مجموعة ٥/٧٣ "سلاح الجو الأفغاني: تقارير من إعداد الملحق العسكري البريطاني في كابول خلال الفترة من ١ نوفمبر ١٩٤٧ إلى ٣١ أكتوبر ١٩٤٧" [و‎‎١‎١] (٥٦/٢١)

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6 • Chief of Air Staff. (G.M, II (w/Cdr) Asaif Khan),
He has no staff and is really deputy Commandant. He is, as one would
suppose, related to the Commandant. Ho has more personality than his superior
but no clearly defined duties.
The H.Q. is organised as follows :
Commandant
Chief of /dr Staff (Dep. Comdt).
H.Q., K.A.A.F.
Admin Brarich
Stores Accounts. Internal Security Branch
Pay Accounts
Ops and Trg.
8. Admin Branch ( K.lvl. (S/Ldr) Said Karim Khan).
This branch deals with overall admin of the R.A.A.F. Their scope includes
thf 1 issue of ration cards, register of personnel, leave register etc. It is, in
I 1 fact, a S.H.Q. Orderly Room. The above officer is at present under arrest for
accepting bribes in exchange for exemption from conscription.
9. Pay Accounts.
This section deals with all pay matters including (in a dilatory manner) pay
of A.A.F. personnel.
10. Ops and T rg. _ (K,M. Abdul S^id Khan),
'This officer is merely a cypher, he has no ability or enthusiasm. He is
elderly. He has a small staff of civilian clerks. He is glad to accept
programmes set out by the R.A.F, instructor without comment although this does
not help train the man ultimately responsible. There is no equivalent in the
R.A.F.
11 . Internal Security Branch.
Criticism even
never heard.
This H.Q. has a small administration staff. The above is one of the best
officers in the force, being energetic and a good disciplinarian. All orders
for wksps, sqns, etc. are passed from A.F. H.Q. to him and he does in fact see that
they are carried out. He can be described as W/Cdr Flying, and Squadron Admin
Ofiicer.
1 3. Photog raphic Secti on. (T,M. Ghul Muhd Khan),
This section lias done little in the past. Photography is about to be carried
out at the time of writing; as an experiment, archaeological excavad-ions west of
Kar ohar are to be photographed .Cameras have been made ready by the R.A.F. technical
officer in the Ansons. The above officer (Ghul Muhd) is R.A.F. trained and is
r'ff 'Qient. Due to lack of photographic activities he is also Adjutant to the
bt'- ■'or p-der.
An internal 'Gestapo* to damp down unrest within the unit,
constructive criticism of the forces methods is, as a result ?
1 2. S tation H.Q .( K.M. Shah Muhd Khan).