KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan Uniformed Police non-commissioned officers operating the City Gates recently received training from U.S. soldiers at the City Gates headquarters to improve operations at entry points into the city.
The leaders invited to participate in the training will take what they’ve learned in the two-day training back to their posts and teach their subordinate officers. The City Gates Kandak is comprised of nine entry points into the city that are manned by police departments. Since there are not many highways in Afghanistan these police officer’s responsibilities are paramount to keeping the insurgent effort from entering the Kabul city limits.
The instruction included properly conducting searches of people and...