Category: Blog – Afghan National Police
Elite Afghan Police Lend Hand Painting Schools
I don’t wanna go to school. Do I have to go to school today? Words heard probably every school day. For many school is a necessary evil of youth, while for the youth of Afghanistan it is a gift. I visited the Amir Dost Muhammad Khanmore School next to the Afghan National Civil Order Police [...]
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German Police Project Team Trains, Mentors Afghan Police
The German Police Project Team supports NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan’s efforts by training and mentoring Afghan police recruits and trainers. Established in 2002 through a bilateral agreement between Germany and Afghanistan, the GPPT consists of approximately 200 German police officers that volunteer to come to Afghanistan to train and mentor Afghan police forces. The GPPT also [...]
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European Gendarmerie Force Trains Elite Afghan Police
Mazar-i-Sharif – NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is partnering with the European Gendarmerie Force, or EUROGENDFOR, to take the lead in training and mentoring the Afghan National Civil Order Police, or ANCOP, at the Regional Training Center-North in Mazar-i-Sharif. French, Spanish, Polish, Dutch, and Portugese police forces are teamed with U.S. Marines at the center to train [...]
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Teamwork In Action With Afghan Logisticians
Capt. Martha Suarez, Regional Training Center-East (RTC-E) Logistics Cell Officer recently visited the Coalition Training Advisory Group-Police (CTAG-P) advisors and personnel from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). Meeting were held with Col. Musa, MoI Training and Education Logisitcs Chief and Lt. Col. Sayed Reza, Central Training Command-Kabul (CTC), Logistics Officer. Discussion focused on current and [...]
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German Police Train Afghan National Police in Mazar-i-Sharif
Mazar-i-Sharif – German Police Forces are training and mentoring the next generation of professional policemen in Afghanistan. Afghan National Police patrolmen, Noncommissioned Officers, and Quick Reaction Forces have been trained at the German Police Training Center since October, 2009. Trainees at the center also receive literacy training. “My family encouraged me to join the police” [...]
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Afghan Border Police Gain New Tool In Fight Against Smuggling (video)
MAZAR-I-SHARIF – Ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer that can be used to make improvised explosives devices. Because of this, it is illegal to import ammonium nitrate into Afghanistan. To combat the smuggling of this chemical, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is partnering with the Afghan Border Police to train border policemen in the Balkh and Kunduz provinces [...]
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New Home Built For Afghan Elite Policemen in Adraskan
Afghan National Civil Order Police 3rd Brigade will be operating out of a new compound in Adraskan, Herat soon. Despite the difficulties that come with performing major construction in Afghanistan, the brand new facilities meant to house up to 305 ANCOP personnel will come online in mid December. Battalions in the ANCOP 3rd Brigade have [...]
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NATO Partnering With Afghan National Police in Jalalabad
Webster’s defines a police force as “a body of trained officers entrusted by a government with maintenance of public peace and order, enforcement of laws, and prevention and detection of crime “. NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is partnering with the Afghan National Police to develop such a force in Afghanistan. NTM-A advisors are present at police [...]
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Advisor Diaries: “The Trumpeter’s Job”
There is an Afghan proverb that says, “The Trumpeter’s job is to blow,” meaning an advisor can only advise, it is up to the listener to act. Advising in Afghan culture takes time and patience. You first must Integrate into the organization by building rapport, figuring out what is important to your counterpart and being [...]
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Advisor Diaries From Working With Afghan National Police
I was recently appointed as the senior advisor to the Commander of the Afghan National Police (ANP) Training General Command. I am going to post reflections on this experience. The ANP Training General Command is a new command. My counterpart must identify his command’s functions, then build his organization, while at the same time conceive, design, [...]
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