EU Border Management in Northern Afghanistan (BOMNAF Phase II)

UNDP in Tajikistan aims to improve integrated border management in northern Afghanistan by:

• Enhancing cross-border cooperation, coordination, and communication to reduce crime and thereby increase legal trade, travel, and commerce,
• increasing the capacity of the Afghan Border Police and Customs, and 
• building confidence between Central Asian countries and Afghanistan.

Main achievements

• 1590 Afghan Border Police and Customs officers are trained in Dushanbe, Ashgabat, Mazar-e-Sharif and along the Tajik-Afghan border on Integrated Border Management and associated subjects.
• Five border infrastructure projects were constructed/upgraded and equipped, including:

-    A new Border Crossing Point in Khohon district on the Afghan-Tajik border;

-    A new Training Centre for the Afghan Border Police in Mazar-e-Sharif;

-    Upgraded Border Crossing Point Aqina on the Afghan-Turkmen border;

-    Upgraded Border Crossing Point Sheghnan on the Afghan-Tajik border;

-    A new Border Crossing point under construction in Dehqonkhona on the Afghan-Tajik border to be completed by May-June 2019;

• Three regional events were conducted on Border Management to promote cross-border cooperation and collaboration between Afghanistan and Central Asia.

Budget and donor

($10.2m, 2014-2019) funded by the EU