Nine Afghan National Border Police officers and five Tajik Border
Force officers have successfully completed a ten-day training in
"Border and Immigration Control" at an IOM-established training
centre in Badakhshan province bordering Afghanistan.

The training, which was funded by the US Government’s
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, took
place at the Khorog Training Centre for Border Guards, which was
established by IOM in 2006.

The joint training was designed to enhance security along the
Afghanistan-Tajikistan border by improving the professional
knowledge and skills of officers working at border crossing points
in Badakhshan.

It included the basics of border security, cross border
cooperation, visa policy, detection of fraudulent documents and
combating human trafficking.

The Khorog centre, which was established with funding from the
US State Department, operates under the supervision of the Tajik
State Border Guards Committee and can accommodate up to 15 live-in
students.

It has a staff of six professional trainers and offers training
to both Tajik and Afghan border guards in practical subjects
including border control, document inspection, migration law, human
rights, computer studies and English.

For more information, please contact:

Ozar Saidov

IOM Dushanbe

Tel: + 992 37 221 03 02

E-mail: "mailto:osaidov@iom.int">osaidov@iom.int