ANSF | Afghan National Security Forces

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Ghazni police trained by Polish TF 50 JWK.

 

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http://www.khaama.com/afghan-forces-to-receive-2293-mtvs-under-the-us-army-contract-worth-369m-1497

The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are expected to receive 2,293 Medium Tactical Vehicles (MTVs) under a contract by the US Army, it has been reported.

The contract worth $369 million has been awarded to the Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) – a holding company whose subsidiaries and affiliates produce International® brand commercial and military trucks, proprietary diesel engines, and IC Bus™ brand school and commercial buses.

The Navistar Defense said production will commence immediately, with deliveries starting in January 2016 and concluding in 2019.

We are honored to continue supporting the efforts of the Afghanistan National Security Force’s missions to provide security and rebuilding in their country,” said Kevin Thomas, president, Navistar Defense.

Thomas further added “We have been supporting ANSF since 2005 and have provided more than 9,000 medium-duty vehicles to the Afghan forces during that time.”

Under the contract, Navistar Defense will provide general troop transport vehicles, water and fuel tankers, ammunition trucks, and wreckers as well as a number of trucks with armored cabs. This fleet is based on the International® WorkStar®/7000-MV severe service vocational truck platform.

Production of the MTVs for ANSF will occur at Navistar’s assembly plants located in Springfield, Ohio and West Point, Mississippi.

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http://www.khaama.com/obama-authorizes-4-26-billion-for-afghan-forces-by-signing-defense-bill-2542
The US President Barack Obama has authorized a total of $4.26 billion for the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) for the fiscal year 2017.

The funding for the Afghan forces was approved after the US President signed the defense bill, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017.

According to the Bill, the funding will cover the Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan and the Ministry of Interior.

The Ministry of Defense will receive a total of $3,332,458,000 which will include $2,173,341,000 for sustainment, $48,262,000 for infrastructure, $821,716,000 for equipment and transportation, and $289,139,000 for training and operations.

The Ministry of Interior will receive a total of $930,757,000 which will include $860,441,000 for sustainment, $20,837,000 for infrastructure, $8,153,000 for equipment and transportation, $41,326,000 for training and operations.

“Funds available to the Department of Defense for the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund for fiscal year 2017 shall be subject to the conditions contained in subsections (b) through (g) of section 1513 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 (Public Law 110–181; 122 Stat. 428), as amended by section 1531(b) of the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Public Law 111–383; 124 Stat. 4424),” the bill states.

It also adds that “Not later than January 31 and July 31 of each year through January 31, 2021, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the congressional defense committees a report summarizing the details of any obligation or transfer of funds from the Afghanistan Security Forces Fund during the preceding six-calendar month period.”

 

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http://www.khaama.com/afghanistan-approves-4-year-development-plan-of-defense-security-forces-02609

The Afghan government has approved a 4-year plan for the development of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF).

The plan was approved in principle during a meeting of the National Security Council chaired by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani.

The Office of the President, ARG Palace, said the plan was approved after the Security Council members reviewed it thoroughly and held in depth discussions over it.

No further details have been given regarding the plan.

In the meantime, the National Security Council, reviewed the security situation of some key provinces, including the southern Helmand, Uruzgan, Kandahar, eastern Nangarahr, northern Kunduz, western Farah, Badghis and Ghor provinces.

The meeting hailed the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces for their tireless efforts and devotion and instructed the relevant security institutions to take further steps for the betterment of the security of the provinces.

The meeting also focused on the security situation of capital Kabul and reviewed the potential threats, instructing the relevant security institutions to take measures for preventing incidents in the city and other districts of Kabul.

 

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http://www.khaama.com/us-awards-51-8-million-rocket-fuses-contract-for-afghan-and-iraqi-forces-02779
The United States has awarded a contract worth $51.8 million for the delivery of rocket fuses for the Afghan and Iraqi forces.

The Department of Defense on Tuesday informed regarding the award of the contract to L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems Inc.

“L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, was awarded a $51,852,276 firm-fixed-price, foreign military sales contract (Afghanistan, Iraq) for 21,589 M734A1 multi-option fuses that includes a first article test, and 270,528 M783 point detonating delay fuses,” a press release by Defense Department.

The release further adds “Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2018. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $51,852,276 were obligated at the time of the award. Army Contracting Command, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-17-C-0024).”

The Ohio-based L3 FOS specializes in the development and production of fuzing and safe, arming devices as well as the manufacture and integration of ordnance systems for air-dropped, tube-launched, missile and rocket-driven devices, and infantry-employed ordnance products for the U.S. military and our international allies.

 

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http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/chinese-troops-afghanistan

 

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President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has said there is no ambiguity in the fight against terrorism as he instructed the Special Forces of the Afghan National Police (ANP) forces to suppress all militants opposing the government and law.

 

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The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will launch a major counter-terrorism operation under the name of Khalid to retake the lost areas.

 

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http://www.khaama.com/afghan-forces-received-1370-new-humvee-vehicles-last-year-ahmadzai-02457

The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) received 1,370 new Humvee vehicles from the international partners last year, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials said Tuesday.

The deputy chief of the procurement department of the Ministry of Defense, Ghulam Sakhi Ahmadzai, told reporters that the vehicles were delivered last year.

Ahmadzai informed regarding the establishment of a proper system to implement reforms in the ministry.

He said the coordination between the Ministry of Defense and the international partners (donors) are well established as efforts are underway to bring more reforms.

This comes as the deputy defense minister Helaluddin Helal said at least 1,394 personnel of the Afghan army, including Generals and Commanders were fired over corruption.

The United States awarded a contract for the manufacturing of 1,673 Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) also known as Humvees last year.

The company which received the contract said in a statement last year that the Humvees will be built and delivered to the Afghan forces under a new contract awarded to AM General worth USD356 million.

The vehicles will be delivered to the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Police (ANP) forces, the US-based company has said in a statement released on 1st August

The contract calls on AM General to deliver 1,259 units of the M1151A1B1 and 414 units of the M1152A1B2 models.

Vehicle manufacturing will commence in August at the company’s military assembly plant in Mishawaka, Indiana, and is scheduled to be completed by 29 July, 2017.

 

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Any details about the Tucano deal?

They are being used by the Afghan Air Force ...

 

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Afghan security forces in southern Kandahar and southeastern Paktika provinces.

 

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India to train Afghan police
The MoU for the proposal, supported by UNDP, could be signed next week
After training Afghan National Army officers and soldiers for four years, India is now planning to train Afghan police officers here as well, says Afghanistan’s envoy to India. The MoU for the proposal, which will be supported by the United Nations Development Programme is a first, and was discussed as a part of enhancing the security partnership between India and Afghanistan during the meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council in Delhi this month.

“We want to expand [the India-Afghanistan security partnership] to training Afghan police officers in India,” confirmed Ambassador Shaida Mohammad Abdali in an exclusive interview to The Hindu, indicating the MoU could be signed as early as next week.

Excellent partner

“India has always been an excellent partner for all our capacity building programmes. And we do have similarities in some of the aspects of the conflict we face, so Indian knowledge and experience is going to be very useful for us, especially in counter-terror, and counter-narcotic [programmes],” he added.

The Ambassador’s comments come ahead of two separate, high profile visits to Delhi next week, by U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis on Monday, and Afghanistan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, which are expected to shape the contours of the U.S.’s newly announced Afghanistan policy, in which U.S. President Donald Trump called for greater Indian involvement in development projects in Afghanistan. While Mr. Mattis is in Delhi for bilateral talks on the Indo-U.S. defence partnership, he is expected to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan, as well as the U.S.’s declared policy to shut down “safe havens for terror” in Pakistan. Mr. Abdullah, who is expected later in the week, is coming for the first India-Afghanistan business and investment conference, which is sponsored by the U.S. agency USAID.

Trilateral meet

“This will be a good opportunity for India, Afghanistan and the U.S. to develop their partnerships in Afghanistan. We are also going to hold a trilateral meeting [of officials from all three countries], where we will focus on further enhancing our cooperation in the economic and development field.” Mr. Abdali said, adding that he hoped Indian businessmen would see that investing in Afghanistan would “pay them back” in the region as well, once India completes the Chabahar port project in Iran which would connect to Afghanistan and Central Asia.

The MEA did not respond to requests for a comment on the plan to train police officers, who have borne the brunt of a spike in attacks by the Taliban since 2016, when about 6,300 members of Afghan security and defence forces were killed. At present about 200 Afghan soldiers are trained at a time at the Indian Military Academy, including 130 cadets and about 30-40 officers. The training of police officers, which India had first offered to Afghanistan in 2011, will be a significant step in security ties, which are a small part of the relationship, compared to India’s $3 billion investment in civilian projects since 2002, with 116 new projects announced this month. Last year, India sent Afghanistan four Russian-made Mi-25 helicopters, but has yet to concede to Afghan requests for more equipment, transport vehicles, while an agreement for Indian engineers to repair the helicopters and to refurbish old aircraft that is presently non-functional, has still not been finalised a year later.

Conceding the delay, the Afghan envoy said that while Afghanistan is “grateful” for India’s help thus far, they understand India’s own capabilities to give Afghanistan more hardware are “constrained,” and Afghanistan is focussing on the U.S assurance of continued support for the next 4-5 years. “Strategically speaking, we are now looking at building an army on this western model. The recent four Blackhawks (helicopters) is part of our long term plan, to have at least 200 aircraft in 2023,” Mr. Abdali told The Hindu, adding that India’s help is most essential during the “transition” from Soviet-era to U.S. and NATO hardware.

Abbasi’s comment

Calling Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s recent comments that there was “zero” place for a military or political role for India in Afghanistan as “unfortunate,” Mr. Abdali said it represented an old “cold-war” era mindset, adding that “no country has the right to dictate or manipulate Afghanistan’s foreign policy.”
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-to-train-afghan-police/article19737384.ece

 

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