To control any ongoing or would be armed conflict within the country,.Truth and Reconciliation Commission(Nepal) under political pressure of the governing party has failed to take actions against the humans rights abusers on either sides. However, this is generally considered very small compared to the atrocities committed by the then Maoist insurgents. And Armed Police Force was involved in this operations with the birth of its organization along with Nepal Army.Īllegations of war crimes and human rights abuses have been leveled by the media against members of the Armed Police Force. In November 2001, the Nepalese armed forces began military operations against the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Belgium, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada L1A1 Ĭurrent department and commander S.N.In January 2003, the head of the Armed Police Force Inspector General Krishna Mohan Shrestha was shot and killed by Maoist insurgents while taking his morning walk, alongside his bodyguard and wife who were also killed. In August 2003, five constables of the Armed Police Force were killed in a military operation in the Ramechapp District of Nepal which killed 39 Maoist rebels. It was fundamentally a paramilitary organization and mostly engaged in counterinsurgency operations. The Armed Police Force, Nepal was founded in 2001 to help Nepal's army and civil police force counter a growing Maoist insurgency in Nepal. The fundamental ethos of the Armed Police Force (APF) is Peace, Security, Commitment. Its standing Inspector General is the Chief of Armed Police Forces, equivalent in rank to a three star Lieutenant General of the Nepal Army. The current command and control organization of Nepal's army is outlined along the protocol of the 1990 Constitution and its interim constitution. Late Krishna Mohan Shrestha of the Nepal Police (then serving as Additional Inspector General of Police) was its first Chief. Subsequently, the Armed Police Force was founded on 24 October 2001. Ensuing armed resistance and criminal activity escalating from the conflict motivated King Gyanendra to consider amassing an independent police force. In February 1996, the ideologically Maoist Communist Party of Nepal operating as the United People's Front of Nepal initiated what was then dubbed the 'People's War'. Initially founded with a roster of 15,000 police and military personnel, the Armed Police Force is projected to have a corps of 77,117 at the close of 2015. Service is voluntary and the minimum age for enlistment is 18 years.

It functions as a semi-military wing, and occupies a sort of dual role as both military and law enforcement.

The Armed Police Force, Nepal is a paramilitary land force tasked with counter-insurgency operations in Nepal. An Armed Police Force of Nepal personnel in Kathmandu

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