Archive for the ‘Security in Afghanistan’ Category

Cornerstone laying ceremony for new Afghan Defense University held at Qarghah

Today, in Qarghah (Kabul province), a cornerstone laying ceremony was held to officially establish the site of the soon to be built Afghan Defense University (ADU) headquarters, and the new site of the National Military Academy of Afghanistan, which is modeled after the well known U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The ADU will educate [...]

April 6, 2010 Posted in: Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan Comments Closed

Afghan Police Force Development

There have been major developments in the training and development of Afghanistan’s police force. Today, in a ceremony at its headquarters, Afghanistan’s Minister of Interior, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, who is responsible for the Afghan police, announced the centralization and standardization of the Afghan National Police recruiting system. According to the Afghan and foreign officials who [...]

March 31, 2010 Posted in: Reconstruction and Development, Security in Afghanistan, Women's Rights Comments Closed