GHAZNI PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Although it takes an Afghan village to raise a community, it takes the highly trained efforts of the Afghan Local Police to provide individual villages with security and stability. To meet this goal, the ALP training program had a major achievement when it graduated its first ALP unit in Ghazni province. This accomplishment was celebrated at an ALP graduation ceremony at a District Center in the Gelan district, April 14.
“The Afghan Local Police provide direct security to the district,” said a coalition special forces operation adviser. “They are the first six ALP in Ghazni, and two of them have prior [Afghan National Police] experience.”
The ALP candidates have to be approved by the local shura, district governor, district chief of police and the Afghan Ministry of Interior. Afterward, those select individuals have to submit to a drug test and be vetted by credible sources to increase security within the villages.
“They were born here and raised here,” Daftani, the district chief of police said. “They know who belongs to the village and who doesn’t. If someone comes to the village who is not from there, they can engage them.”
The ALP can detain insurgent suspects, but they must work through an established judicial system that works from a bottom-up method. These efforts support the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and their determination to secure a safe and sovereign Afghanistan for the populace.
“The ALP protect their own and are augmented by the Afghan Uniform Police,” said a coalition special forces operations adviser. “They can only hold suspects temporarily and have to hand them over to the ANP.”
The ALP trained extensively through joint efforts between the Afghan National Police and coalition special forces operations trainers.
“The Afghan National Police security adviser trained the ALP on rules of engagement and ethics,” a coalition special forces operations trainer said. “Special operations forces train the ALP on combat and medical skills.” The skills that the ALP acquired during their training expand beyond security impact of their village.
“Now children can go to school, and we can proceed with the development of another school in the Jana Village,” Daftani said. “We have been trying to build the school for three years and now that we have more security, we should see the results it will have in our district.”
Throughout the ceremony, as attendees drank tea and ate the celebratory cake, one of the trainers who worked directly with the ALP explained why they were essential to the security of Afghanistan.
“The ALP program began in 2010 and since then, it has been the single most disruptive piece against insurgents throughout the villages,” said a coalition special forces operation adviser. “Thank you for your hard work. I consider you students as well as friends. Now we can stand together and fight the enemies of Afghanistan.”
Special operations forces currently have partnerships with more than 60 ALP sites across Afghanistan, The program was created and supported by the Afghan government.
| Date Taken: |
04.14.2012 |
| Date Posted: |
04.15.2012 14:39 |
| Story ID: |
86788 |
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GHAZNI PROVINCE, AF |
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