EU POLICE MISSION COMPLETES CONCEPT OF OPERATION

C O N F I D E N T I A L KABUL 001270 SIPDIS DEPARTMENT FOR SRAP, SCA/FO, SCA/A, EUR/RPM STATE PASS USAID FOR ASIA/SCAA E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/09/2019 TAGS: PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AF EUN SUBJECT: EU POLICE MISSION COMPLETES CONCEPT OF OPERATION FOR DEPLOYMENT TO EASTERN AFGHANISTAN Classified By: PRT and Sub-National Governance Acting Director Patricia ¶A. McNerney for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Summary: The European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL)A) has completed an initial reconnaissance visit to Laghman province, and based on discussions with Task Force (TF) Duke, is preparing a concept of operations for deploying officers to Regional Command East (RC-E). As an initial step, the plan proposes to place five mentors and trainers at the Regional Coordination Center (OCC-R) in Jalalabad, and a minimum of 10 trainers in Laghman province to conduct training of Afghan National Police (ANP) Non Commissioned Officers (NCOs). End summary. ¶2. (C) The State Department Regional representative and the Provost Marshall police training officer for TF Duke (Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar and Laghman provinces) met April 13 with the senior leadership of the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan. The meeting followed previous sessions and continued the planning process following EUPOL's survey mission to Laghman in March. Danish Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup, Head of Mission, was joined by Deputy Head Peter Horst, Political Advisor Andres Folk, and Head of Administration Eric Martijn. ¶3. (C) EUPOL Chief Vittrup has established the deployment of EUPOL to Eastern Afghanistan as a priority. Positions had been allocated to the East in the original deployment plan, but were reallocated to other parts of the country because of the difficulty in reaching agreement over terms for deployment to U.S. sectors. Based on the results of the survey mission, EUPOL has now prepared a concept for deployment to TF Duke's area of responsibility in ISAF's RC-East. The paper is ready for submission to Brussels shortly. ¶4. (C) One of the primary tasks foreseen by EUPOL for their prospective mission is to provide professional police mentoring and training to the OCC-R in Jalalabad which brings together senior leadership of the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan Border Police (ABP),and National Directorate for Security (NDS) to establish and coordinate regional security policies. The EUPOL concept envisions five officers at the OCC-R to mentor and train the ANP leadership, especially in election-related security planning. EUPOL, in conjunction with the UN Development Program (UNDP) and Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan (CSTC-A) will conduct a series of two-day training programs in Kabul to prepare for election security. The mission leadership offered to provide the curriculum to TF Duke so that coordination and integration could begin even before the deployment is approved. Coordination with CSTC-A and others would be done in Kabul. ¶5. (C) A second major task of the EUPOL mission would be the training of non-commissioned officers from the ANP at a facility located in Laghman province. The concept paper envisions a minimum of five mentors, four trainers, and one rule of law adviser whose role would be to mentor and build mid-level capacity of the ANP. Officers from throughout the region would be brought to the facility, where they would train together and build on the basic skills provided by TF Duke immersion training and CSTC-A programs. At both the regional and provincial levels, EUPOL would provide reach-back and coordination with Kabul ministries and U.S. national training programs. ¶6. (U) The Task Force Duke Commander has reviewed this message. EIKENBERRY