Conference helps pave way for the Afghan Border Patrol
Story and photos by U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Samantha Krolikowski NATO Training Mission – Afghanistan Public Affairs
Afghan Border Patrol Officers listen during one of three classes taught during the Blue Border Professionalization Conference at the Afghan National Police Training General Command, July 2.
KABUL—A Blue Border Professionalization Conference was held July 2 at the Afghan National Police Training General Command.
The conference was a first attempt by Assistant Command General – International Police Transition Group and Afghan National Police – Training General Command to discuss training needs from an operational aspect with the Afghan Border Patrol.
“Part of professionalization includes identifying training needs so that Afghan Border Police are receiving the best training to prepare them for their challenging jobs,” said Maj. Daniel Tanguay, Job Analyst. “Our goal was to meet with experienced members of the ABP to discuss issues that pertain to training.”
During the conference, many topics were discussed, including, reaffirming the mission statement for Blue Border Police, developing a list of primary functions for the ABP, consent on challenges to overcome in training, prioritize training challenges from simple to complex, find solutions to simple challenges for direct results, and to make a plan that addresses complex issues.
Three working groups discussed executing the mission, performance, task, knowledge, and skills analysis in order to understand what the Afghan Border Patrol needs to evolve on their own.
“Transition of Training Management System is the critical staff development step for ANP training to ensure NTM-A leaves a sustainable and enduring capability for the ANP to evolve police training,” said Cmdr. James Polickoski, deputy director for International Training Standards.
The task of the Afghan Border Patrol is to protect the country from anyone who does not have permission to enter the country.
Afghan Border Patrol officers participate in one of the three classes taught during the Blue Border Professionalization Conference at the Afghan National Police Training General Command, July 2.
“As you know that in our country we have a lot of problems and challenges,” said Col. Attaullah Noristani, Uniform Police Director. “We start from zero, but right now we are trying to give police and personnel good training but we’re not at the level of the United States. The U.S. has good protection and security in their country, but we are trying to help the future of Afghanistan with good personnel and security forces.”
Though there may be more training needed to get to a steady level, they have come a long way in the last year.
“The main police in Afghanistan are the border police. If we don’t have border police we may face the future with problems. That’s why the police are performing their job based on the constitutional law in Afghanistan and also, based on international law, they’re doing their jobs,” said Brig. Gen. Hussain Oryakhai, General Director of ABP Training.
The conference provided the first opportunity for the Afghan staff at ANP TGC to coordinate and execute a major functional aspect of the ANP Training Management System.
“By bringing together the ABP operators with their leadership, the conference was successful in communicating and establishing mission focused priorities,” said Maj. Tanguay. “Moreover, the discussions that took place offered solutions to simple and more complex problems, paving the way to move forward with professionalization. By identify gaps in the training system the conference was also successful in drawing attention the areas that require further development.”
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan is a coalition of 38 troop-contributing nations charged with assisting the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in generating a capable and sustainable Afghan National Security Force ready to take lead of their country’s security by 2014. For more information about NTM-A, visit www.ntm-a.com.
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