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311 White House, “Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Between the United States of America
and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” May 2, 2012, p. 3; White House, “Fact Sheet: The U.S.-
Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement,” May 1, 2012.
312 White House, “Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Between the United States of America and
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” May 2, 2012, pp. 6-7.
313 White House, “Fact Sheet: The U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Agreement,” May 1, 2012;
White House, “Enduring Strategic Partnership Agreement Between the United States of America and
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan,” May 2, 2012, p. 7.
314 U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Scenesetter for CODEL McKeon, March 7-12,” Kabul 469 cable, March 2,
2013, p. 3; David Zucchino, “Karzai reportedly seeks Obama letter on Afghan civilian casualties,”
LA Times, November 18, 2013; James Dobbins, “Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs
Committee,” Hearing on “Afghanistan 2014: Year of Transition,” December 11, 2013.
315 James Dobbins, “Hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee,” hearing on “Afghanistan
2014: Year of Transition,” December 11, 2013; see also SIGAR, Quarterly Report to the United States
Congress, January 30, 2014, p. 4.
316 Sudarsan Raghavan and Karen DeYoung, “U.S. and Afghanistan Sign Vital, Long-Delayed Security
Pact,” Washington Post, September 30, 2014.
317 The Century Foundation, Afghanistan: Negotiating Peace: The Report of the Century Foundation
International Task Force on Afghanistan and its Regional and Multilateral Dimensions, March 31,
2011, p. 3; Hamish Nixon and Caroline Hartzell, Beyond Power Sharing: Institutional Options for
an Afghan Peace Process, U.S. Institute of Peace, Christian Michelsen Institute, and Peace Research
Institute Oslo, December 9, 2011, p. 5.
318 Clinton, “Remarks by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Launch of the Asia Society’s Series of
Richard C. Holbrooke Memorial Addresses,” p. 2.; U.S. Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan, Public Affairs
Office, “SRAP Marc Grossman Afghan Media Roundtable Transcript,” March 5, 2011.
319 Marc Grossman, “Lessons from Negotiating with the Taliban,” Yale Global Online, October 8, 2013;
see also Karen DeYoung, “U.S. Speeds Up Direct Talks with Taliban,” Washington Post, May 16, 2011.
320 Kabul International Conference on Afghanistan, A Renewed Commitment by the Afghan
Government to the Afghan People, a Renewed Commitment by the International Community
to Afghanistan, July 20, 2010, pp. 2-4, 7; London Conference, Afghan Leadership, Regional
Cooperation, International Partnership, January 28, 2010, pp. 5-7; International Afghanistan
Conference in Bonn, Afghanistan and the International Community: From Transition to the
Transformation Decade, December 5, 2011, p. 2; Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan, The Tokyo
Declaration, Partnership for Self-Reliance in Afghanistan: From Transition to Transformation,
July 8, 2012, p. 4.
321 U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Zakhilwal Blames the IMF for Failure to Finalize Agreement,” Kabul 2912
cable, May 16, 2011, p. 1; U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Afghan Attorney General Details Kabul Bank
Investigation,” Kabul 5558 cable, August 10, 2011, pp. 1-2; U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Ambassador and
Arsala Address Ulama Statement, Tokyo and Governance,” Kabul 519 cable, March 4, 2012, pp. 1-2;
U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Tokyo Framework and Incentive Fund Updates following Joint Coordination
and Monitoring Board (JCMB) Meeting,” Kabul 584 cable, February 6, 2014, pp. 1, 3; SIGAR,
Quarterly Report to the United States Congress, April 30, 2014, pp. 9, 167-168.
322 U.S. Embassy Kabul, “Anticorruption in Afghanistan: Moving the Ball Forward,” Kabul 736 cable,
February 25, 2013, p. 1.
323 John Allen, testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and
South and Central Asian Affairs, hearing on “A Transformation: Afghanistan Beyond 2014,” April 30,
2014, p. 28.
324 World Bank, Afghanistan Economic Update, October 2011, pp. 13-15; Tokyo Conference on
Afghanistan, The Tokyo Declaration: Partnership for Self-Reliance in Afghanistan: From
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