Joint Task Force 435
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Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435 (CJIATF 435) was a subordinate command of U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) active from 2009 to 2014. It included members from the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force, plus United States Department of Defense civilians, contractors and coalition members. CJIATF 435 partnered with the Afghan National Security Forces, the Afghan National Army Detention Operations Command, the U.S. Department of State's Division of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, the U.S. Department of Justice (including the Federal Bureau of Investigation), the International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan.
The task force's mission was to "train, advise and assist the Afghan National Army and Afghan Justice Sector to develop Rule of Law-based investigation, prosecution and detention of insurgent and terror-related threats while conducting U.S. Law of Armed Conflict detainee operations for third country nationals to protect U.S. forces and strengthen the legitimacy of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan."[citation needed]
In cooperation with the coalition and international counterparts, CJIATF 435 supported the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in building self-sustaining detention capacity and rule of law institutions compliant with Afghan and international law.[1] CJIATF 435 members served as advisors supporting Afghan detention operations, and were committed to the secure custody and humane care of detainees. All U.S. facilities operated in compliance with the applicable sections of Common Article III of the Geneva Conventions, the U.S. Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, relevant U.S. Executive Orders, Department of Defense policy and the U.S. Army Field Manual on interrogations.
CJIATF 435 also coordinated with the International Committee of the Red Cross and human rights organizations to ensure compliance with international standards of humane care and detainee treatment.