Afghan National Police information

Afghan National Police
Pashto: د افغانستان ملي پولیس
Dari: پولیس ملی افغانستان
Afghan National Police; Pashto: د افغانستان ملي پولیس; Dari: پولیس ملی افغانستان
Abbreviation	ANP
Agency overview
Formed	1709
Employees	200,000 (April 2023)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	Afghanistan
Operations jurisdiction	Afghanistan
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Kabul, Afghanistan
Agency executive	Sirajuddin Haqqani, Minister of Interior Affairs;

The Afghan National Police (ANP; Pashto: د افغانستان ملي پولیس; Dari: پلیس ملی افغانستان), also known as the Afghan Police, is the national police force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, serving as a single law enforcement agency all across the country. The Afghan Border Police, which has stations along the nation's border and at major airports, is a separate component of the force.^[2] The ANP is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Interior Affairs in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani. It has nearly 200,000 members as of April 2023.^[1] Although the GDI are also a part of the secret police agency of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after the Fall of Kabul in August 2021.

The Afghan police traces its roots to the early 18th century when the Hotak dynasty was established in Kandahar followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani's rise to power. It became a strong organized force after 1880 when Emir Abdur Rahman Khan established diplomatic relations with British India. In the 1980s it began receiving training and equipment from the former Soviet Union.

During the presidency of Hamid Karzai, several government agencies from the United States as well as Germany's Bundespolizei (BPOL) and the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence Police began providing training. In 2007, the EU-led mission (EUPOL Afghanistan) was heading the civilian policing in Kabul while the United States began establishing training programs in all provinces of Afghanistan. The Afghan police have received basic training from U.S.-led NATO forces.^[3]^[4] After the fall of Kabul in August 2021, the Afghan police was reorganized and Taliban militants including members of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan's secret police were integrated into its ranks.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Interior Ministry: Police Reach Nearly 200,000 Members was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ گزارش از کار و فعالیت نیروهای پولیس سرحدی کمیساری ابریشم و میدان هوایی ولایت نیمروز on YouTube (MoI Afghanistan, April 3, 2023) (Dari language)
^ Cite error: The named reference nytimes1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Afghanistan". Interpol. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

[Interior_Ministry:_Police_Reach_Nearly_200,000_Members-1] Cite error: The named reference Interior Ministry: Police Reach Nearly 200,000 Members was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] گزارش از کار و فعالیت نیروهای پولیس سرحدی کمیساری ابریشم و میدان هوایی ولایت نیمروز on YouTube (MoI Afghanistan, April 3, 2023) (Dari language)

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[4] "Afghanistan". Interpol. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

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Government Supreme Leader (list) Hibatullah Akhundzada (decrees) Prime Minister Hasan Akhund (acting) Deputy Leader Sirajuddin Haqqani (first) Mullah Yaqoob (second) Abdul Ghani Baradar (third) Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar (acting, first) Abdul Salam Hanafi (acting, second) Abdul Kabir (acting, third) Leadership Council Cabinet
Judiciary Law of Afghanistan Supreme Court Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani Deputy chief justices Mohammad Qasim Rasikh (first) Sheikh Abdul Malik (second) Capital punishment
Law enforcement Ministry of Justice Minister: Abdul Hakim Haqqani (acting) Ministry of Interior Affairs Minister: Sirajuddin Haqqani (acting) Afghan National Police Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice Minister: Mohammad Khalid (acting) Attorney General Shamsulldin Shariati (acting)
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