Afghan National Civil Order Police
![An Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) honor guard stands in formation at the Ministry of the Interior in Kabul, Afghanistan.](/Images/godic/202412/20/ANCOP-20104107.jpg")
![Afghan National Civil Order Police Training Center in Mazar-i-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan.](/Images/godic/202412/20/Afghan_National_Police_training_center_of_Balkh4107.jpg")
Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) is a special police unit developed in July 2006 by Colonel Jack Stankiewicz, US Army, Police Reformation Directorate, CSTC-A of the law enforcement agency in Afghanistan. It is a branch of the Afghan National Police and has stations in major cities and towns across Afghanistan.