative Group 
meetings in which GOA officials and donor representatives 
participate.  Post successfully negotiated into this final list 
suggestions from Washington (Refs A and C) and ideas from within the 
U.S. Mission.  GOA development of the list was closely coordinated 
with UNAMA.  The GOA intends to circulate the list to JCMB Member 
Missions on January 26.  Senior Afghan officials engaged with the 
JCMB have indicated plans to highlight the priority project list in 
their Berlin presentations and bilaterals with donors.  We may wish 
to look for ways to reinforce the GOA's initiative in our 
interventions and meetings. 
 
¶2.  While an output of the JCMB, the Afghans developed the actual 
list on their own and have closely held their plans to produce and 
issue such a document for Berlin.  The Secretary's visit to NATO 
presents an opportunity to highlight this successful JCMB output - 
the Afghans working through the JCMB donor coordination mechanism to 
produce a coherent priority list of projects.  This list represents 
the priority gaps that the GOA and donors on the ground have 
identified collectively as needing resources immediately.  We should 
urge NATO donors to step to the plate and contribute.  The Afghans 
are aware that the U.S. may highlight the existence and potential 
value of this list in Brussels. 
 
¶3.  Using Ref A, Post will work with ANDS staff to identify target 
donors for each project and to revise the list accordingly for use 
in bilateral presentations.  We will send that list to Washington as 
soon as it is complete. 
 
¶4. Begin Text of List Document: 
 
The following projects do not represent all our priority projects. 
Rather, they are projects that, in the Government's views, deserve 
priority attention for accelerated implementation, and in some cases 
additional funding support. 
 
 
SUB-PILLAR ONE: SECURITY 
 
- Tactical training 
 
- Upgrading of equipment to enhance mobility 
 
- Medical evacuation 
 
- Highway Patrol 
 
SUB-PILLAR TWO: GOVERNANCE, RULE OF LAW AND HUMAN RIGHTS 
 
- Capacity support for the Taqnin 
 
- Afghan Civil Service Capacity Building Project (AEP & 
  LEP) 
 
- Provide Justice Sector Capacity Building Needs 
 
- Courtroom Security 
 
- Construction of parliament buildings 
 
- Provincial Justice Centers 
 
- Corrections Infrastructure. 
 
SUB-PILLAR THREE: INFRASTRUCTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES 
 
 
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a) Power 
 
- Purchase more efficient hydrocarbon electricity 
  generators for Kabul 
 
- Regional Dispatch Control Center and reactive power 
  compensation equipment (NEPS) 
 
- Substations/distribution networks: Kunduz, Pul-e-khumri, 
  Charikar (NEPS) 
 
- Upgrade of substation and 26-kilometer transmission line 
  from Uzbekistan-Afghanistan border to Surkhan, 
  Uzbekistan. 
 
- New 500 KV transmission line within Uzbekistan to the 
  Afghan border 
 
- Rehabilitation of 220 kv Transmission line from Hairatan 
  to Pul-e-Khumri switching station 
 
- Power transmission and Distribution project (110 Kv Trans 
  Line from Shirkhan Bandar to Himam Sahaib, 220/20KV S/S 
  Taliqan, 110KV Trans Line from Naghlu to East Jalalabad, 
  Mihtherlam & Jalalabad) 
 
- Rehabilitation of Sheberghan Gas Field and Pipeline from 
  Sheberghan to Mazar 
 
- Work on the Salma Dam 
 
- Rehabilitation of electric distribution lines in Kabul 
  Khanabad Hydroelectric Plant, Kunduz 
  Tirin Kot Electricity Distribution system 
 
- Distribution systems in other major population centers. 
 
b) Roads 
 
- Super Corridor: Rehabilitation of Andkhoy-Qaissar Road 
  (210 kms) 
 
- Super Corridor: Rehabilitation of Pulkhumri- Mazar-e 
  Sharif - Naibabad- Hairatan Road (243 kms) 
  (519 Km, Kabul - Kandahar). Phase I 
 
- Construction of Qaissar - Balamurghab Road (90 Km) 
 
- Construction of Taluqan - Keshem Road 70 Km 
 
- National Rural Access Program (NRAP) (MoPW). 
 
- National Highway: Rehabilitation of Bamian - Kabul Road 
  (140 Kms) 
 
- Supplemental Transport Rehabilitation Grant 
 
- Accelerate Repair/Construction of Kandahar-Herat Road 
 
- Kabul-Jalalabad Road construction 
 
- Zaranj-Delaram Road 
 
- Kabul Urban road 
 
- Accelerate construction of southern provincial and 
  district roads. 
 
c) Air Transport 
 
- Installation of Air Traffic Management System and Radars 
  for Air Traffic Management and Control 
 
KABUL 00000275  003.2 OF 004 
 
 
 
- Priority Rehabilitation - Kabul Airport (Provision of 
  Equipment for Kabul International Airport). 
 
- Accelerate Kabul Airport facilities upgrade (New 
  International Terminal, etc.). 
 
- Rehabilitation of Regional Airports 
 
- Civil Aviation Training (Scholarships) 
 
- Capacity Building for MoTCA Project Management 
 
- Airport Master Plan for Kabul, Mazar, Herat, and Kandahar 
 
d) Water and Irrigation 
 
- Provincial Towns WSS (Water Supply System) - 14 towns 
 
- Rehabilitation of the Amu Darya River Basin Irrigation 
  Schemes. 
 
- National Rural Water supply, hygiene education and 
  sanitation programme 
 
- Feasibility study of Amu River Consolidation 
 
- National Emergency Irrigation Schemes Rehabilitation 
  program Category 1 
 
- Capacity Building and Institutional Development of 
  (Project Coordination Unit,PMU)(Water PCU), 
 
- Rehabilitation of Nation Wide Small, Medium and Large 
  Traditional Irrigation Scheme 
- Water and Sewerage Master Plan for Kabul 
 
e) Urban 
 
- Solid Waste Disposal Project 
- Urban Housing 
 
SUB-PILLAR FOUR: EDUCATION 
 
- National Skills Development Program 
 
- National Education Program 
 
- School Construction and Rehabilitation 
 
- Equipment for Schools 
 
- Construction of Balkh University Building Complex 
 
SUB-PILLAR FIVE: HEALTH 
 
- Basic Package of Health Services 
 
- National Immunization Program 
 
- Mother and Child Survival Initiative 
 
- Construction & Rehabilitation of Blood Transfusion & 
 
- Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Health 
 
- Improving Quality Essential Package of Hospital Services 
 
SUB-PILLAR SIX: AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
 
- National Solidarity Program 
 
 
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- National Rural Access Program 
 
- Micro Finance Investment Support facility for 
  Afghanistan( MISFA) 
 
- Emergency Project for Horticulture and Animal Husbandry 
 
- Production and multiplication of improved wheat seed 
 
- Capacity Building for the Ministry of Agriculture 
 
- Kabul University Agriculture Faculties Capacity Building 
 
- Agriculture, Roads, Trade, and Irrigation Program 
 
SUB-PILLAR SEVEN: SOCIAL PROTECTION 
 
- National Vulnerability Program 
 
SUB-PILLAR EIGHT:  ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE AND PRIVATE SECTOR 
DEVELOPMENT 
 
- Customs Modernization Project 
 
- Border Management Initiative 
 
- Capacity Building for the Afghan National Standards 
  Authority (ANSA) 
 
SUPPORT FOR CRITICAL NATIONAL PROGRAMS 
 
- Contribution to Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund 
 
- Contribution to Law and Order Trust Fund 
 
- Contribution to Counter-Narcotics Trust Fund 
 
- Provide additional quick-impact funds for PRTs 
 
- Fund Peace and Reconciliation Program (PTS) 
 
- National Program Support Office 
 
- Afghanistan National Development Strategy 
 
END TEXT. 
 
¶5. Post has emailed a copy of the final original document to SCA/A.