Afghan Border Police
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Afghan Border Police
The Afghan Border Police (ABP) secure Afghanistan's 5,529 kilometres (3,436 mi) border and international airports. The ABP is also responsible to administer the country's immigration process and administer customs regulations. The ABP's anti-narcotic efforts are a prominent concern to the international community at present. The ABP and the regular Afghan National Police soldiers jointly patrol a 55 km-wide corridor along the entirety of Afghanistan's border. In spite of this, the border remains porous in every region as of Autumn 2009.[1]
Organization
The ABP falls under the command of the Afghan National Police (ANP) which is under the administrative control of the Afghan Ministry of the Interior. The ABP is headquartered in Kabul, in the nation's capital, and is commanded by a Lt. General. The Afghan Border Police divides command of its 13,815 police force into 5 sectors.[2]
- Spin Boldak (South)
- Herat (West)
- Mazar-e-Sharif (North)
- Badakhshan Province (Northeast)
- Jalalabad (East)
- Gardez (Gardez Zone)
Majority of the Afghan Border Police officers are trained by the United States armed forces and various Federal government employees as well as by the European Union Police Mission (EUPOL). In order to prepare for their duties as ABP, recruits attend an 8-week course designed by the German Bundespolizei (BPOL). The BPOL are still heavily involved in mentoring ABP officers as of 2009.[3]
As of January 2011, there are at least 25 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers providing training to the Afghan Border Police. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated that the number could reach 65 or more by the end of 2011. Napolitano visited the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan and was satisfied with the progress being made there.[4][5]
References
- ^ Afghan opium fuels 'global chaos', BBC News, 21 October 2009, archived from the original on 24 October 2009, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/8319249.stm, retrieved 2009-10-25
- ^ CJ Radin (26 February 2009), Afghan Police Update: February 2009, Long War Journal, http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2009/02/afghan_police_update.php, retrieved 2009-10-25
- ^ "Germany to send 1,200 police to Afghanistan", The Local (Berlin), 10 Oct 2009, archived from the original on 13 October 2009, http://www.thelocal.de/national/20091010-22475.html, retrieved 2009-10-25
- ^ "US to bolster Afghan border, customs training". MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40870081. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
- ^ Starr, Penny (January 4, 2011). "Obama Is Sending Border Officers from DHS--Which Has Failed to Secure U.S.-Mexico Border--to Help Secure Afghan-Pakistan Border". Cybercast News Service. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-expands-role-homela. Retrieved 2011-01-13.
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