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Law enforcement in Afghanistan is one of three major components of the nation'scriminal justice system, along withcourts andcorrections. TheGeneral Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) is theintelligence agency of the government ofAfghanistan. TheAfghan National Police, which includes theAfghan Border Police and theAfghan National Civil Order Police, was thepolice force of Afghanistan withjurisdiction that covers the entire 34provinces of the country during the Islamic Republic period. TheAfghan National Police is responsible for civilian law enforcement. Originally a force of the Western-backed government, it was reorganized as an arm of theTaliban after its takeover of the country.
The Afghan Border Police (ABP) was responsible for securing and maintaining the nation's borders with neighboring states as well as all international airports within the country. The mission of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) was to provide civil order presence patrols, prevent violent public incidents, and provide crisis and anti-terror response in urban and metropolitan environments.[1] Like the ABP, ANCOP was also under the control of the Afghan National Police (ANP), which was under the nation'sMinistry of the Interior. ANCOP was divided into five Brigades, each commanded by a Brigadier General. These brigades were stationed inKabul,Paktia,Kandahar,Herat, andMazar-i-Sharif.
All law enforcement agencies of theIslamic Republic of Afghanistan were set up and trained by theNorth Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) states, initially by Germany (see Sedra 2017) but then mainly by theUnited States. In 2003 the mandate of theInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF), under the command of NATO, was extended and expanded beyond theKabul Province. In some areas unoccupied by ISAF forces, local militias maintained control though being partially disarmed under programs started by theUnited Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.
In 2007 theDepartment of Defense (DOD) began supervising most police development, in conjunction with theU.S. Department of State, as well as smaller allies partners. This includes supervising recruiting, training, and operations. DOD components, primarily from theNational Guard, as well as other branches, began mentoring the Afghan police commanders at every level of command. This police mentoring initiative was headquartered inCamp Phoenix as part of Combined Joint Task Force Phoenix (CJTF Phoenix, also known asTask Force Phoenix). As of May 2011, the Afghan National Police had 126,000 members while the NDS had between 15,000 and 30,000 employees.[2]
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