292 graduate from NPPF training centre

KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 300 guards have graduated from the National Public Protection Force (NPPF) training centre to secure uplift projects and key states organs.

Zia Wadan, spokesman for NPPF, told Pajhwok Afghan News at the end of the 78^th course, 292 graduates received their certificates at a special ceremony here.

Speaking to the new graduates, NPPF Director-General Brig. Gen. Khosal Sadat said: “You will protect water and power dams, mines, universities and public properties. You came from 34 provinces of Afghanistan and it shows our national unity and solidarity.”

Sadat appreciated efforts and training of the graduates, saying as members of the NPPF “your mission is important and fundamental in defending the country’s national assets.”

Wadan added the newly trained guards were imbued with a strong spirit of patriotism and that they would take up their jobs today, protecting the country’s infrastructure.

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