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trafficking and organized crime. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
created Mobile Training Teams (MTT), which provided “Afghan to Afghan” training in drug and
precursor identification as well as basic intelligence training. During the year, MTT courses
trained 366 officers in 9 provinces.
Training efforts extend beyond the CNTA for the specialized CN units. In order to provide
basic, advanced, and sustainment training to the NIU and SIU, DEA established an Afghan
Regional Training Team (RTT). During the period of October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012,
approximately 3,292 law enforcement officials participated in the RTT Program. Training
seminars include firearms instruction, basic and advanced drug investigation techniques, and
map-reading techniques. The RTT continues to mentor and train a cadre of Afghan instructors in
order to provide them with increased responsibility over their training programs. Currently, the
NIU has 12 officers devoted to the training cadre and the SIU has eight officers committed to the
same. On February 25, 2012, a NIU Basic Class began for approximately 35 participants. This
is the first 100 percent Afghan instructed class with only limited DEA/RTT oversight.
As a result of the RTTs success and established training credentials, the Afghan Deputy Minister
of Interior for Counter Narcotics sought the assistance of the RTT to provide training for
personnel assigned to the CNP-A Personal Security Detail. In October 211, the RTT conducted
the first eight-week Personal Security Detail (PSD) training course. Approximately 42 students
completed this course. A second PSD course concluded at the end of February 2012, with 38
students completing this course.
7.4: INTERAGENCY COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS
Several interagency and international organizations support CN operations in Afghanistan,
including the Interagency Operations and Coordination Center (IOCC), CJIATF-Nexus, and the
Joint Narcotics Analysis Center (JNAC).
The IOCC provides intelligence and operational support to law enforcement CN operations in
Afghanistan. The IOCC, led by the DEA and United Kingdom’s Serious Organized Crime
Agency (SOCA), is the central CN cell for developing an understanding of how the Afghan and
regional narcotics trade supports the insurgency and drives corruption. As the military drawdown
continues, the ability to conduct evidence-based operations and combined Afghan and
international civil-military collection and analysis efforts will become increasingly essential in
sustaining CN efforts. The IOCC partners with ISAF, CJIATF-Shafafiyat and CJIATF-Nexus to
conduct law enforcement CN operations in non-secure, predominately military environments
while bringing together the necessary resources to conduct an effective civil-military campaign
to counter the narcotics-corruption-insurgent nexus.
CJIATF-Nexus, an ISAF organization with representatives from the international law
enforcement community, also supports interdiction operations to counter the narcoticscorruption-insurgent
nexus. CJIATF-Nexus specifically targets network functions (e.g., safe
havens, movement, communications, and finance), rather than individual narco-traffickers, to
disrupt network resiliency. CJIATF-Nexus improved and expanded its narcotics targeting
support during the reporting period, providing critical support for law enforcement investigations
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