Kabul, July 10 (Newswire): The Ministry of the Interior said that in order to build trust and rule of law in communities across the country, a program for public community police forces under the name of the "Public Police Directorate," will begin work in eight provinces over the course of the next few days.
The European Union welcomed the establishment of the public police program in Afghanistan and pledged equipment and training support.
The Ministry of the Interior held a meeting in Kabul for the purposes of consultation regarding the establishment of the program with a number of civil society, academic, and business representatives from around the country.
"The public police force is a program that the Ministry of the Interior has been working on for 10 years, and the police will begin their activities in eight provinces of the country in the coming days. The main duty of this police is establishing a relationship with the people," said Ghulam Mojtaba Patang, Interior Minister.
¨With ten years in development, and the two year action plan made at this conference, the ANP can integrate the community police into their operations. I wish you all the best with this and you can count on continued support from EU Police (EUPOL),¨ said Pieter Deelman, Deputy Chief of EUPOL in Afghanistan.
The United National Development Program (UNDP) also heralded the beginning of the program, emphasizing the use of the community based skills of the new public police force.
But it is clear that much work still lies ahead if the new localized public police force is to be successful in reaching its goals. "It is only the beginning. To build any kind of effective community police structure in Afghanistan, new skills that do not yet exist must be developed," said Norman Sanders, Chief Technical Advisor for the Law and Order Trust Fund in Afghanistan.
Regarding the changes that will need to come to the Ministry of the Interior for the new force to be effective, Sanders added that "I know from my work with the United Nations that changing the structures of organizations is often the most difficult part of any process of change, but in order to reach the objectives of the community police force, you will require the proper structure," Sanders went on to say.
The community police program has already begun to be implemented experimentally in eight districts in northern Afghanistan and in a couple areas of Kabul. The Ministry of the Interior said that this process has had positive results so far, and thus eventually expanded throughout the country.
The European Union welcomed the establishment of the public police program in Afghanistan and pledged equipment and training support.
The Ministry of the Interior held a meeting in Kabul for the purposes of consultation regarding the establishment of the program with a number of civil society, academic, and business representatives from around the country.
"The public police force is a program that the Ministry of the Interior has been working on for 10 years, and the police will begin their activities in eight provinces of the country in the coming days. The main duty of this police is establishing a relationship with the people," said Ghulam Mojtaba Patang, Interior Minister.
¨With ten years in development, and the two year action plan made at this conference, the ANP can integrate the community police into their operations. I wish you all the best with this and you can count on continued support from EU Police (EUPOL),¨ said Pieter Deelman, Deputy Chief of EUPOL in Afghanistan.
The United National Development Program (UNDP) also heralded the beginning of the program, emphasizing the use of the community based skills of the new public police force.
But it is clear that much work still lies ahead if the new localized public police force is to be successful in reaching its goals. "It is only the beginning. To build any kind of effective community police structure in Afghanistan, new skills that do not yet exist must be developed," said Norman Sanders, Chief Technical Advisor for the Law and Order Trust Fund in Afghanistan.
Regarding the changes that will need to come to the Ministry of the Interior for the new force to be effective, Sanders added that "I know from my work with the United Nations that changing the structures of organizations is often the most difficult part of any process of change, but in order to reach the objectives of the community police force, you will require the proper structure," Sanders went on to say.
The community police program has already begun to be implemented experimentally in eight districts in northern Afghanistan and in a couple areas of Kabul. The Ministry of the Interior said that this process has had positive results so far, and thus eventually expanded throughout the country.
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