The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) was a specialist force under the command of the Afghan National Police to conduct investigations and operations in Afghanistan related to narcotics. The CNPA was assisted by American/British police officers with international special force units.
Candidates for the 5-week long Counter Narcotics Course must have completed an 8-week basic police course and are carefully selected.
Structure
The CNPA was based in Kabul and is made up of six departments/directorates, which included various provincial and specialist units:
Command Structure
- CNPA Director General
- Tactical Operations Center
- CNPA HQ Intelligence Department
- Specialized Unit Directorate
- National Interdiction Unit
- Provincial Directorate
- Laboratory
- Special Guard Force/Detention
Provincial Structure
- Interior Minister
- Deputy Minister-Counternarcotics/Deputy Minister-Security
- ANP Provincial Chiefs of Police (under DM-S)
- CNPA Director General
- CNPA Provincial Directorate
- 34 Provincial Units
References
- ^ "Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan: U.S. Assistance to Provincial Units Cannot Be Fully Tracked and Formal Capability Assessments Are Needed" (PDF). Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. October 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- "Militarized versus Civilian Policing: Problems of Reforming the Afghan National Police" (PDF). hsfk.de.
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