Afghan public protection force
| Afghan Public Protection Force | |
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| Active | 2009-Present |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Part of | Ministry of Interior |
| Headquarters | Kabul, Afghanistan |
| Website | http://www.appf.gov.af/ |
The Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) is a Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan(GIRoA) security service provider intended to protect people, infrastructure, facilities and construction projects. The APPF is organized as a State Owned Enterprise (SOE) subordinate to GIRoA’s Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and is designed to contract with both domestic and international customers (examples include government aid organizations, nongovernmental organizations, private sector companies, ISAF, etc.) for security services within Afghanistan. Between 20 March 2012 and 20 March 2013, the APPF will replace all non-diplomatic Private Security Companies (PSCs) in Afghanistan as the sole provider of pay-for-service security requirements. APPF guards have no mandate to investigate crimes or arrest suspects.
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) affiliated sources report that the program was initially established in 2009 in order to allow Afghan Uniformed Police to focus more on traditional law enforcement tasks. APPF is now intended to serve as the government mechanism to address President Hamid Karzai’s Presidential Decree 62 (PD62) dated 17 August 2010 (see, http://psm.du.edu/media/documents/national_regulations/countries/asia_pacific/afghanistan/afghanistan_decree_number_52_dissolution_psc_2010-english.pdf) that stipulates PSCs in Afghanistan will be disbanded. President Karzai, as reported by the media, has described PSCs as a parallel and unchecked power structure that undermines official efforts to stabilize the country. Media and open source researchers highlight that PSCs have been criticized for corruption, diversion of Afghan security sector funding and prospective personnel, and are responsible for crimes against the people.
A bridging strategy for the implementation of PD62 was signed on 15 March 2011 by GIRoA Minister of Interior Bismillah Khan Mohammadi and President Karzai’s Senior Advisor Ashraf Ghani that designates 20 March 2012 as the official date for existing PSC’s full compliance with the PD62 directive. The bridging strategy does afford PSCs who are supporting ISAF bases, construction projects, and fixed site security until no later than 20 March 2013 to comply. Diplomatic security contracts remain exempt based on the principles set forth in the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961.
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