Afghan National Police

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law enforcement agency national police force

The Afghan National Police was the national law enforcement and internal security force of Afghanistan, responsible for maintaining public order, combating crime, and supporting counterinsurgency efforts until the 2021 Taliban takeover.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Afghan National Police canonical 24
Afghan National Civil Order Police 2
Afghan Uniform Police 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf law enforcement agency ⓘ
national police force ⓘ
abbreviation ANP ⓘ
component Afghan Anti-Crime Police ⓘ
Afghan Border Police ⓘ
Afghan Anti-Crime Police ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Counter Narcotics Police

Afghan Local Police ⓘ
Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afghan National Civil Order Police

Afghan Public Protection Force (at times associated) ⓘ
Afghan Traffic Police ⓘ
Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Uniform Police
conflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
jurisdiction Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfOperation Dari ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
legalStatus state security institution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
nativeName Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: پولیس ملی افغانستان
notableIssue high casualty rates ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
inadequate training and equipment ⓘ
widespread corruption ⓘ
parentOrganization Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ
surface form: Afghan National Security Forces
predecessor Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afghan National Police (pre-2001 structures)
replacedBy Taliban-controlled security and police structures ⓘ
responsibility border security (through Afghan Border Police) ⓘ
counter-narcotics support ⓘ
counterinsurgency support ⓘ
crime prevention ⓘ
criminal investigation ⓘ
law enforcement ⓘ
public order ⓘ
traffic control ⓘ
roleInConflict supported NATO-led counterinsurgency operations ⓘ
statusAfter2021 effectively dissolved as national police of the former republic ⓘ
subordinateTo Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan ⓘ
supportedBy Canada ⓘ
Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan ⓘ
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
timePeriod post-2001 to 2021 Taliban takeover ⓘ
trainingFocus basic policing ⓘ
counterinsurgency policing ⓘ
human rights and rule of law (official doctrine) ⓘ
usedRankStructure military-style ranks ⓘ

Referenced by (31)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Afghan National Police ⓘ
International Security Assistance Force → supportedOrganization → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Fall of Kabul (2021) → belligerent → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan National Police → nativeName → Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: پولیس ملی افغانستان
Afghan National Police → predecessor → Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan National Police (pre-2001 structures)
Afghan National Police → component → Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan Uniform Police
Afghan National Police → component → Afghan National Police self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan National Civil Order Police
War in Afghanistan (by Polish forces) → alliedWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Battle of Sangin → involvedForce → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Wardak Province → hasSecurityPresence → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Battle of Musa Qala → hasParticipant → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Air Force → supports → Afghan National Police ⓘ
ANP → hasComponent → Afghan National Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan National Police
this entity surface form: Afghan Uniform Police
ANP → hasComponent → Afghan National Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan National Police
this entity surface form: Afghan National Civil Order Police
Afghan Traffic Police → collaboratesWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Public Protection Force (at times associated) → operatedAlongside → Afghan National Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan Public Protection Force
Afghan Public Protection Force (at times associated) → coordinatedWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
subject surface form: Afghan Public Protection Force
Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan → workedWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan → cooperatedWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan → trainingTarget → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan → securityForces → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan security ministries → oversees → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan → oversees → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → hasPart → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Anti-Crime Police → partOf → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Border Police → partOf → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Border Police → usedUniform → Afghan National Police ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan National Police uniform with border insignia
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan → coordinatedWith → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Afghan Local Police → relatedTo → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Taliban insurgency → opponent → Afghan National Police ⓘ
Sangin, Helmand Province operations → afghanPartners → Afghan National Police ⓘ