Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan: U.S. Assistance to Provincial Units Cannot Be Fully Tracked and Formal Capability Assessments Are Needed
Abstract
The Counternarcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA), established in 2003 as a specialist force of the Afghan National Police, conducts counternarcotics investigations and operations throughout Afghanistan. Due to the impending security transition and risks to Afghanistans economy, U.S. efforts to bolster the Afghan governments counternarcotics capacity are crucial to minimizing financial and political benefits to the insurgency. The CNPA, headquartered in Kabul, is comprised of six directorates/departments, including provincial and specialized units. As of November 2013, it consisted of 2,850 police personnel, of which 1,100or 39 percentwere authorized for provincial units. SIGAR conducted this audit to determine the extent to which (1) the Department of State (State), Department of Defense (DOD), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) provided support to CNPA provincial units; (2) DOD direct assistance funding for CNPA provincial units could be tracked; and (3) the CNPA provincial units operational capabilities and readiness have been formally assessed and reported.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 29, 2014
- Accession Number
- AD1140253
Entities
People
- Farhat Popal
- Michael Long
- Preston Heard
- Tristin Jones
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction