Law Enforcement and Border Control
UNODC's efforts aim to strengthen overall national interdiction capacity, with a focus on dismantling heroin laboratories and investigating serious trafficking cases. To achieve this it supports the Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) of the Ministry of Interior, through the provision of training in basic and advanced drug law enforcement and in supporting operational needs, such as logistics and basic infrastructure. In addition to setting up CNPA's Forensic Science Laboratory and providing mentors, UNODC has established a Precursor Control Unit in CNPA to counter the flow of chemicals used in the illicit manufacture of heroin into Afghanistan.
In border control, UNODC has an intensive training and mentoring program ongoing with the Afghan Border Police (ABP) alongside the Iranian border. In areas where central control run from Kabul appear alien, it is necessary to focus not only on community policing skills but also to embed the law enforcement measures within wider support benefiting communities economically. A particularly successful aspect of this program has been the solicitation of in-kind donations - such as food - from other agencies that can be used by the ABP to develop community trust.
Grassroots success in Afghanistan is heavily influenced by external factors. Utilizing our network of offices in neighboring countries, we take a strong interest in developing regional law enforcement cooperation through the consultative Paris Pact and the operational Rainbow Strategy mechanisms.. Within this effort , we are establishing border liaison offices in Herat with Iran and in Nangarhar/Kandahar with Pakistan. We support Afghanistan's involvement in the Joint Planning Cell in Tehran, tasked with developing and directing joint counter-narcotics operations. Similarly, we are facilitating Afghanistan's participation in the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Centre in Almaty.