How security problem of Afghanistan threatens the global world: Afghan police reform case

Authors

  • İrfan Çiftçi Turkish National Police
  • Sedat Kula Turkish National Police

Keywords:

Afghanistan, Security, Police reform, Training, Stability

Abstract

It is a fact that both the political and the security problems in Afghanistan have directly affected the stability of the region since Afghanistan is in the strategic position of Asia. The article presents an in-depth examination into the current situations of Afghanistan, particularly in regards to the nation's security dynamics. The U.S., the CSTC-A, GPPT, UNAMA, EUPOL, NATO and a lot of individual countries are interested in the reorganizing of the Afghan National Police (ANP) force with the aim of providing stability in the nation. The main problem is that each country or international organizations want to implement their own strategies and political purpose to rebuild the ANP. Therefore, Afghanistan faces enormous challenge in terms of security reform. After examining the security training efforts by international communities along with Turkey’ contributions, recommendations are made to develop applicable, effective, and sustainable security reform that could be internalized by the Afghan officials.

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Author Biographies

İrfan Çiftçi, Turkish National Police

Turkish National Police Ph.D

Sedat Kula, Turkish National Police

Turkish National Police Ph.D

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Published

2014-11-03

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Çiftçi, İrfan, & Kula, S. (2014). How security problem of Afghanistan threatens the global world: Afghan police reform case. Journal of Human Sciences, 11(2), 1041–1061. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/2925

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Political Science