PESHAWAR, Sept 2: Pakistan will train 825 officers of Afghan police, while the fate of a women force would be decided later.

The staff of Police Training College, Sihala, and Police Training College, Hangu, would train the Afghan policemen in Pakistan, Gen Mohammad Akbar Ahmadzai, Director-General of Interior Ministry of Afghanistan, said while talking to reporters at the Afghan Consulate here on Tuesday.

Mr Ahmadzai, who led a four-member delegation comprising Gen Mujtaba, Gen Bashir Ahmad and Gen Ismail of the Interior Ministry, held separate meetings with Pakistan officials in Islamabad.

During their stay, the delegation visited two police training colleges and exchanged a working plan with their Pakistani counterparts.

The Afghan official said that the basic purpose of their visit to Pakistan was to get training facilities for their police force.

Pakistan welcomed the plan and offered training facilities to the Afghan police, he said, adding that the first batch would comprise 25 top and 800 low-rank officers.

“We want to train our force, particularly in criminology, intelligence, investigation and operations. America, Germany, Russia and Turkey have also offered the same facility of training for Afghan police. But, we have selected Pakistan for identical nature of crimes and languages of both sides,” Mr Ahmadzai said.

During their stay in Pakistan, the Afghan official said, the policemen would learn English language besides getting training in their field.

Afghanistan has to establish a 50,000-strong police force and 12,000-strong border security force in different phases to fulfil requirements of the country.