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War in Afghanistan – Press Releases from ISAF

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ISAF Initiates Joint Assessment to Khost Province

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011) – ISAF has initiated a Joint Incident Assessment Team to assess a combined Afghan-Coalition forces operation in Khost province today, which resulted in six Afghans being killed and one Afghan wounded.
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ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update July 14, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition force discovered a weapons cache in Sangin district, Helmand province, today.
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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update July 14, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed several insurgents yesterday during an operation in Marjeh district, Helmand province.
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The Afghan Provincial Government and the Czech PRT Expand Dairy Production in Logar

LOGAR, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011) – The provincial Department for Agriculture and Livestock in Logar province continues in support to local farmers by building two milk collection centers.
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Afghan-Led Security Force Conducts Clearing Operation in Khost

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011) – An Afghan-led combined security force killed six Haqqani network fighters including one armed adult female during a security operation in Khost district, Khost province, yesterday.
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Shura Urges Young Men to Take Responsibility

KHOST, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011)– If reconstruction and development in the Tirzaye District are to continue, then young men there need to take responsibility of their villages and provide security for projects that help the Afghan people.
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Countering IED Threat Vital to Afghan Stability, Saving Lives

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 14, 2011)- Improvised explosive devices remain the No. 1 killer of Afghan civilians, Afghan national security forces and NATO troops in Afghanistan July 13 with 60 percent of all civilian casualties caused by IEDs.
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Afghan National Police and Afghan Local Police Conduct Operation in Chashmak Village

URUZGAN, Afghanistan (July 13, 2011)– Afghan National Police and Afghan Local Police personnel conducted a patrol, independent of coalition forces, near the Chashmak village in order to disrupt insurgent activity in the Gizab bowl, July 9.
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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update July 13, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 13, 2011) – An Afghan-led combined security force detained a Haqqani network leader and one suspected insurgent in Terayzai district, Khost province, yesterday.
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ANA Responds to Insurgent Attack, Results in Eight Enemy Deaths

GHAZNI, Afghanistan (July 13, 2011) – Members of the Afghan National Army responded to an insurgent attack, which resulted in eight enemy deaths, in Hasan Village, Gelan district, July 7.
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Afghan Officials in Shah Joy Celebrate the Opening of a New School Closed by the Taliban Eight Years

Zabul, Afghanistan (July 12, 2011)– The Zabul province Director of Education along with district government officials held a school opening ceremony with provincial leadership in the village of Manda in the Shah Joy district, July 8.
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Cival Affairs Team Sets Foundation for Kajaki District, Helmand

HELMAND, Afghanistan (July 12, 2011) — Relics of three decades of war are scattered about the mountainsides and along the river in the Kajaki district. Soviet mines, tarnished tanks and artillery pieces, and an ever-present threat of improvised explosive devices are a constant reminder of the instability of the area of Kajaki.
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 Commander, ISAF Extends Condolences to President Karzai, Condemns Killing of Ahmad Wali Karzai

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 12, 2011) — The Commander of the International Security Assistance Force, General David H. Petraeus, extends his deepest personal condolences to President Hamid Karzai on the death of the President’s brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, who was killed in Kandahar earlier today.
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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update July 12, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 12, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition security force killed numerous insurgents during a security operation in Azrah district, Logar province, yesterday.
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ISAF Joint Command Welcomes Lieutenant General Scaparrotti

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 11, 2011) – Today, U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti assumed command of the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command (IJC) from U.S. Army Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez.
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ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update July 11, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 11, 2011) – A combined Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Force patrol seized a narcotics cache during an operation in Kajran district, Daykundi province, yesterday.
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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update July 11, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 11, 2011) – A combined Afghan and coalition patrol conducted a search for a Taliban leader during an operation in Saraj district, Helmand province, yesterday.
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Bamyan Forges Future for Afghanistan

BAMYAN, Afghanistan (July 11, 2011) – Bamyan province is what officials said they hope the rest of Afghanistan can become. Local businesses are open, men and women stroll around town and children play in the streets. It is as if someone forgot to tell the residents of Bamyan that Afghanistan is statistically one of the most dangerous places in the world.
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ISAF Joint Command Morning Operational Update July 10, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 10, 2011) – An Afghan-led combined security force detained two Haqqani leaders and several suspected insurgents during an overnight search in Sabari district, Khost province, yesterday.
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New Road Adds Efficiency to Village Infrastructure

FARAH, Afghanistan (July 10, 2011) – The Government of Afghanistan officially opened Masaw road to the public in the Masaw village and surrounding areas in Pusht-e-Rod district, July 2.
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Commandos Capture Suspected Insurgents in Kunduz

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (July 19, 2011)– Commandos of 3rd Company, 5th Kandak, and coalition Special Operations Forces conducted an operation which resulted in two suspected insurgents being detained in Archi district, Kunduz province, July 5.
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The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and Ghor PRT Strive for Development Success

GHOR, Afghanistan, (July, 10, 2011) – On the 7th of July the governor of Ghor together with the chief of Afghanistan Uniform Police (AUP), the deputy chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), and representatives of Lithuanian-led PRT conducted air patrol to the remote district of Lal va Sanjargal in order to assess the security situation, implementation of development projects, and governance issues.
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Building Up Security: Afghan Border Police Attend C-IED Course

HERAT, Afghanistan, (July, 10, 2011) – The first Afghan Border Police C-IED Training Course was held the 4th and 5th of July in Camp Arena.
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New Provincial Reconstruction Team Arrives in Farah, Afghanistan

FARAH, AFGHANISTAN (July 10, 2011) – U.S. Navy Cmdr. Shane Voudren assumed command of Provincial Reconstruction Team Farah from incumbent U.S. Navy Cmdr. Joseph Bozzelli at a Transition of Authority ceremony here, July 2.
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ISAF Joint Command Evening Operational Update July 9, 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 9, 2011) – A combined Afghan National Security and International Security Assistance Force operation led to the discovery and seizure of a drug cache in Maiwand district, Kandahar province, yesterday.
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Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)

Posted by StevenLeeDouglasWV on May 9, 2011
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Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF)

 

ANSF meets targets

 

In January 2010, the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board, the formal decision-making body for Afghan and

 

international coordination, endorsed an increase of the Afghan National Army (ANA) growth target to 134,000 by

 

October 2010 and 171,600 by October 2011; and for the Afghan National Police (ANP) to 109,000 by October

 

2010 and 134,000 by October 2011. The current approved end-strength for the Afghan National Security Forces

 

(ANSF) is 305,600 forces by the end of October 2011.

 

In 2010, the ANSF grew by 79,000 to a total of 270,000. The ANA increased to 152,000 forces in February 2011,

 

while the ANP currently stands at 118,000 forces. In Regional Command-Capital, since 28 August 2008, the ANSF

 

gradually took over the lead responsibility for security in Kabul province. The Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) and

 

Ministry of Defence (MoD) lead this effort with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

 

Ministry of Interior

 

The primary branches of the ANP include:

 

• The Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) is assigned to Police Districts and Provincial and Regional Commands. It

 

also includes Traffic Police and a United Nations Protective Force.

 

• The Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) is a specialised police force, split into rural and urban units,

 

trained and equipped to counter civil unrest. Urban units maintain civil order in cities and towns, while rural

 

units provide a police presence in high threat remote areas and establish a fair level of security.

 

• The Afghan Border Police (ABP) provides the MoI with a general law enforcement capability at international

 

borders, entry points, and in the Border Security Zone, which extends 50 km into Afghan territory. The ABP

 

deters and detects illegal entry and other criminal activity. In addition, the ABP controls pedestrian and vehicular

 

traffic at border crossing points and is responsible for airport security.

 

• The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) is the lead law enforcement agency charged with reducing

 

narcotics production and distribution in Afghanistan. It fulfils this task through a multifaceted approach to

 

counter-narcotics operations, incorporating intelligence, interdiction, eradication efforts, and public information.

 

• President Karzai established the Afghan Local Police (ALP) in August 2010. This MoI-led interim program

 

is foreseen to last two-five years to compensate for shortfalls in ANSF. It is established in selected areas upon

 

request by the local populace and following validation by the Afghan Government, in conjunction with ISAF. It

 

provides for small, community-based self-defence units under the MoI’s chain of command, as represented by

 

the District Chief of Police. The units are representative of, and accountable to, the community. This programme

 

stands as a bridge solution until adequate numbers of ANSF are trained to provide security for the entire

 

country. Currently, there are 14 operational ALP sites with 2,800 recruits.

 

One year ago, one of the most pressing issues facing the ANP was that the majority of AUP were recruited and assigned

 

to duty without formal training. This was primarily due to operational needs, but had the unintended consequence of

 

negatively impacting the Afghan population’s perception of the AUP as corrupt and inept. Consequently, the MoI and

 

NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) implemented a new model, which makes training mandatory for all

 

police recruits.

 

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Ministry of Defence

 

The ANA is comprised of six Corps Headquarters and a Capital

 

Division. All but one of these are assessed as capable of executing

 

operations and providing regional security with varied partnered unit

 

assistance. Thirteen of the twenty brigades throughout the country are

 

also assessed at this level.

 

To date, the ANA has been, by necessity, an infantry-centric force.

 

NTM-A has begun to focus on the development of enabling

 

capabilities – such as military police, intelligence, route clearance,

 

combat support and logistics – needed to provide the ANA fighting

 

elements with the necessary underpinning support. The Afghan

 

Defence University, Branch Schools – of which 11 out of 12 are

 

already functioning – and training facilities are cornerstones of ANA

 

development.

 

Considerable efforts have also been invested in building an inclusive

 

army that provides a cadre of women soldiers and reflects the overall

 

ethnic make-up of the country. Currently there are 301 women in the

 

ANA, of which 166 are officers. While the ANA ethnic composition

 

is largely balanced, the MoD has developed a special recruitment

 

drive to increase the level southern Pashtun participation. This has

 

been on a constant rise, representing up to 3.6% of ANA new recruits

 

in January 2011.

 

The Afghan Air Force (AAF) made significant progress towards

 

becoming a professional, operationally capable and sustainable force

 

by 2016. In 2010, the AAF acquired 10 new air frames to a total

 

of 52, and increased its manning from 2,800 airmen in November

 

2009 to more than 4,000 in January 2011. The current target for

 

the AAF is of 8,000 airmen and 129 fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft

 

by 2016. The AAF established an airborne medical evacuation

 

capability, providing specialized emergency medical care for remote

 

areas. During the major floods in Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan

 

last summer, the AAF flew 400 missions and transported over 188

 

tons of supplies. During the 2010 parliamentary elections, it recorded

 

225 flight hours and transported over 67,000 kgs supplies to remote

 

locations. It also rescued survivors of the Salang Pass avalanche,

 

supported search and recovery following an airliner crash, and

 

delivered generators and supplies to schools.

 

“Quantity is important,

 

but

 

quality

is imperative.”

 

 

Over the course of the past year, NTM-A has placed a greater

 

emphasis on quality. Three areas of qualitative improvement have

 

been: ANSF leader development, marksmanship, and literacy.

 

Leader training:

 

 

ANA Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs)

form the backbone of a professional military. Through leadership

 

development courses, NTM-A was able to accelerate the number

 

of trained NCOs from 1,950 in November 2009 to about 16,000

 

today, as well as to improve their level of training and education.

 

 

 

Improved ANSF marksmanship:

 

 

since November 2009, the level

of ANA weapon qualification rose from 35% to 95%.

 

 

 

Literacy:

 

 

in 2009, 86% of the new recruits were illiterate. A

mandatory literacy programme has since been developed for all

 

recruits throughout their training with 1,200 Afghan instructors

 

recruited. It is expected that by the end of 2011, 50% of the entire

 

ANSF will have a first grade level of literacy.

 

The NTM-A mission also supports the development of selfsustaining

 

institutions. The MoI opened the Afghan Border Police

 

School and is working to open a National Police Staff College, for

 

which EUPOL (European Police Mission in Afghanistan) provided

 

vital oversight and trainers. Additionally a National Police Training

 

Centre will open in Wardak and the ANP Academy will open in

 

Mazar-e-Sharif by November 2011.

 

 

 

Recruitment, Retention, and Attrition

 

There is a complex interaction between recruiting, retention and

 

attrition. This interaction affects ANSF efforts to meet quantitative

 

goals while maintaining adequate quality.

 

Recruitment is now following an 8-step vetting process. Upon signing

 

the enlistment contract agreement, the recruit must get two individuals

 

(village elder, Mullah, or other local government representative) to

 

sign and vouch for the recruit. These individuals are held responsible if

 

any discrepancy in the contract is found. The recruit’s paperwork and

 

government ID is reviewed and basic biometric information (retinal

 

Afghan National Army soldiers wait for a graduation ceremony to begin at the Joint Security

 

Academy Shorabak on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province.

 

An Afghan National Army soldier greets a local man during Operation Moshtarak in Nad-e Ali

 

District, Helmand Province.

 

scan, fingerprints, height, age, and weight) is collected, added to the

 

recruit’s personnel file and accompanies the recruit to training. The

 

biometric data is then checked to see if the individual has any known

 

criminal or insurgent links. Approximately 6% of applicants are

 

screened out for either drug use or medical conditions.

 

Reducing attrition is essential for the long-term viability of the ANSF,

 

especially with respect to retaining quality personnel. If total strength

 

objectives are increased in the future, attrition must be reduced even

 

further. High attrition is not compatible with growth or sustainment.

 

Currently, for every ten ANA soldiers, NTM-A must train twenty-three

 

recruits in order to maintain total overall strength.

 

The MoI implemented significant pay reforms in December 2009

 

resulting in improved retention of ANP. Annual ANCOP attrition

 

was at an annual rate 52.9% in November 2009; based on current

 

trajectories, the annual rate was almost cut in half, to 24% in

 

November 2010. NTM-A and the MoI’s goal is to reduce attrition to

 

1.4% across the ANSF.

 

Training Continues in the Field

 

While the NTM-A Commander focuses on training the initial recruit

 

and building ANSF institutional training capability, development

 

of Afghan soldiers and policemen continues in the field. The ISAF

 

Joint Command (IJC) Commander is responsible for developing

 

fielded ANSF through Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams

 

(OMLTs) and Police OMLTs (POMLTs). Maintaining the same chain

 

of command for manoeuvre and mentoring forces reduces overall risk

 

as ISAF forces can more effectively respond to emergency situations

 

involving mentoring teams and ANSF.

 

NATO’s Mentoring Teams

 

OMLTs and POMLTs are an important part of NATO-ISAF’s

 

contribution towards the development of the ANSF. Each POMLT

 

and OMLT is normally deployed with an Afghan unit for a minimum

 

of six months.

 

POMLTs coach, teach, mentor, and when necessary, support the

 

operational planning and employment of the ANP unit to which they are

 

partnered. POMLTs are composed of 15-20 personnel from one or several

 

countries. Nations contributing POMLTs, as of 4 March 2011, are:

 

• Canada: 2

 

• Croatia: 2

 

• Denmark: 1

 

• France: 5

 

• Germany (PMTs): 10

 

 

1

 

 

• Italy: 3

 

• Lithuania: 1

 

• Norway: 1

 

• Poland: 8

 

• Spain: 2

 

• Turkey: 1

 

1 Germany currently provides Police Mentoring Teams (PMTs), which cooperate with ISAF, but

 

for legal reasons are not under ISAF’s command.

 

• United Kingdom: 6

 

• United States(PMTs): 279

 

OMLTs provide a bridge from the collective training received at the

 

Kabul Military Training Centre to field training. OMLTs consist of

 

11-28 personnel (depending on the type and function of the ANA

 

unit with which it is partnered) from one or several countries. Nations

 

contributing OMLTs, as of 4 March 2011, are:

 

• Australia: 6

 

• Belgium: 1

 

• Bulgaria: 4

 

• Canada: 6

 

• Croatia: 3

 

• Czech Republic: 1

 

• Denmark: 1

 

• France: 7

 

• Germany: 5

 

• Greece: 1

 

• Hungary: 1

 

• Italy: 8

 

• Norway: 1

 

• Poland: 5

 

• Portugal: 2

 

• Romania: 4

 

• Slovenia: 1

 

• Spain: 5

 

• Sweden: 1

 

• Turkey: 5

 

• United Kingdom: 7

 

• United States: (ETTs

 

2

): 76

• Multinational: 5

 

 

 

Embedded Partnering

 

Embedded partnering aims to meld two military forces into a

 

single cohesive team. Each element brings a different set of skills

 

and experience levels. ISAF forces provide doctrinal and technical

 

experience. Afghan forces provide cultural and local situational

 

awareness. Combining ANSF and international force capabilities

 

2 US Embedded Training Teams perform the same functions as OMLTs: providing ANA units

 

with comprehensive mentoring.

 

An Afghan National Army soldier along side US marines engage the enemy.

 

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creates a synergy that develops ANSF capability and combats the

 

insurgency.

 

Embedded Partnering occurs at every echelon from the ministry to

 

unit. At the Regional Command level this means all operations that

 

are jointly planned and commanded by combined staff incorporate

 

Regional Police, Border Zone and ANCOP brigade headquarters. For

 

manoeuvre elements, ISAF and ANSF brigades and battalions integrate

 

staffs. In addition to conducting joint missions, mentor teams co-locate

 

with their assigned battalions. Police mentor teams embed with their

 

assigned ANP units 24/7.

 

This continuous planning, deciding, executing, and assessing operations

 

cycle enables a unified and combined force with Afghans in the lead.

 

ISAF soldiers and Afghan security forces share risks and responsibilities.

 

Embedded Partnering capitalizes on the combined team’s strengths.

 

History

 

At the April 2009 Strasbourg-Kehl Summit, NATO Heads of State and

 

Government decided to expand ISAF’s mission to oversee higher-level

 

training for the ANA, and training and mentoring for the ANP. To

 

meet this goal, NATO established NTM-A on 21 November 2009.

 

NTM-A draws together enhanced NATO and national efforts to

 

train ANA and ANP to increase coherence and effectiveness. It works

 

in close partnership with the Afghan MoD and MoI, as well as in

 

collaboration with EUPOL and the European Gendarmerie Force.

 

March 2011

 

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the training of Afghan police is simply failing.

Posted by StevenLeeDouglasWV on April 5, 2011
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai following a rise in civilian deaths and just ahead of a major transition to more Afghan authority.

Recent NATO airstrikes and roadside bombs have overwhelming target civilian areas, killing a number of women, children and local farmers with no militant ties. NATO commander Gen. David Petraeus issued an apology, but Karzai said it simply was not enough. Karzai wants to see changes that will ensure civilian casualties do not return.

Karzai has repeatedly said civilian deaths by coalition forces are the main reason tensions between Afghans and the United States continue to grow and that further incidents would by “unacceptable.”

Gates’ arrival marks an effort to reduce these tensions and to discuss the approaching July benchmark, when coalition troops are set to turn over more responsibility to Afghan forces. Karzai hopes his forces will assume full responsibility over all military operations by 2014.

Gates said recently however that both the US and Afghan governments have agreed the US military should remain involved in Afghanistan even after the planned 2014 end of combat operations to continue to train and advise Afghan forces.

Washington has continually insisted progress is ongoing and that Afghan forces are improving in their abilities to take control. But, British and European partners disagree, saying the training of Afghan police is simply failing.

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UN workers decapitated in Afghanistan – police

Posted by StevenLeeDouglasWV on April 1, 2011
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Afghan police say two of the eight UN staff killed in an attack on a UN office in northern Afghanistan were beheaded, Reuters reported. Hundreds of people protested on Friday in the city of Mazar-i-Sharif after reports that an American pastor burned a copy of the Koran. The chief of the UN mission in the city was wounded but survived. The dead included employees of Norwegian, Romanian and Swedish nationality. A Russian worker was also injured in Friday’s incident. Moscow strongly condemned the attack and called on the Afghan police and international forces to protect UN staff.

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