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PANJSHIR PROVINCE, Afghanistan – Iowa National Guard soldiers of the Panjshir Embedded Training Team assisted in an investigation in Khenj District, Afghanistan, April 20.
Afghan National Police and the Afghan National Directorate of Security officials conducted the investigation, and the ETT provided additional expertise and equipment. They investigated shots fired at a local ANP officer in Khenj District.
“My team is the first to arrive at the scene of a crime in Panjshir,” said anti-terrorism chief with police headquarters, ANP Capt. Ajab Gul, through an interpreter.
Gul worked with NDS for 18 years and has been Panjshir’s anti-terrorism chief for the past two years.
“We don’t have a lot of basic equipment needed for an investigation,” said Gul. “Without ETT, we’d be working with limited supplies and using our bare hands instead of gloves.”
Once the initial investigation was complete, the 30-ton recovery vehicle, which the province received from the Ministry of Interior in March, was used to recover the suspect’s vehicle which was rolled over in a ditch.
“In the past, the province had to rent a crane and wait for it to come from Parwan, but because Panjshir has the recovery vehicle, the suspect’s vehicle was recovered the same day,” said U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tim Glynn, the Panjshir ETT commander and Ankeny, Iowa, resident. “This is the first time the recovery vehicle was used in an investigation.”
After the suspect’s vehicle was secured at the traffic police headquarters, ETT showed the investigations team their technique to take fingerprints.
“The investigation kit we used today for fingerprinting and evidence collection will soon be provided to the ANP with many of the low-cost, high-value materials needed for an investigation,” said Glynn. “In May, we will conduct training for the issued equipment so the kits can be used right away.”
The kits will include a finger-print case, evidence bags, rubber gloves, law-enforcement labelling material and digital cameras.
“The Afghans do the best with what they have,” said Glynn. “We are here to provide them with additional tools and guidance when we can.”
Panjshir ETT works with various ANP personnel to continue the working relationship they have developed.
“I am very happy to work with ETT,” said Gul. “We meet every week, and whenever we need something, they are there to help.”
| Date Taken: | 04.30.2011 |
| Date Posted: | 04.30.2011 14:57 |
| Story ID: | 69630 |
| Location: | PANJSHIR PROVINCE, AF |
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