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United States Selected to Participate in the First Year of the UN Anti-Corruption Review Jirga member Taj Muhammad consults with villagers regarding a road extension project. Mechanism n a random selection process, the United Afghanistan’s Good Performer’s Initiative: Paving The State Department IStates will be reviewed in the first year the Way for Economic and Social Change of the peer review mechanism for the UN Responds to Pakistan n Afghanistan, the challenge of getting Former Mujahedin commander Mul- Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). agricultural goods to market is driven lah Taj Muhammad, now a Wolesi Jirga Flooding Entering into force in 2005, the UNCAC I not only by the security environment, but member who lives in nearby Khaza vil- commits states parties (1) to criminalize ince the start of heavy rains and flood- also by a lack of quality roads, which in lage, championed their cause. The project corrupt conduct, including bribery, (2) to ing in Pakistan on July 30, the State turn prevents reliable access to markets. was ultimately funded by $597,000 in S undertake measures to prevent corruption Department’s Bureau for International The inability to get perishable goods GPI assistance. A $487,000 shortfall was General Petraeus thanks Afghan National Police Colonel Mohammed Anwar for his service and leadership at the in its first instance, (3) to engage in inter- Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af- Kandahar training center. to market, in turn is a key factor in the made up through direct funding from the national cooperation, including mutual fairs (INL) has dedicated seven Huey-II development of an opium economy. For a U.S. and U.K. governments. All told, the Petraeus Visit to Kandahar legal assistance and extradition. The treaty helicopters to flood relief efforts. These group of communities in northwest Kabul road is 7.7 km in length, and connects the also provides a unique roadmap to assist law helicopters have transported over 1,345 n July 19, General David H. Pe- and protecting civil rights in Afghanistan. province, a paved road empowered them villages of Kochkin, Karizmeer, Dolana, enforcement in the recovery of assets stolen stranded individuals and Government Otraeus, commanding general of the The training provided at the Kandahar to develop viable alternatives to growing Balakarez, Charkhil and Ghaza. by corrupt officials. of Pakistan officials and have carried International Security Assistance Force RTC, the Central Training Center in poppy. Visiting the area to consult with villagers 192,873 pounds of cargo associated with in Afghanistan, and NATO Secretary- Kabul, and six other RTCs around the In November 2009, the United States Comprising 21 villages, the Shakar Dara about a possible extension of the road, flood relief efforts since August 23. General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, visited country is one of the many ways that INL joined with more than 140 states parties corridor northwest of Kabul (translated Taj Muhammad was asked what differ- the Kandahar Regional Training Center is working with the Afghan Ministry of in adopting a terms of reference for the Two of INL’s Cessna Caravan airplanes literally, the name means “Sugar Valley”), ence the project had made in the lives (RTC) for the Afghan National Police Interior, the NATO Training Mission— establishment of a peer review mechanism, are being utilized for flood relief support, is a prolific producer of apricots, peaches, of villagers. “Before, people did not have (ANP). Built by INL in 2004, the Kanda- Afghanistan (NTM-A), and the Com- which provides for two countries to conduct including shuttling maintenance crews and grapes, and has been served by a sin- access to the city, to the big fruit markets har RTC has provided specialized training bined Security Transition Command— a review of a third country on its imple- between operating locations and flying gle, deeply rutted dirt road for as long as like the one in Khayar Khanosh,” says to 17,747 Afghan volunteers in the ANP Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to support the mentation and adherence to the UNCAC’s reconnaissance missions to survey flood- anyone can remember. “That road,” notes Taj Muhammad. “There used to be huge ranks. General Petraeus thanked Afghan recruiting, training, capacity building, provisions. All states parties to the UNCAC ridden areas of the country. local official Haji Mohammed Ibrahim, transport costs to get fruits into the city National Police Colonel Mohammed An- and professionalization of the police in will be reviewed in two four-year cycles. “was only good enough for a donkey.” markets. A sack of apricots [now costs half In addition, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa war for his six years of service as the basic Afghanistan. The ANP has grown to over The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNO- provincial government has begun deploy- training director at the Kandahar RTC. 100,000 officers and our goal is to develop Residents banded together and ap- as much] to move to market.” DC) hosted the kick-off meeting for the ment of 12 INL-funded steel suspension Colonel Anwar has been a police officer the police force to 134,000 by October proached the local Community Develop- Taj Muhammad is quick to note the UNCAC review mechanism in June 2010, bridges to replace bridges washed out for 28 years. He was born in Kandahar. His 2011. The training is provided to new re- ment Council about funding a road pav- economic benefits of the project itself: during which INL Deputy Assistant Secre- by flooding. These bridges are part of wife is a school teacher. His son, who was cruits and police already in the force, and ing project. Enter the Good Performer’s “The builders used more than 3,000 local tary Elizabeth Verville led the U.S. delega- INL’s ongoing Border Security Program, also a policeman, was killed two years ago includes counterinsurgency techniques, Initiative (GPI), a fund administered by people to help build the road. The value tion and served as a “teller” to randomly which builds roads and bridges to enable by the Taliban. human rights, core Afghanistan’s Ministry of Counternarcot- of the land here has gone up. Even the law enforcement authorities to access select the order in which countries would The police are a ANP has grown to over policing functions, and ics, which first rewarded Kabul Province head of a bank is building his home here. remote areas near Pakistan’s border with be reviewed. In addition to being selected critical element to literacy training.  for reducing poppy cultivation and, later, And now, the security forces can get to Afghanistan. One of these bridges has 100,000 officers. as a country under review in 2010, the restoring security for remaining poppy-free. the villages when they have to.” already been installed in Chakdara, Dir. “ United States was also selected as a mem- Six bridges will be deployed to the Khyber ber of the 2-country review team for Fiji. A paved road empowered them to develop viable INSIDE ” The review process for the United States alternatives to growing poppy. Pakhtunkhwa districts of Dir and Swat. will commence upon the completion of a One has been sent to South Wazieristan. INL Hosts a Delegation from Jordan in New York Merida Funded Canine Training Program Shows “ Four additional bridges will be deployed to City to Address Domestic Violence...... 2 Early Success...... 3 self-assessment checklist focused in this first sites to be selected by Pakistani officials. round on criminalization and international For further information, visit: www.state.gov/p/inl” INL Visit to the Baghdad Police College...... 2 U.S. Selected to Participate in the First Year of the cooperation. The second review cycle will UN Anti-Corruption Review Mechanism...... 4 United States Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics & Law The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, to focus on implementation of the UNCAC’s which INL has provided significant assis- Bolivia and the United States Work Together to Enforcement Affairs, 2201 C Street, NW, Room 7333, Washington, D.C. 20006 Fight Trafficking...... 2 Afghanistan’s Good Performer’s Initiative: Paving prevention and asset recovery provisions.  tance, are actively supporting flood relief the Way for Economic and Social Change...... 4 Released November 2010 activities by establishing medical and INL Funds TV Broadcast to Afghanistan...... 3 relief camps for flood victims. 4 the INLbeat Fall 2010 INL Visit to the Baghdad Police College INL Funds TV Broadcast n August 23, the Baghdad Police primacy—the police are responsible for to Afghanistan OCollege (BPC) demonstrated its internal security while Iraq’s military pro- n September 10, a groundbreaking course of instruction to INL. INL Bagh- tects the country from external threats. Otelevision program, Karwan (Cara- dad Director Francisco Palmieri, General A recent milestone at the BPC is the first van), premiered in Afghanistan. The Bu- Michael Smith, U.S. Forces-Iraq, and all-female class of Police officers. These reau for International Narcotics and Law other INL officials attended the event women will be graduating by the end of Enforcement Affairs (INL) funded this along with the media. this year. “Because of the culture here in new $1,019,000 initiative with Voice of Major Al-Haj Mohamed Ali, Direc- Iraq, we need female police commission- American (VOA). The program is hosted tor General of Public Relations at the ers to help work cases,” he said during by Daoud Sediqi, commonly referred to as the Ryan Seacrest of Afghanistan. NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly, Brigadier General Baghdad Police College gave welcoming our tour to the institute. “If a child is Left: INL-funded canine team responding to the car bomb in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on July 15, 2010. Right: Canine Mohammed al Zubi, the head of the Family Protection remarks and introduced the Dean of the involved as a witness to a crime, they Prior to his arrival in the United States, teams are trained in the fight against drug trafficking. Department, and members of the Jordanian delegation BPC, Major General Riyadh Abdul Baqi tend to respond more readily to females Daoud was the popular creator and former pose during the seminar’s closing ceremony. Salman, who came to the college as a and women can get more information host of “Afghan Star.” This enormously Merida Funded Canine Training Program Shows INL Hosts a Delegation student in 1981. The last class to gradu- that can be used to develop cases.” Sabah popular Afghan show was modeled on Early Success from Jordan in New ate from the police college was in January said his female class represents a major “American Idol.” n August 13, 2010, a ceremony was 2010, K9 “Jim,” also an April graduate, 2010 with 1,542 cadets in comparison step forward in the way Iraqis think about The weekly 30-minute television show Oheld at the El Paso Canine Cen- seized 2.62 kilos of heroin at the Benito York City to Address to the first class of 1944 which had only security forces in Iraq. will be broadcast in Afghanistan to an ter in El Paso, Texas to recognize the Juarez International Airport in Mexico Domestic Violence 8 cadets. “The Baghdad Police College At each BPC training site visited by INL, estimated 11 million viewers in Dari and final group of Mexican Customs (SAT) City. K9 “Jim” was able to successfully mission is to provide Iraq with the best n July, 2010 an INL-funded delegation presenters echoed a consistent theme: Pashto. The show targets Afghan youth, canine teams to graduate from the U.S. detect a scent which later revealed to be prepared law enforcement officers, namely from the Government of Jordan visited trust and respect. The students trust and presenting viewers with critical social and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) heroin inside small wooden crates packed I policemen,” Maj. Mohamed Ali remarked. New York City for a seminar on the city’s ap- respect not only the BPC cadre, but also political issues facing their country. Mes- Canine Program. Funded by the Bureau of with candy. proach to domestic violence and child abuse As the U.S. Department of State prepares the relationship that exists between the sages on the harms of drugs, public health, International Narcotics and Law Enforce- Another Merida funded canine team, the prevention and prosecution. The visit, which to accept responsibility for advising and U.S. advisors and the instructors and drug demand, alternative livelihoods, ment Affairs under the Merida Initiative’s Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (SSP) Ex- is part of a partnership program between INL, mentoring police leadership from the U.S. leaders of the BPC. These instructors and trafficking, counternarcotics law, justice Canine Training Program, 44 handlers, 50 plosive Detection Canine Lucy and han- the New York Police Department (NYPD) military in 2011, State is working closely students of the BPC face a challenging fu- reform, and other areas related to INL pro- canines, and 6 instructors have gradu- dler were on the scene in response to the and the Government of Jordan, brought 14 with high-level officials from the Minis- ture. First they must overcome the train- grams will be included in every episode. ated from CBP’s Canine Program. This car bomb that occurred in Ciudad Juarez, Jordanian officials from the Public Security try of Interior, including the leadership ing, learn it, absorb it, and live it. Then Daoud will follow the lives of Afghan eight-month training initiative—which Mexico on July 15, 2010. Lucy, a gradu- Directorate Family Protection Department of the BPC. These coordination efforts after graduation, when they are out on the Americans living in the United States includes the successful completion of the ate of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, (PSD/FPD) and other agencies for a two- are to insure that U.S. foreign assistance streets of Iraq, they will use these skills to and broadcast it back in Afghanistan. Basic Narcotics, Firearms, and Currency and Firearms (ATF) Front Royal Canine week seminar. The goal of the seminar was to to police development will support the protect its citizens and work toward build- Programs will be broadcast on radio and Detection Course for all canine teams— Academy is one of the nine SSP canines illustrate New York’s coordinated approach, goals established by Iraq for the future ing the trust in the police forces necessary Internet platforms as well as on television. supports the creation of a 21st Century capable of detecting specific explosives. exchange views and best practices, and training of the police forces. The change to increase stability in their country. The The program will be produced with a Border Infrastructure, one of the founda- She received her ATF-canine certification identify initiatives for potential adoption by from military leadership of police training efforts of the students witnessed by INL creative mix of off-site remotes, in-studio tional goals of the Merida Initiative. though Merida funding, and participated Jordan. A closing ceremony, held on August assistance to State leadership will empha- during this visit to the BPC, they are tak- discussion and direct audience feedback With the ability to detect over 20,000 in the NAS-sponsored canine training in 5th, was chaired by INL Principal Deputy size the importance of establishing police ing that responsibility very seriously.  through social media sites, giving viewers different scents, Merida funded canines Guatemala last year.  Assistant Secretary William McGlynn and in Afghanistan a chance to comment on have proven to be an effective weapon NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. Bolivia and the United States Work Together to what is important to them. in the fight against arms and drug traf- The interdisciplinary delegation was com- Fight Trafficking Recently, “Caravan” producers and Daoud ficking. On July 26, 2010, April graduate, prised of police officers from FPD, prosecutors olivia and the United States joined offices were remodeled. “I greatly appreci- Sediqi briefed Assistant Secretary David K9 “Reno” of the CBP Canine Center in from the Ministry of Justice, forensic physi- Btogether to stop narcotic and human ate the great effort made by the United Johnson, Principal Deputy Secretary Bill El Paso, recently detected over a kilo of cians from the Ministry of Health, and social trafficking. Officials from both countries States Government to assist our police McGlynn, and Deputy Assistant Sec- cocaine stuffed inside teddy bears during workers from the Ministry of Social Develop- began refurbishing and equipping of the work,” said Oscar Nina. Susan Keough retary Brian Nichols on the series. INL a routine inspection at Mexico’s World ment. The group observed how various New police unit in Puerto Quijarro, Santa noted that Bolivia and the United States program officers working on Afghanistan Trade Center packing facility. On July 30, York City agencies address and coordinate on Cruz (border with Brazil), known for its are united to achieve a common goal: and Pakistan issues domestic violence and child abuse, including dedication in its fight against these illicit restoring freedom and human dignity to also attended.  Pottery bear used to smuggle cocaine. the police department, the district attorneys’ activities. thousands of victims who are exploited by offices, the medical examiner, hospitals, shel- The United States Embassy, through criminal gangs in the corrupt labor and ters, and social service agencies. its Narcotics Affairs Section donated sexual markets. Daoud Sediqi, The seminar was sponsored by INL and coor- the popular With the ability to detect over $30,000 to fund the renovation of a In less than a month, the NAS has sup- creator and dinated by NYPD. The INL program in Jordan vehicle and purchase of computers and ported the opening of three offices dedi- former host 20,000 different scents, Merida provides ongoing assistance to the Govern- writing materials for the office. cated to combating trafficking in border of “the Af- “funded canines have proven to be an ment of Jordan in three areas: reduction of ghan Star” On September 2, NAS director Susan towns. The first was in Desaguadero, the poses with gender-based violence, intellectual property effective weapon in the fight against Keogh and the commanding general of second in Yacuiba, and the third was the Sabrina rights enforcement, and anti-money launder- Bahir, INL the institution “Verde Olivo” Oscar Nina new Puerto Quijarro office. The office has arms and drug trafficking. ” ing/countering the financing of terrorism. program inaugurated the project by breaking a bot- a goal of opening three additional units in officer tle of champagne in the place where the the cities of Villazon, Tarija, and Cobija.  managing the VOA ” grant. 2 3