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Senator: Troop hike must help boost Afghan forces...increase the size of the Afghan security forces. Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Sunday that more Afghan army and police are central to succeeding in the 8-year-old war and more U.S. trainers and... In this article: Barack Obama, Carl Levin, Jack Reed, Afghanistan, Richard Lugar, Tora Bora, Osama bin Laden, U.S., and Tax |
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Las Vegas Sun | 9 hours ago
Training Afghan army worth the time
To those who have expressed concern about the length of time it is taking to train the Afghanistan army, I, as a retired U.S. Army colonel, would like to offer my thoughts. One must take into account that it takes about half a year to...
In this article: Afghanistan, Afghan army, South Korean Army, U.S. Army, Taliban, and United States
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washingtonpost.com | 14 hours ago
Up to 9,000 Marines set to start deployment to Afghanistan
The Marines will be quickly followed by about 1,000 U.S. Army trainers. They will deploy as early as February to speed the growth of the Afghan army and police force, military officials said. The new forces will not start moving until Obama...
In this article: Taliban, U.S., Stanley A. McChrystal, Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan army, and Opium
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The Afghan decision
PRESIDENT OBAMA is expected to announce on Tuesday a substantial escalation of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan: more training for the Afghan army, more support for Afghan governance and tens of thousands more American troops. It is a...
In this article: Barack Obama, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Afghan army, Afghanistan, United States, Pakistan, and Kabul
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New Kerala | 14 hours ago
Britain to host conference on Afghanistan in January
...should have identified additional troops to send to Helmand province for training. This is part of our idea that we will build up the Afghan army by nearly 50,000 over the next year, " he said. "Within six months, we will want a clear...
In this article: Gordon Brown, Afghanistan, Afghan army, Hamid Karzai, Britain, Ban Ki-moon, UN, London, and Trinidad and Tobago
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 6 days ago
Fifteen per cent of Afghan army 'are drug addicts'
...begun five-year term. Abdul Rahim Wardak, the Afghan defence minister, used a ceremony on Saturday in Kabul, at which Nato took command of Afghan army training, to announce that security force numbers would be cranked up to 400,000. "Our...
In this article: NATO, Afghan army, Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, Abdul Rahim Wardak, Kabul, United States, and Taliban
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Afghan government says 3 Afghan soldiers killed
KABUL -- Afghan officials say three Afghan National Army soldiers have been killed and two others have been wounded by a roadside bomb in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The Ministry of Interior said Monday that the bombing...
In this article: Afghanistan, Kandahar, and Kabul
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Stuff | 7 days ago
NATO takes command of Afghan army
...for Gaddafi guests Gunmen in army uniforms kill 12 Families fear for 'hikers' held in Iran NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital...
In this article: NATO, Afghan army, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, US, Taliban, Barack Obama, and Kabul
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NATO takes command of Afghan army, police training
KABUL (Reuters) - NATO took command of the training of the Afghan army and police on Saturday to consolidate efforts on building an effective security force, a vital precondition for the withdrawal of foreign troops. The existing U.S....
In this article: NATO, Afghan army, Stanley McChrystal, Afghanistan, Kabul, U.S., Taliban, and Barack Obama
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FT.com - World | November 19, 2009
Karzai says Afghan army aims to take charge
...Blitz in Kabul Published: November 19 2009 07:34 | Last updated: November 19 2009 09:44 President Hamid Karzai on Thursday said that the Afghan National Army should aim to take the lead responsibility for security in unstable parts of...
In this article: Hamid Karzai, NATO, Hillary Clinton, Kabul, US, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, and Stanley McChrystal
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The Afghan National Army (ANA) is a service branch of the Military of Afghanistan currently being trained by the coalition forces to ultimately take the lead in land-based military operations in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's army was officially established in the 1880s when the nation was ruled by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Prior to that the army was mostly a combination of tribesmen and militia forces, as well as a special army force under the ruler of the country.
During the 1960s to the early 1990s, the Afghan army was trained and equipped by the Soviet Union. By 1992 the national army fragmented into regional militias under local warlords. This was followed by the Taliban rule in 1996, which had their own armed forces. After the removal of the Taliban in late 2001, the new Afghan National Army began to be created with the support of US and other NATO countries.
The ANA is being equipped with modern weapons and provided with newly-built state-of-the-art housing facilities. Since 2002, billions of US dollars worth of military equipment, facilities, and other forms of aid has been provided to the ANA. Most of the weapons come from the United States, which includes 2,500 Humvees, at least 90,000 M-16 assault rifles, body armored jackets as well as other types of vehicles and weapons as well as aircraft. It also includes the building of a national military command center, with training compounds in different parts of the country.
- Name:
- Afghan National Army
- Years Active:
- 1880s–1992, 2001–Present
- Head:
- Bismillah Khan Mohammadi
- Colors:
- Black, Red and Green
- Role:
- Domestic Defense
- Size:
- 90,000+ active (May 2009)
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