Glossary of Terms
AIHRC Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission
AOG Armed Opposition Groups
ANA Afghan National Army
ANP Afghan National Police
ANSF Afghan National Security Forces
BAAG British and Irish Aid Agencies in Afghanistan
Group
CENTCOM US Central Command
CMMH Civilian Military Mission in Helmand
COMISAF Commander of ISAF
CSTC - A Combined Security Transition Command
- Afghanistan
DDR Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
programme
DfID Department for International Development
DIAG Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups
EU European Union
EUPOL EU Police Mission
FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas
FCO Foreign & Commonwealth Office
FDD Focussed District Development
HMG Her Majesty's Government
IEC Independent Electoral Commission
IED Improvised Explosive Device
ISAF International Security Assistance Force
LeT Lashkar e Toiba
MISFA Micro Finance Investment Support Facility
of Afghanistan
MOD Ministry of Defence
MoU Memorandum of Understanding
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NDCS National Drug Control Strategy
NGO Non-governmental organisation
NWFP North West Frontier Province
NSID (OD) National Security, International Relations
and Development Cabinet Committee
OEF Operation Enduring Freedom
OMLT Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team
OSCE Organisation for Security and Co-operation
in Europe
PCRU Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit
PGF Pro-Government Forces
PRT Provincial Reconstruction Team
RC (S) Regional Command (South)
PTS Strengthening Peace Program (PTS is its Afghan
acronym)
TFH Task Force Helmand
TNSM Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
UN United Nations
UNAMA United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution
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