Senior representatives of Turkey, Afghanistan, Japan and the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan concluded a groundbreaking agreement for the training of Afghan police officers in Turkey.
Bismullah Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan’s Interior Minister, signed a bilateral agreement establishing joint procedures for the Police Officer Candidate School in Sivas, Turkey, along with Turkish Ambassador Basat Ozturk. Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi, Ambassador of Japan and Army Lt. Gen. William B. Caldwell, IV, commander of NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan, joined Minister Mohammedi and Ambassador Ozturk in signing a four-party declaration announcing the formation of this unique program.
The agreement establishes a training program for Afghan National Police Officers located in Turkey. The agreement establishes a training program for Afghan National Police officers located in Turkey. The governments of Japan and Turkey, along with Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan will provide support to the multi-million dollar program. Afghan and Turkish instructors in Sivas will provide professional instruction during a six-month course to 500 Afghan police officer candidates drawn from all regions of the country.
Afghan and Turkish instructors in Sivas will provide professional instruction during a six-month course to 500 Afghan police officer candidates drawn from all regions of the country.
The Turkey-hosted training was created in part to provide additional training opportunities to Afghan police officer candidates as the Afghan National Police continues a significant expansion of officers. Upon graduation, officers will be assigned to units of the Afghan National Police throughout Afghanistan.
