Ali A. Jalali, former Interior Minister of Afghanistan (Jan. 2003-Sept. 2005), is currently serving as both a Distinguished Professor at the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA) and as a researcher at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS). As Interior Minister, he created a trained force of 50,000 Afghan National Police (ANP) and 12,000 Border Police to work effectively in counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism, and criminal investigation. Minister Jalali implemented a nationwide program under the Afghanistan Stabilization Program (ASP) to extend the central government’s authority to all 34 provinces and 365 districts throughout the country

Mr. Jalali has native fluency in English, Pashto, Dari, Persian (Farsi) and Tajik, is fluent in Russian, fluently translates from French and has functional knowledge of Arabic, Turkish and Urdu. His areas of interest include reconstruction/stabilization and peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan and regional issues affecting Afghanistan, Central and South Asia.

Education
• Afghan Military University, BA. Military Science. 1961
• U.S. Army Infantry Advance Course, Ft. Benning , Ga. Diploma 1964
• Higher Command and Staff Course (Regiment, Division, Army), Kabul, MA, Military Science. 1966
• British Staff College, England, PSC 1967
• Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey Ca. USA, Diploma, Defense Management, 1978
• Academy Frunze, Moscow, Military Strategy and Operational Art, 1980
• The Institute of World Politics, Washington D.C., Graduate Certificate, Comparative Politics, 1996

Areas of Interest
• Counter-Insurgency and Counter-Terrorism Operations
• Post-Conflict Stabilization and Reconstruction
• Counter-Narcotics Operations

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