page_title: Afghan Border Force
section_title: Herat (Western Zone)
hierarchical_section_title: Afghan Border Force / Organization / Herat (Western Zone)
caption_attribution_description: Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of NATO and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan, visits with the Afghan National Border Police during a battle field circulation to Regional Command- West, Herat Province, Nov. 8. ISAF is a key component of the international community’s engagement in Afghanistan, assisting Afghan authorities in providing security and stability while creating the conditions for reconstruction development. (Photo by U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Joshua Treadwell) (Released)
context_page_description: The Afghan Border Police secure Afghanistan's 5,529 kilometres border with neighboring countries and all its international airports. It also administers immigration services such as checking documents of foreigners entering the country or deporting them. The ABP's anti-narcotic efforts are a prominent concern to the international community at present. The ABP and other divisions of the Afghan National Police jointly patrol a 55 km-wide corridor along the entirety of Afghanistan's border, particularly the longest and porous Durand Line border in the southeast with neighboring Pakistan.
context_section_description: Farah Province
  Lash Wa Juwayn District
  Shib Koh District
  Qala i Kah District
  Anar Dara District
  Herat Province
  Adraskan District
  Ghoryan District
  Kohsan District
  Gulran District
  Kushk District
  Kushki Kuhna District
  Badghis Province
  Ab Kamari District
  Muqur District
  Murghab District
  Ghormach District
  Majority of the Afghan Border Police officers are trained by the United States Armed Forces and various Federal government employees as well as by the European Union Police Mission (EUPOL). In order to prepare for their duties as ABP, recruits attend an 8-week course designed by the German Bundespolizei (BPOL). Also Italy provides qualified training to ABP personnel in West Region by TF GRIFO deployed in Herat by the Guardia di Finanza. The BPOL are still heavily involved in mentoring ABP officers as of 2009.
  As of January 2011, there are at least 25 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection officers providing training to the Afghan Border Police. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano stated that the number could reach 65 or more by the end of 2011. Napolitano visited the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan and was satisfied with the progress being made there.
  The ABP was known to have jointly trained with the Tajik Border Troops, its equivalent in Tajikistan, which was overseen by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
caption: Gen. David H. Petraeus visiting Herat in 2010.
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