Country Reports on Terrorism 2012

established by President Karzai in 2002, became more vocal in condemning suicide attacks as
un-Islamic.
The Afghanistan Peace and Reintegration Program (APRP) was established by the Government
of Afghanistan in 2010, and serves to reintegrate low- and mid-level insurgents back into their
communities. The APRP is a National Priority Program of the Afghan government, is managed
by the High Peace Council (HPC), and executed at the national level by the Joint Secretariat (JS).
The HPC and JS work with the Provincial Peace committees and Provincial Joint Secretariat
teams to effectively execute the program at the provincial level. By joining the program, the
former fighter makes the commitment to renounce violence and sever all ties with the
insurgency, and to abide by the Constitution of Afghanistan. This includes accepting the
Government of Afghanistan’s laws on women’s rights. Since its inception, the APRP has
successfully reintegrated over six thousand former combatants across Afghanistan. Community
development is a core element of the APRP, serving both to facilitate the reintegrees’ return and
to encourage good governance and economic development at the local level, thereby increasing
community resistance to insurgent influence. By year’s end, over 1500 community recovery
projects and programs were in various stages of planning and implementation across the country;
the Afghan government estimated over 178,000 individuals have benefited from these projects.
BANGLADESH
Overview: The Government of Bangladesh has demonstrated its commitment to combating
domestic and transnational terrorist groups, and its counterterrorism efforts made it harder for
transnational terrorists to operate in or establish safe havens in Bangladesh. U.S. assistance
supports programs for Bangladeshi civilian, law enforcement, and military counterparts to build
their capacity to monitor, detect, and prevent terrorism.
Legislation, Law Enforcement, and Border Security: Bangladesh’s criminal justice system is
in the process of fully implementing the Antiterrorism Act of 2009; however, the judiciary
moved slowly in processing terrorism and other criminal cases in general. Bangladesh
cooperated with the United States to further strengthen control of its borders and land, sea, and
air ports of entry. Bangladesh continued to participate in the Department of State's Antiterrorism
Assistance program and cooperated with the Department of Justice’s efforts to provide
prosecutorial skills training to its assistant public prosecutors, encourage greater cooperation
between police and prosecutors, and institute community policing in targeted areas of the
country. With financial support from the United States and other partners, Bangladesh
established a National Academy for Security Training in 2012 and began to provide
counterterrorism training courses.
Countering Terrorist Finance: Bangladesh is a member of the Asia/Pacific Group on Money
Laundering, a Financial Action Task Force (FATF)-style regional body. The Bangladesh Bank
(the central bank) and its Financial Intelligence Unit/Anti-Money Laundering Section lead the
government's effort to comply with the international sanctions regime. FATF has identified
Bangladesh’s implementation of UNSCRs 1267 and 1373 as a deficiency in its laws. Bangladesh
formed an interagency committee to address this issue, and has drafted regulations to implement
both of these provisions. While Bangladesh’s Anti-Terrorism Act criminalized terrorist
financing, FATF has recommended that Bangladesh amend its laws to meet international
standards and to clarify remaining ambiguities. The interagency committee mentioned above has
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