The Afghanistan’s New Beginnings Programme
(ANBP) is a project of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP). It was created in April 2003 to assist the
Government of Afghanistan in implementing Disarmament,
Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR). DDR was successfully
completed in June 2006. ANBP is now involved in two security
related projects: the Anti Personnel Mines & Ammunition
Stockpile Destruction Project and the Disbandment of Illegal
Armed Groups (DIAG)
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Updated Every Sunday |
| DIAG project |
Weapons & Ammunition collected (pieces) |
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| Weapons |
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Ammunition |
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| Heavy |
4,255 |
Boxed |
29,369 |
| Light |
34,853 |
Pieces |
344,669 |
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| Ammunition project |
Surveyed (tons) |
Consolidated (tons) |
Destroyed (tons) |
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32,680.27 |
9,465 |
17,789 |
| Anti Personnel Mines destroyed
(pcs) |
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501,090 |
| Anti Tank Mines destroyed
(Pieces) |
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20,941 |
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| DDR project |
Disarmament |
Demobilization |
Reintegration |
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63,380 |
62,376 |
53,145 |
| Weapons Collected |
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Heavy Weapons Collected |
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57,629 |
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12,248 |
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EIGHT COM
MANDERS
HANDED OVER WEAPONS TO DIAG IN KAPISA PROVINCE
Fifty-one different light weapons were handed over to DIAG in a
ceremony on 17 march. Forty-seven of the weapons came from eight
commanders, while the remaining four weapons were
surrendered by
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FOUR COM
MANDER
SURRENDERED WEAPONS TO DIAG
Four Commanders
Surrendered 31 different types of light weapons along with
1870 Kg ammunition to official of the Disarmament of Illegal
Armed Groups (DIAG) Programme in Mohammad Agha district of.
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SEVEN COMMANDER HANDED
OVER WEAPONS TO DIAG IN WARDAK PROVINCE
Seven former
Commander handed over 37 different types of light
serviceable weapons and 7 serviceable weapons out of 16 were
handed in from NDS, police and Mr.Janan member of
provincial.
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A LARGE NUMBER OF FORMER COMMANDERS HANDED OVER MORE THAN
100 LIGHT WEAPONS TO DIAG IN SAMANGAN PROVINCE
Seventeen former
commanders handed over more than 100 light weapons to DIAG
in Roye Do Aab district of northern Samangan province on
Sunday March 02-2008.
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ANBP FINAL AMMUNITION
COLLECTION POINT HANDOVER CEREMONY TO MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
on 17 July
Afghanistan's New Beginnings Programme (ANBP) will hand over
custodianship of the Ammunition Collection Point (ACP) in
Deh Dadi, Mazar-e-Sharif to the Ministry of Defence.
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ANBP HANDED OVER WEAPONS
COLLECTION POINT TO MoD
On
June 10, ANBP handed over the central Weapons Collection
Point (WCP) in Pul-e-Charkhi to the Ministry of Defence.
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VICE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL
CONFERENCE ON DIAG-19 APRIL 2007, KABUL
H. E. Vice
President Khalili briefed 9 governors from
across Afghanistan on the implementation of DIAG at the
district level,
English
Dari
Pashtu
THE
FIRST DIAG DEVELOPMENT PROJECT WAS INAUGURATED IN MAHMOUD
RAQI, KAPISA
On Sunday April 8, the first
DIAG development project, Canal Rehabilitation & Cleaning,
was inaugurated by the Ministry of Rural Rehabilitation and
Development (MRRD) and the Joint Secretariat of the
Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (D&RC) in Mahmoud
Raqi district of Kapisa Province,
English - Dari - Photos
26 FORMER COMMANDERS
GRADUATE FROM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
On
Tuesday 26th December 2006, 26 former Commanders from
various provinces of Afghanistan will graduate from the
business management training course. The graduation
ceremony will be held at 10:00 am, at the AITM’s office
in Kart-e-Parwan, Kabul.
English
Dari
26 FORMER COMMANDERS
GRADUATE FROM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT TRAINING
Kabul,
27th November 2006: Tomorrow, Tuesday 28th
November 2006, 26 former Commanders from various
provinces of Afghanistan will graduate from the business
management training course. The graduation ceremony will
be held at 10:30 am, at the AITM’s office in Kart-e-Parwan,
Kabul.
English
Dari
POLITICAL LEADERS & AFGHAN GOVT. RENEW COMMITMENT TO
IMPLEMENTATION OF DIAG
Arg, Kabul 22 November 2006–
H.E. Hamid Karzai, President of the Islamic Republic of
Afghanistan, chaired a special meeting this morning on
the implementation of the Disbandment of Illegal Armed
Groups (DIAG) programme at the Presidential Palace.
English
Dari Pashtu
WEAPONS COLLECTION CEREMONY TO BE HELD IN BADAKHSHAN
On 9th October 2006, a weapons collection
ceremony will take place in Faizabad. Ex-commanders
Abdul Qadir, Niazi and Basir Halimyar from Darayum
district will surrender 150 weapons to the DIAG*
weapons collection teams in the weapons collection
point of Faizabad. The ceremony will be attended by
high level official from the provincial Government
as well as representatives of the Afghanistan’s New
Beginnings Programme (ANBP), UNAMA, and the ISAF
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT).
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TEACHER TRAINING CERTIFICATION GRADUATION
CEREMONY
Kabul,
23rd September 2006:
On Monday 25th September 2006, 61 women
trainees from the ex-combatant communities will be
graduating from a Teacher Training Certification
Programme in a ceremony which will be held at 10:00
am in the Teacher Training Certification Centre in
Kart-e-Char, Kabul.
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Talking Points: General Manan, Head of
Anti-Terrorist Department of the Ministry of
Interior (MoI) Representative of MoI to DIAG
These are General Manan talking points during the
DIAG seminar jointly held by the Ministry of
Information and Culture and the Joint Secretariat
(JS) of the Disarmament and Reintegration Commission
(D&RC) on 18 September 2006.
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A
Micro Hydropower Plant Will Be Built in Farkhar
once all Commanders Comply with DIAG
Work on a Micro Hydropower project in the district
of Farkhar (Takhar province) will start as soon as
leaders of the remaining illegal armed groups in the
district surrender their weapons and declare their
groups disbanded.
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Fatal Road Accident in Mazar-e-Sharif
At
about 6:15 this morning, an ANBP vehicle hit and
fatally injured a cyclist in Mazar-e-Sharif. The
man, a shopkeeper around 55 years old, died later in
the hospital. The accident occurred as the victim,
whose bicycle was heavily loaded with crates of
grapes, attempted to make a sudden turn to the left
in front of ANBP’s vehicle.
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Signing Ceremony of " DIAG Integrated Support
Initiative"
A major support to rural development projects in the
provinces of Bamyan, Balkh, Nangarhar and Kandahar
has just been announced. This initiative will
support economic regeneration, poverty reduction and
an improvement in livelihoods in the four provinces,
With a contribution of US$ 29 million, the
Government of Japan is supporting these efforts by
funding two key UNDP programmes: the National Area
Based Development Programme (NABDP) and the
Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups (DIAG).
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20 FORMER
COMMANDERS GRADUATE FROM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT COURSE
On Thursday 31 August 2006, 20 former Commanders
from various provinces of Afghanistan will graduate
from the in-country business management training
course. The ceremony is scheduled to be held at 9:30
in the morning, on Thursday 31st August
2006 at the AITM (Afghanistan’s New Beginnings
Programme - ANBP’s - implementing partner) office in
Kart-e-Parwan in Kabul.
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Anti-Personnel Mine & Ammunition Stockpile
Destruction
In July 2005, a nationwide project for the
destruction of anti-personnel mines and ammunition
was launched when the Government of Afghanistan and
the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
signed an Agreement on Anti-Personnel Mine &
Ammunition Stockpile Destruction. In line with this
2-year project, ammunition deemed safe to be moved
will be transported to secure storage facilities
while the remainder will be destroyed. All mines
will be destroyed.
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