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are the development of the MoI, the institutionalization of training, the enablement of
sustainment functions and the promotion of international cooperation. These areas will
constitute the main focus areas for 2013.
The AUP advanced to CM-2A at the Ministerial Development Board (MDB) in September 2012,
two quarters early, following a stagnation period of nearly seven quarters. The AUP is projected
to advance to CM-1B by December 2013. Progression towards this goal is ahead of schedule,
although work remains to ensure a sustainable AUP HQ staff is developed. NTM-A has almost
completed equipment fielding for the AUP. Specific concerns remain relating to the number of
untrained police in the organization. This is an issue that cannot be resolved solely by the AUP
leadership; ensuring that the nearly 17,550 remaining untrained police (20 percent of the AUP
force) receive the necessary training will require the support of the MoI.
While understanding the current security environment, AUP senior leadership is looking forward
to extracting the AUP from combat-style operations and moving towards more “traditional”
policing efforts as the security environment stabilizes. There is a desire among some senior
leaders for crafting and establishing a community-focused policing model specific to
Afghanistan. These efforts continue to receive significant assistance and attention from the
international police community.
The Afghan National Fire – Disaster Response and Emergency Services (ANF-DRES) remains a
very immature organization, but with great potential for rapid progress. The initial and current
rating is CM-3, and the organization is on track to progress to CM-2B by September 2013. The
equipping process is just over halfway complete. Essential equipment has been procured but not
issued. As an organization, ANF-DRES continues to face challenges: inability to fill tashkil
positions with sufficiently trained firefighters; an unreliable and faulty emergency dispatch
system; and an insufficient maintenance capacity. Additionally, although 19 fire specific
construction projects have been completed, and 24 are currently being built, there are still an
inadequate number of fire stations to meet the needs of the Afghan populace.
Police Special Forces
The ANP continued to recruit and field elite police units under the command and control of the
General Directorate of Police Special Units (GDPSU). The GDPSU is trained by and partnered
with ISAF Special Operations Forces (SOF). The HQ element has centralized operational and
training control of 24 units, providing GIRoA with a mature and highly functional national
Special Police force.
GDPSU manning remains stable, with only the HQ, Special Police Training Centre (SPTC) and
PRC Helmand, below 75 percent. Manning improved over the last solar reporting period with 19
of the 25 units now at 80 percent manning or more. Through focused mentoring efforts, attrition
in the units has dropped and is now running at about five percent per annum, but there is still
work to be done in this area.
The three National Mission Units (NMU) – Crisis Response Unit (CRU) 222, Commando Force
(CF) 333 and Afghan Territorial Force (ATF) 444 – have emerged over the last decade from
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