Monday November 12 2012
Kabul (BNA) Ghulam Mujtaba Patang Minister of Interior of Afghanistan met with his Australian counterpart discussing assistance of that country to the police forces of Afghanistan.
Mujtaba Patang asked the Australian Interior Minister to assist the Afghan police forces in training and equipping them and cooperate in this respect.
Struggle against crimes and planned crimes, struggle against narcotics, human smuggling, and struggle against terrorism and insurgency were areas that the minister of interior of Afghanistan asked assistance and cooperation of Australia to the national police of Afghanistan.
The Australian interior minister, while emphasizing on continued assistance of his country to the police forces of Afghanistan, stressed that the ministry of interior of Australia by utilizing its experiences shall extend support to the police of Afghanistan.
He also assured of continued assistance program of Australia after 2014 to Afghanistan and added that Australia is prepared to assist the national police of Afghanistan in different spheres, including facilitating their professional training in the country.
According to another report, the minister of interior affairs met with minister of defense of Canada in Kabul us well.
At this meeting Mujtaba Patang thanked Canada for its past assistance and asked for continued assistance of this country to Afghanistan especially to the police forces.
Meanwhile the Canadian defense minister emphasized on the continued assistance of that country to Afghanistan and said that Canada is prepared to cooperate towards empowerment of the police forces of Afghanistan and upgrading their capacities.
He emphasized that Canada after 2014 as well is committed to take further part in assisting Afghanistan in training and equipping of the Afghan police forces.
