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Viewing cable 08BRUSSELS1403, EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08BRUSSELS1403 2008-09-09 16:07 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY USEU Brussels 
VZCZCXRO8742
OO RUEHIK RUEHPOD RUEHYG
DE RUEHBS #1403 2531607
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 091607Z SEP 08
FM USEU BRUSSELS
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE
INFO RUEHZG/NATO EU COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE
RUEHAD/AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI IMMEDIATE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING IMMEDIATE
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA IMMEDIATE
RUEHDO/AMEMBASSY DOHA IMMEDIATE
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD IMMEDIATE
RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL IMMEDIATE
RUEHKU/AMEMBASSY KUWAIT IMMEDIATE
RUEHMK/AMEMBASSY MANAMA IMMEDIATE
RUEHMO/AMEMBASSY MOSCOW IMMEDIATE
RUEHMS/AMEMBASSY MUSCAT IMMEDIATE
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE
RUEHRH/AMEMBASSY RIYADH IMMEDIATE
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL IMMEDIATE
RUEHGP/AMEMBASSY SINGAPORE IMMEDIATE
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO IMMEDIATE
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON IMMEDIATE
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE
 
UNCLAS BRUSSELS 001403 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR SCA/A NISHA SINGH, EUR/ERA DANIEL WEISFIELD 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PREL AF
SUBJECT: EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY 
EXPANSION 
 
REF: STATE 93225 
 
(SBU) Pol Off delivered reftel demarche on expanding the 
Afghan National Army to European Commission contacts 
September 5.  Contacts responded that their understanding was 
that the decision had already been made by the Standing 
Committee on Security and would be put to the September 10 
Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting for 
endorsement. While the Commission would not object to the 
expansion, contact raised gerneral concerns about cost and 
sustainability and stressed the need to look at building the 
capacity of other institutions, such as the Ministry of 
Interior, in addition to the ANA. 
Silverberg 
.