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criminal network that operated in the Dawood National Military Hospital and Office of the ANA Surgeon General from 2008 to 2010. The work of the SSC and its inter-ministerial partners represents a promising means of achieving progress on reversing the prevailing “culture of impunity,” but it remains a developing institution with only limited political support. 5.5: REINTEGRATION The Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program, established by President Karzai in July 2010, continued to consolidate security gains by permanently removing insurgents from the battlefield. As of March 31, 2012, the APRP had formally enrolled 3,907 insurgents in the peace process (accelerating from 2,385 as of September 30, 2011 and 699 as of March 2011). Thus far, the recidivism rate is less than 1 percent. Disengagement training will launch in the summer of 2012 and will allow reintegrees to formally “graduate” the program and fully reintegrate into Afghan society. APRP structures mediated the conclusion of several significant peace deals in the provinces of Herat, Ghor, Kunar, and Nangarhar; these mediations resolved long-standing, violent intra-tribal conflicts. The launch of the nearly final APRP grievance resolution strategy, which will be supported by ISAF, should accelerate similar effects across Afghanistan. Despite an emphasis on RC-S, RC-SW, and RC-E, most reintegration has occurred in RC-N and RC-W. This disparity is due to a combination of mature APRP structures, ANSF performance, and improved security. More than one-third of all reintegrees are from just two provinces – Herat and Badghis – due primarily to a combination of proactive leadership by provincial governors and effective cooperation with Afghan National Directorate for Security (NDS) in those provinces. While the Herat and Badghis governors credit reintegration with eroding the insurgency, reintegration is inadequate on its own to eliminate criminal violence and fully stabilize communities. APRP is making modest progress in the south, southwest, and east, although these areas remain significantly behind other areas of the country in the number of formal reintegrees. However, the number of groups entering into discussions with the Afghan Government during the reporting period increased in the south and east. A dual-track approach, including improved Afghan outreach and sustained military pressure on insurgent groups, will be used to draw insurgents into APRP. ISAF provides robust support to reintegration with an emphasis on RC-S, RC-SW, and RC-E. ISAF provides support to the Joint Secretariat through the Force Reintegration Cell (FRIC), and to provincial peace structures through logistical, financial, and capacity-building assistance. Reintegration has also been fully integrated into the transition process, and will be a prominent component in Tranche Three planning. In the last six months, APRP made considerable strides in delivering community recovery programs. These programs follow formal demobilization and are designed to benefit communities that accept reintegrees, and help transition them from conflict to stability. The first Afghan Government community-recovery projects were launched in August 2011, and as of March 2012, there were more than 140 community recovery projects in 21 provinces across Afghanistan. 81
Key challenges to reintegration are the uneven capacity of APRP personnel at the provincial level and the difficulty in executing community recovery projects in unstable areas. To address uneven capacity at the provincial level, the Joint Secretariat conducted multiple training sessions and partnered with ISAF and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) to create a comprehensive training and mentoring program for provincial APRP structures; this program will launch by the summer of 2012. The High Peace Council, Joint Secretariat and ISAF are engaging the Afghan Government by expanding the number of government entities that support APRP, such the ANA, NDS, Ministry of Hajj and Religious Affairs, Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs, and Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation. Security for community recovery will remain a challenge, but can be facilitated by improved community outreach and grievance resolution efforts, and ANSF/ISAF synchronization of security operations with local political peace efforts. 5.6: RECONCILIATION In her February 18, 2011 speech at the Asia Society, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton laid out three foundations for American policy in Afghanistan: a strong military effort to defeat al-Qaida and support Afghans as they secure their sovereignty; a civilian push to promote economic development and good governance; and a diplomatic surge to support an Afghan-led reconciliation process designed to end 30 years of war. As part of the diplomatic surge, the U.S. is leveraging a broad range of contacts at many levels across Afghanistan and the region, including preliminary outreach to members of the Taliban. The United States has focused special attention on the need for regional support for Afghanistan. We are focused on fostering a credible Afghan political process to end the war. Our progress on the Lisbon transition strategy, buttressed by strong commitments to support the Afghans after 2014, is creating the conditions to potentially bring the insurgents to the negotiating table. The United States has also been using our broad contacts in Afghan society and the region to open the door for an Afghan-led peace process to reconcile those insurgents willing to agree to three necessary outcomes: breaking ties with al-Qaeda; renouncing violence; and accepting the Afghan constitution, including its protections for the rights of women and ethnic minorities. In recent months, there have been several senior-level dialogues on reconciliation. Pakistani Foreign Minister Khar visited Kabul in February, followed by a visit by President Karzai the same month to Islamabad to attend a trilateral summit meeting with the leaders of Iran and Pakistan. The trilateral declaration expressed support for an “Afghan-led and Afghan-owned inclusive process of peace and reconciliation.” Following Karzai’s visit, Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani issued an “appeal to the Taliban leadership as well as to all other Afghan groups, including Hezb-e-Islami, to participate in an intra-Afghan process for national reconciliation and peace.” Finally, on March 25, delegations from the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan reconvened a Core Group meeting in Dushanbe. This meeting marked the resumption of the Core Group, which had not had met since August 2011. 82
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