Germany Signs Pact to Support Afghan Police Post-2014

Germany signed a bilateral assistance agreement with Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior on Wednesday to pledge its support to the Afghan security forces after 2014.

Deputy head of mission of the German embassy in Kabul called on the Afghan government to take full responsibility for the training centers built by his country around Afghanistan.

"We have built training centers for the police in many provinces. The government of Afghanistan should take responsibility for these centers and continue the process of training the police," said Oliver Owzca at an event in Kabul to sign the assistance agreement between the German police academy of Lübeck and Afghan interior ministry's police academy.

The training chief of the MOI police academy Noorullah Zal said the pact is of great value to the Afghan forces.

"We are signing an assistance agreement with Lübeck, one of the best academies in the world, to provide security and stability in our country and to have better skilled staff," he said at the ceremony.

Professionalism and skillfulness of the Afghan forces are what Ministry of Interior considers primary needs, he added.

Germany has been involved with the MOI's police academy for more than 50 years and in the past three years it has trained 5,100 Afghan trainers.

"This was a very important decision we took," said Lübeck academy's general commander Brimer. "We will train the Afghan police to increase their capacity."

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