ISAF/NATO Unclassified

1. ISAF/NATO Unclassified Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP)OMLT and POMLT Afghan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP) Pre Deployment Training (PDT) – Kandak Level ISAF/NATO Unclassified (Ver 3 Dated Oct 2011)

2. Brief Will Cover: • Terminology • APRP Broad Characteristics • Current Situation • How it works • Relevance to Deployed Task Forces (TF) and RCA role • The ISAF Reintegration Soldiers Card (Commanders Aide Memoire) • Takeaways • Questions / Discussion The Vehicle for Reintegration is the Afghanistan Peace & Reintegration Program (APRP)

3. Critical Take Away From This Brief: That OMLT and POMLT understand the APRP and can brief ANSF partnered units on APRP within 2 weeks of deployment and mentor them in the implementation of the ‘INFORM’, ‘FIND’ and ‘PROTECT’ effects. English, Dari and Pashto briefs are on the UNCLASS website listed at the end of the brief. Reintegration Inside Afghanistan Continues as Normal In spite of The Assassination of the Head of the High Peace Council, Prof Rabbani. Reintegration is ‘Front and Center’ of Comd ISAF plan to defeat the Insurgency The Vehicle for Reintegration is the Afghanistan Peace & Reintegration Program (APRP)

4. APRP is an Afghan Government Led Program.Terminology: Reintegration: Is the Term Given to Taking the Fighter out of the Fight, with them Opting out of the Insurgency and Peacefully Rejoining their Communities. Reconciliation: The Process in Which an Insurgent Movement as a Whole Reaches a Political Accommodation with The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) to Bring their Part of the Insurgency to an End. The Vehicle for Reintegration is the Afghanistan Peace & Reintegration Program (APRP)

5. APRP Broad Characteristics • Afghan Led Program that peacefully returns fighters to their communities. • Supports COIN Whilst Being Enabled by COIN—OffensiveTool • Can Cut the Traditional Afghan Cycle of Violence • Absolutely No Dilution ofthe Kinetic or Offensive ‘Strike’ Operations – It is Very Important That ISAF and ANSF Understand This Point • Utilizes Traditional Cultural Methods - Elders, Shuras etc. • Acknowledges Honor, Dignity and the Local Grievances that Drove Many Fighters into the Insurgency. • Provides for Community Recovery / Benefits to Communities. • Starts at District or Provincial with a ‘Vetting List’ of Potential Reintergrees that is Passed up to the Joint Secretariat (JS) in Kabul • Each Reintegration Approach and Event Will be Unique. End state:Insurgents peacefully leaving the fight and returning to their communities with honor— an accelerated peace process

6. Afghan Government Led Program to “Remove Fighters out of the Fight - Peacefully!” • Provincial Governors lead the Provincial level Peace Program (APRP) and are setting up the Provincial High Peace Councils (PHPC). District Administrators are doing the same at District Level. • Provincial Joint Secretariat Teams (PJST) implement APRP from Provincial to District level.

7. Current Situation Force Reintegration Cell (F-RIC) Manned by ISAF and Comd by UK 2* Over 2,418 Insurgents in the ‘Formal’ Program as at Sep 2011. Between 2,000 and 4,000 in ‘Discussions’ and Considering ’Options’. APRP is Developing Across Afghanistan but Faster in Some Areas than Others. Whereas not the ‘Silver Bullet’ it has Potential to be a ‘Game Changer’. Many insurgents who are in ‘Dialogue’ are waiting to see how current reintegrees fare in the Afghan Peace and Reintegration Programme (APRP)

8. UNCLASSIFIED Demobilization

9. Afghanistan Reintegration Sep 2011 UNCLASSIFIED Reintegration Activity Provinces with Events 18 Provinces with Opportunities 06 JOWZJAN KUNDUZ BALKH BADAKHSHAN Provinces with No Activity 10 TAKHAR SAMANGAN BAGHLAN FARYAB SAR-E PUL PANJSHAYR NURISTAN KAPSIA BADGHIS BAMYAN PARWAN KUNAR LAGHMAN KABUL WARDAK NANGARHAR HERAT GHOR LOGAR PAKTIYA DAYKUNDI GHAZNI KHOST FARAH URUZGAN PAKTIKA ZABUL HELMAND KANDAHAR NIMROZ Kandahar is the one emerging PPC Reintegration Itself Forces the Pace

10. UNCLASSIFIED How APRP Works - Three Stages of APRP Security & Grievance Resolution SOCIAL OUTREACH, CONFIDENCE BUILDING, NEGOTIATION CONSOLIDATION OF PEACE AND COMMUNITY RECOVERY DEMOBILIZATION Enrolled APRP Transition Assistance (TA) Disengagement Training Intent Survey Biometric Weapon Reg Declaration Form Signed Y Vetting N Not Enrolled APRP • Social outreach and messaging • Contact • Establishing dialogue • Negotiation • Grievance resolution • Registration • Formal vetting/Assess • Biometrics/ID card • Weapons registration • Community security • Religious, literacy, and vocational education • Community recovery • Agriculture Conservation Corps • Public Works Corps

11. Your Role In the Three Phases Outreach - ‘FIND and TRACK’ You are to - Assist with Identifying and Report Opportunities Where you Come Across Them. • OUTREACH • Strategic communications • Peace building capacity and development of government institutions • Negotiation and grievance resolution • Sub-national governance and outreach Demobilization & Consolidation / Development ‘PROTECT’ , ‘SUPPORT’ & ‘SUSTAIN’ You Are To - Protect and Support the Security of Reintegration Opportunities, Communities Engaged in Reintegration and Reintergrees. APRP has Worried the Taliban and it is Attacking Reintergrees as a Means of Dissuading More from Joining APRP. You Are To - Engage With and Encourage your Afghan Partners (ANSF) to Discuss APRP and Encourage its Acceptance Amongst the Local Population . • DEMOBILISATION • Biometrics, vetting, registration, assessment and immediate support • Weapons management and community security • Detainee release • CONSOLIDATION • Community recovery • Literacy, religious and vocational education • Agriculture conservation corps • Public works corps • Integration to the ANSF

12. Why is APRP Relevant to Deployed ANSF • Every Conflict is Followed by Some form of ‘Reconciliation and Reintegration’. • Key Difference In Afghanistan: It Occurs During the ‘Fight’ - ‘Offensive Tool’ • Insurgents are Under Pressure and Increasingly Becoming Tired of Fighting • Reintegration Takes Insurgents ‘Out of the Fight’ • 85% of Insurgents are NOT Ideologically Driven and Fight Reasonably Close to their Homes – i.e. in Your Unit Battle Space • The Insurgent Leadership Fears the Impact of APRP on their Fighting Strength. • Reintegration is One of COMISAF and ANA CGS Priorities. • ANA CGS (Gen Karimi) Cipher ( FRAGO) Number 265 dates 13.11.1389(2 Feb 2011) • ANP – Deputy Minister MoI Direction that ANP Train on, Support and Deliver APRP. • It is a Leadership Function to Ensure Your Soldiers and Mentored Units Understand Why Reintegration is Important. Successful kinetic ops and a developing ANSF / ISAF footprint has encouraged many non ideologically driven insurgents to reassess

13. ANA Religious and Cultural Affaires (RCA) Officer and ANSF Mullahs (SNCO). RCA officers and Mullahs belong to a 1* ANA HQ based in Kabul and are deployed down to Corps, Brigade and Kandak locations. Understand the role of the ANA Religious and Cultural Affaires (RCA) officer and the ANSF Mullahs (SNCO). Include RCA and Mullahs in the briefings with your Kandak Command Group where possible. Make sure that they understand that they are expected to lead APRP education and awareness and support Reintegration ‘outreach’ into the local community. There is an RCA School in Kabul where RCA officers and Mullahs are taught about APRP – some have attended. There is an RCA Conferences in Kabul every 6 months; APRP knowledge will be refreshed and discussed at each Conference. RCA Officers and the Mullahs attached to Kandaks are respected and influential members of the ANSF

14. Summary of Tasks (‘Effects’) • ‘INFORM’ - inform the population about the Peace Program. • ‘FIND’ - helpidentify opportunities where insurgent groups who are tired of fighting may wish to enter the Peace Program (APRP). • ‘PROTECT’ - protect reintegration events and communities involved in the Peace Program from Taliban revenge attacks. • ‘SUPPORT’ - support the Peace Program (APRP) and those tasked to implement it.

15. To Help You there is the • ISAF Reintegration Soldiers Card: • An ‘Aide memoire’ for ISAF patrol commanders • Issued by RC Reintegration Cells, by unit or on arrival into theatre (RSOI). • Distributed across all Regional Commands (RC). • An ANSF version (different to the ISAF version) distributed down ANSF in Dari and Pashtu.

16. Purpose: • Offers Guidance to ISAF personnel - • ‘INFORM’ the local Afghan population. • Enable ISAF to assist with the ‘FIND’ • and identify of opportunities should • they encounter Afghan insurgents (or • go-betweens) wanting to enter the formal • Reintegration (APRP) process

17. General. The Commanders Card • Offers a broad outline of APRP and • stresses that: • APRP is primarily a GIRoA led programme. • Provincial Governors and Provincial High Peace Councils (PHPC) are the key players at the Provincial level.

18. Initial Meeting (Contact): Contact • could be direct or through a ‘go-between’. • Actions to be taken: • Notify the Chain of Comd: • Name & contact details. • Why he wants to reintegrate? • Is this the first contact with ISAF/ANSF? • If the subject is a ‘go-between’, what is their relationship with Insurgents? • If a comd then how many fighters are under his comd? • On the completion of meeting: • How can ISAF make contact again? • Inform him that final acceptance into the formal process is a GIRoA decision.

19. Follow Up Action. • Reported IMMEDIATLY as an • ‘Incident’ to your Ops Room. • Your HQ or TF will coordinate the • next steps.

20. Do Not: • Do Not offer an ISAF guarantee of amnesty or immunity from GIRoA prosecution. • Do Not tell insurgent /go-between whether the insurgent is on an ISAF or GIRoA Targeting List. • Do Not offer money or development aid directly to insurgents to stop fighting.

21. Key Points: (Important): • APRP acknowledges ‘Honour & Dignity’ and is NEVER profiled as ‘Surrender’. • Reintegrating fighters can keep a personal weapon for self defence. • Only GIRoA can offer Amnesty. • APRP benefits peaceful communities not just the communities of reintegrating insurgents. • Often a lengthy period of ‘negotiation’. • APRP removes Insurgents from the battlefield. • Insurgents who chose not to join their ‘Afghan brothers’ in the Peace Programme (APRP) will continue to be targeted. • It is Important that ISAF and AFG Partners Clearly Understand that Kinetic Strike Continues Unabated Alongside Reintegration.

22. Summary of Tasks • ‘INFORM’ - inform correctly - use the Commanders Card. • ‘FIND’ - identify opportunities. • ‘PROTECT’ - protect reintegration from Taliban revenge attacks. • ‘SUPPORT’ - support and facilitate the Peace Program (APRP) AND Brief Your Mentored ANSF Unit Command Group, Religious and Cultural Affairs Officers (RCA) and ANSF Mullahs Using the Briefs (English, Dari and Pashto) on the UNCLASS Website Within 2 Weeks of Your Deployment.

23. We Want To See More Former fighters Joining the Peace Process (APRP). Remember that Reintegrating Insurgents Can Keep a Personal Weapon (rifle) Once it is Registered with ANP / MoI for Self Protection – the Reintegree Must ‘Survive the Process’.

24. Useful Links and / Websites The Following can be found at : • https://ronna-afghan.harmonieweb.org/FRIC • ISAF Secret main ISAF page - FRIC Portal ISAF APRP Commanders Cards, ANA & ANP APRP Commanders Cards (Eng Dari & Pashtu) and ISAF Reintegration Handbook (Eng &Dari) • ISAF CARD (version 6) • ANSF CARD and translations (version 6) (English, Pashtu and Dari) • ANSF CARD and translations (version 6) (Pashtu and Dari) pfd • ISAF Reintegration Handbook (Coy Comd / Bn Staff +) (printable in booklet form when print option selected) • Reintegration Handbook (Coy Comd / Bn Staff +) – (in Dari Pashtu Sep 11) • ANSF training briefs (Eng, Dari Pashtu) (ISAF partners can deliver to partnered ANSF units • ISAF training briefs

25. Takeaways: • You are to brief your ANSF units (Command Group) on arrival in Afghanistan about APRP and their role in its implementation. • Understand the leading role of the ANA Religious and Cultural Affairs (RCA) and Mullahs and include them in Briefings, Training and mentoring.. • Know where the briefs are found on the UNCLASS website and copy to disc before your deploy. • Ensure that your unit has Commands Cards which are obtainable through RC Reintegration Cell • Stress the nature of the APRP as an ‘Offensive Tool’ to defeat the Insurgency – it is NOT a dilution of strike and must not compromise ANSF ‘fighting sprit’. • It is extremely important that all ranks of ANSF understand that Insurgents who choose not to Reintegrate will be pursued, tracked and destroyed. End state:Insurgents peacefully leaving the fight and returning to their communities with honor— an accelerated peace process

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