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Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC) supporting both Afghan
and Pakistani forces monitoring the Afghan-Pakistani border
was opened at ISAF headquarters at Kabul, Afghanistan January
25, 2007.
At the new center, Afghan and Pakistani military officers are
working side by side in one facility to support joint campaign
planning for operations, intelligence, technical exchange of
counter improvised explosive device information and information
operations. The JIOC is manned by six Pakistani and six Afghan
liaison officers, as well as 12 ISAF staff officers. As members
cooperate and collaborate on matters related to border security,
the team will produce intelligence reports and distribute them
to the intelligence community and as necessary, to other organizations
also concerned with border security.
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"The JIOC will facilitate critical and timely information
needed by the Afghan National Army and Pakistan army units operating
along the border to prevent and disrupt insurgent activity common
in the eastern and southern areas of Afghanistan," said
Maj. Andrew Zeigler, ISAF's Government of Afghanistan intelligence
representative and facilitator for intelligence sharing between
the JIOC, ISAF and the Afghanistan-Pakistan entities. ISAF is
currently composed of more than 35,000 troops from 37 NATO countries
and non-NATO nations. Its primary role is to support and assist
the government of Afghanistan in providing and maintaining a
secure environment in order to help in the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
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