286 New Police Officers Graduate from Training in Taliban-Controlled Wardak

Local authorities in Maidan Wardak province have announced that 286 police forces from the Sayedabad and Jaghatu districts have successfully completed a short-term training program aimed at enhancing their professional capabilities.

This training program, designed to improve both the technical and cognitive skills of police personnel, is described as part of limited efforts to standardize policing in areas under Taliban control. Organizers praised the contributions of instructors and described such initiatives as effective in raising the intellectual and professional level of the police force.

Graduates of the program were also encouraged to apply their new skills in their daily duties—a recommendation that, in the absence of accountable institutions and a coherent security structure, is seen as more ceremonial than practical.

At the end of the ceremony, participants were awarded graduation certificates. While such programs were previously conducted by official institutions and the elected government, they are now being carried out under the illegitimate rule of the Taliban—a shift that has raised serious questions about the legitimacy and effectiveness of these trainings.