As the cowardly taliban show us once again they are attacking and killing the Doctors and other Staffers who DO NOT CARRY ARMS and are in Afghanistan simply to give aid to the poor.
The deliberate killing of UN workers is more despicable than one can imagine.
Our prayers and condolences to the three British Soldiers also killed this past week,as well as to their families,loved ones, and brothers in arms. God Bless them one and all.
This article is from the ISAF news with regard to the great job our mounties are doing in Afghanistan
Kandahar, Afghanistan
RCMP training Afghan police and security services.
-Afghanistans security depends on an effective police force. Police tend to spend more time with people in their communities and are more familiar with the region than other national security forces.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is helping the Afghan people
to achieve a peaceful and secure country through the training of the
Afghan National Police and official government security details.
The police are key to a stable government, said Joe McAllister,
the RCMPs acting contingent commander. If the police are a trust
worthy force then the people will trust their security to the government
and not turn to the Taliban. If the police can improve their image
in the community then it will help improve the governments image.
More than three hundred police and other government forces havegone through training at the Kandahar Provincial ReconstructionTeam since the start of the program in the spring of 2007. At the PRT, Canadian police give to the AfghanNational Police training that they dont get at their academy. What were trying to do is supplement the existing training they are getting at the regional training centers, McAllister said. The Canadian police spend about a week training the ANP and cover such topics such as combat shooting, advanced first aid and IED awareness. We are here to train a professional police force, McAllister explains. Not everyone is a bad guy here, and the police have to engage their community on all levels, not just to fight the Taliban but also to get to know their community through foot patrols, which gets them to interact with people on a daily bases and not just when bad things happen.Its hard work, but the commitment to help extends through the ranks of the programs training staff. I love doing this, an undercover RCMP officer said. I am passionate about training the Afghans in advanced tactics so they can go out and defeat terrorism. The police are at the pointy end of the spear here in Afghanistan as they are out in therural areas doing jobs that are normally done by light infantry. The ANP is not the only force benefiting from the expertise of the Canadian police, members of the Afghan Security Detail June 25 completed a four-day course designed to improve their tactics in protective services.Providing close protection training to select members of the ANP increases the level of personal security for many government leaders and commanders, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Constable Jeff Hirsch said. The intense training sessions bond the close protection teams together and give them basic skill sets to properly plan routes and site visits which will hopefullyenhance their mobility throughout Kandahar province. The police selected for this training are highly motivated and often show up early, stay late.We learned a lot of things this week, government body guard Mohammed Shaker said. I wish we had more time to train with the Canadian police and hope to train more with them in the future.
Please remember all of our Canadians who are serving in dangerous parts of the globe. Military,RCMP,Local Police,and Aid workers no matter what aid group they represent ! !
Nil Sine Labore
Robby
