Armed Police Force

Armed Police Force, Nepal
Armed Police Force, Nepal
	Emblem of the Armed Police Force
Abbreviation	APF, Nepal
Motto	PEACE SECURITY COMMITMENT
Agency overview
Formed	2001
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	Nepal
Operations jurisdiction	Nepal
Governing body	Ministry of Home Affairs
Constituting instrument	Armed Police Force Act, 2001;
General nature	Federal law enforcement;
Specialist jurisdictions	National border patrol, security, and integrity.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Kathmandu, Nepal
Agency executive	Raju Aryal, Inspector General, APF;
Child agency	APF Club;
Website
	www.apf.gov.np

The Armed Police Force, Nepal is a land force tasked with counter-insurgency operations in Nepal. It functions as a semi-military wing, and occupies a sort of dual role as both military and law enforcement. Service is voluntary and the minimum age for enlistment is 18 years. Initially founded with a roster of 15,000 police and military personnel, the Armed Police Force was projected to have a corps of 77,117 at the close of 2015.

In February 1996, the ideologically Maoist Communist Party of Nepal operating as the United People's Front of Nepal initiated what was then dubbed the "People's War". Ensuing armed resistance and criminal activity escalating from the conflict motivated King Gyanendra to consider amassing an independent police force. Subsequently, the Armed Police Force was founded on 24 October 2001. Krishna Mohan Shrestha of the Nepal Police (then serving as Additional Inspector General of Police) was its first chief.

The current command and control organization of Nepal's army is outlined along the protocol of the 1990 Constitution and its interim constitution. Its standing Inspector General is the Chief of Armed Police Forces, equivalent in rank to a three-star Lieutenant General of the Nepal Army.

The fundamental ethos of the Armed Police Force (APF) is Peace, Security, Commitment.^{[citation needed]}