February 23 2005 TO The Honorable Dr Condoleezza Rice FROM Donald Rumsfcld SUBJECT Afghan National Police Please take a look at the attached pages 41 and 42 of the Afghanistan Security Update This is the Afghan National Police situation It is a serious problem My impression is that these two pages were written in as graceful and non- '• 1 I inflammatory a way as is humanly possible D -IR s 021305-8 · 'l QUO 11-L-0559 OSD 47 519 osn 031oe-os Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan ANP Horror Stories • Current Basic Training Course insufficient to produce quality police officer - 8 week cou se does not include weapons or drivers training • Of the 34 000 trained police officers only 3 000 have been through the 8 week course the rest have been through two week transition courses 4 week illiterate course or similar type courses • ANP demonstrated basic logistical planning shortcomings on its recent operations in Shindand when it deployed police without food water sufficient ammunition cold weather clothing blankets etc • Unlike for the ANA where OMC-A provides over 1500 field mentors the ANP has no formal field mentor program the Germans provide approximately 6 mentors and UNAMA 9 mentors • Lack of ANP Literacy seriously impacts on the Mal's objective of achieving a quality police force and yet the only ANP Literacy program is a German program in Konduz for 200 officers • Lack of formal recruiting plan for the ANP is contributing to the under utilization of capacity at four of the five RTCs • The ANP currently only has approximately 50% of the required rolling stock on hand 41 11-L-0559 OSD 47520 Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan ANP Horror Stories • The ANP currently only has less than 15% of the required communications equipment onhand • The ANP is currently Rank Heavy with one officer for every two sergeants patrolmen to implement pay reform thus raising the quality of recruits will require immediate reform • Basic infrastructure to include border crossing points police station training ranges maintenance facilities is either lacking or in need of renovation the 1C estimates the need for over 800 projects • The ANP has less than 15% of the required weapons on-hand one can not rely upon the AK-47s that it currently possesses as DOR results have shown that a majority of them are in fact unserviceable • INL currently issues limited clothing to a police officer that graduates from the RTC CTC pants shirt utility belt hat the IC estimates a need for appoximately 3 4 million items to include cold weather gear boots sleeping bags etc • Basic ammunition for training and operations is required 42 11-L-0559 OSD 47 521