KABUL, Afghanistan - It's been a long time coming, but Afghanistan's National Police Training Center is progressing according to plan.
Nestled in a hotspot for Taliban activity in Wardak province, the site of the future training center is teeming with activity, as Afghan workers construct concrete walls, grade adjacent land for soccer fields and shooting ranges, and weld steel support beams.
Once completed, the facility will serve as the primary training grounds for Afghanistan's police forces.
"This is one of the largest Corps projects in the country at the moment - both in scope and in physical size," said Capt. Greg Daniel, officer-in-charge of the Afghanistan Engineer District - North's Wardak Resident Office.
Since the project began in January 2009, it has been the target of numerous rocket and mortar attacks and until recently, was mired lack of proper tools and the inability to obtain necessary resources to sustain progress.
"The project has sustained 37-plus rocket attacks, multiple kidnappings and multiple ambushes inflicted on (our) employees," said Josh Haines, the project manager for Technologists Inc., the U.S.-based company contracted to complete the 900,000-square-foot complex.
