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C O N F I D E N T I A L DUSHANBE 001269 
 
 
CENTCOM FOR CCJ5, SOCCENT FOR J33, DIA FOR DHO-2, STATE FOR SCA 
 
E.O. 12958: DECL: 10/06/2018 
TAGS: PGOV MAS OVIP PREL TI
SUBJECT: EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUEST FOR FY09 
USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM TRAINING EVENTS 
 
REF: A. SECDEF-APPROVED FY2009 GLOBAL FORCE MANAGEMENT 
        ALLOCATION PLAN (GFMAP)/CJCS/151900Z MAY 
        2008 
     ¶B. CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF (CJCS) 
        INSTRUCTIONS 3710.01/28MAY93 FOR 
        DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY FOR APPROVING 
        OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO DRUG AND/OR LAW 
        ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES AND COUNTER-DRUG 
        RELATED DEPLOYMENT OF US DEPARTMENT OF 
        DEFENSE (DOD) PERSONNEL 
     ¶C. 08 DUSHANBE 1131 (DTG 101115Z SEP 08) 
     ¶D. 08 STATE 105455 (DTG 021659Z OCT 08) 
 
Classified By: Tracey Jacobson, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Dushanbe, STATE; 
REASON: 1.4 (a) and (d) 
 
  ¶1. (C) Summary.  In accordance with REFs A and B, this 
message is an Embassy Dushanbe request for FY09 DOD 
operational support under 1004, National Defense 
Authorization Act 1991, as amended for development of Counter 
Narco Terrorism (CNT) training deployments with the National 
Guard Special Forces (SF) Battalion, the Border Guard SF 
Battalion/Separate Group for Special Reconnaissance, and the 
Ministry of Interior Special Purpose Police Squad (OMON). 
Post requests four CNT events for FY 2009, as sourced in the 
past two years. 
 
¶2. (U) U.S. agency requesting CNT events. This request has 
been  approved by the Ambassador, Embassy Dushanbe, and is 
made through the Embassy Dushanbe, Acting Drug Enforcement 
Agency Country Officer (DEA CO), Mr. Paul Hackett. 
 
¶3. (C) Partner Nation (PN) organizations requesting these 
events. GEN-MAJ Rajabali Rahmonali, Commander of the Tajik 
National Guard, GEN-MAJ Sherali Mirzo, Commander of the 
Border Guards, and Tajik Interior Minister Solehov have 
requested that their SF battalions/OMON receive the proposed 
training. 
 
Justification for the CNT Training 
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¶4. (C) Narcotics, ultimately destined for the U.S. and other 
international markets are transshipped from Afghanistan 
through Tajikistan.  Embassy Dushanbe reporting concerning 
transit/trafficking activity in Central and South Asia 
indicates that past and current levels of narcotics 
trafficking activity in Tajikistan are significant and are 
likely to increase in conjunction with this year,s poppy 
harvest in Afghanistan.  Due to persistent security incidents 
and the lack of coordinated efforts, as of July 2008, the 
poppy eradication campaign in Afghanistan was relatively 
ineffective, and cultivation levels for the year are expected 
to increase.  The funds generated from the sale of narcotics 
are used to support terrorist activity and organized crime, 
and the trafficking of drugs through Tajikistan fosters 
corruption, violent crime, AIDS, and economic distortions, 
all of which are destabilizing factors in the USCENTCOM area 
of responsibility. 
 
¶5. (C) The Tajik National Guard and Border Guards Special 
Forces battalions, and the Ministry of Interior OMON 
detachment, among other agencies, are the primary Counter 
Narco Terrorist (CNT) special operations capable forces in 
Tajikistan. The continuation of the CENTCOM, SOCCENT, and 
QEmbassy Dushanbe CNT training program, as part of the overall 
Foreign Internal Defense (FID) strategy and program for 
Tajikistan, would expand and increase the development of a 
strong combined and unified U.S./Tajik effort in disrupting 
the escalation of illegal narcotics smuggled through Central 
Asia and in denying insurgents and terrorists access to a 
critical funding source for continued terrorist and insurgent 
operations in Tajikistan and the region. 
 
¶6. (C) A tactical CNT program promotes greater regional 
stability, decreases the amount of illegal narcotics 
transiting through Tajikistan and Central Asia to 
international markets in the Russia, Europe and the United 
States and is an indirect approach for defeating 
international terrorism and insurgents that threaten the 
stability of Tajikistan and the region. In the post 9/11 
environment, a Tajik CNT capability has become more critical 
in combating terrorist/narcotic activity and supports 
USCENTCOM theater objectives for security cooperation and 
both CENTCOM,s and the U.S. Special Operations Command,s 
(USSOCCOM) regional and global war on terrorism. 
 
¶7. (C) Critical training tasks that the Tajik National Guard, 
Border Guards, and OMON squads have requested include the 
following: staff organization and planning, orders 
production, mission analysis and the military decision making 
process, intelligence preparation of the battlefield (IPB), 
direct action (raids and ambushes), special reconnaissance, 
close quarters combat/battle (CQC/B), sniper/observe 
operations, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT), 
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device (C-IED), Sensitive Site 
Exploitation (SSE), tactical communications and basic combat 
life saving. 
 
¶8. (C) Embassy Dushanbe requests that pre-deployment site 
surveys (PDSS) and/or assessments be scheduled for all 
events. The National Guard and Border Guard SF Battalions and 
the MOI OMON have requested detailed training schedules and 
programs of instruction (POI) be provided following each 
PDSS.  Training will be conducted at the Fakhrabad, Lahur, 
and Karatag training areas in Tajikistan.  Other training 
locations within Tajikistan may be designated by the host 
nation. 
 
Rules of Engagement 
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¶10. (C) CJCS standing Rules of Engagement (ROE) are in 
effect. Deploying forces will not under any circumstances 
accompany U.S. DEA or PN counter-parts on actual CNT field 
operations or participate in any activity in which 
hostilities are imminent. Embassy Dushanbe Country Team 
further understands that units and individuals deployed 
outside the United States, its territories and possessions 
will deploy with assigned weapons and ammunition, whenever 
possible. When carrying weapons is not required in country, 
the weapons will be stored in a secure location which 
provides reasonable access.  Any change in carry condition 
will be coordinated with the RSO. Diplomatic plated vehicles 
will be used for transport of all weapons to and from 
training locations. 
 
¶11. (C) Justification. US SOF units and individuals must be 
capable of providing their own force protection when forward 
deployed in all threat environments. Embassy Dushanbe 
Regional Security Officer (RSO), Mr. Seth Green, is the 
coordinating official for all weapons, ammunition and other 
sensitive items issues. Mr. Green can be contacted at the 
Embassy Dushanbe at comm: 992 37 229 2901 or 992 90 700 0911 
or by unclass email at greense@state.gov or class email at 
greense@state.sgov.gov. 
 
Human Rights Verification 
-------------------------- 
 
¶12. REFTEL C is Embassy Dushanbe,s Leahy Human Rights 
Vetting Requests for the National Guard and Border Guards SF 
QVetting Requests for the National Guard and Border Guards SF 
Battalions and for the MOI,s OMON.   REFTEL D is the 
response to this request, stating that the Department of 
State possesses no credible information of gross violations 
of human rights by the identified units and commanders. 
 
Points of Contact for Training 
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¶13.  Defense and Army Attache, Embassy Dushanbe, LTC Daniel 
¶R. Green is responsible for assisting the CNT team with 
issues while they are in Tajikistan.  DEA Dushanbe Country 
Officer, Acting Country Attache Paul Hackett will be kept 
informed of any issues should they arise. 
 
 
¶14.  (U) Any questions concerning this message or CNT 
training should be directed to the Defense Attache, LTC 
Daniel Green, at 992-37-229-2701 or 992-90-700-7030 or the 
DEA Acting Country Attache, Paul Hackett, at 992 37 224 2807 
or 992 90 700 7095. 
 
JACOBSON