AMMAN — Officials said Jordanian military trainers have been sent to develop
Afghanistan's security forces. They said Jordan has also been training
counter-insurgency forces from Afghanistan and Iraq.
"Instructors from Jordan’s armed forces and security service went on
Oct. 3 to Afghanistan where they will train Afghan forces in security
methods, to help them do their duty in restoring law and order there,"
Jordan's state-owned news agency Petra said.
Petra did not say how many Jordanian instructors were sent to Afghanistan.
The Jordanian mission was part of NATO's stabilization campaign in
Afghanistan and was said to have included intelligence missions in
cooperation with the United States.
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"The Jordanian initiative came in implementation of King Abdullah II's
vision for a secure and stable Afghanistan as the kingdom has a
peacekeeping
contingent in the Asian nation and in other trouble spots across the world,"
Petra said.
In May 2010, Jordan reported its training of 2,500 members of Afghan's
special operations forces. Information Minister Nabil Sharif said the
training, reported to have taken place in 2007, had been completed.
Jordan has also been training Middle East and other forces at its new
King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center. Officials said 1,500
cadets, including those from Afghanistan and Iraq, received training at the
U.S.-financed facility.