Afghan drug control officers in Iran for expert training

Kabul, Nov 12, IRNA - An official with Iran Drug Control Headquarters Mahmoud-Reza Pour Mansour said that 15 Afghan drug control officers were dispatched to Iran to get professional trainings for the second time during the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20). Pour Mansour said that the officers in partnership with Italian police will participate in expert training courses for one week. Based on the agreement between Iran and Afghanistan police, some of Afghan police officers in three levels of basic, intermediate and advanced are to be dispatched to Iran and this one is the second round, he added. He noted that high-ranking officers will be dispatched for the third round. He reiterated that Iran and Afghanistan have close relations in fighting narcotic drugs. 1378/IRNA