ANA

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ANA is the commonly used abbreviation for the Afghan National Army, the former main land warfare branch of Afghanistan’s armed forces.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
ANA canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army
military branch
abbreviation ANA self-linksurface differs
alliedWith International Security Assistance Force
NATO
United States Armed Forces
componentOf Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan
surface form: Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)
conflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: Insurgency in Afghanistan

Taliban insurgency
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: War in Afghanistan (1978–present)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Global War on Terrorism
surface form: War on Terror
country Afghanistan
countryControlledBy Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (post-2001, former)
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
equipmentSource NATO member states
United States of America
surface form: United States
era post-2001 Afghan state
garrison Kabul
headquarters Kabul
languageUsed Dari
Pashto
militaryBranchType land forces
notableOpponents al-Qaeda
surface form: Al-Qaeda

Haqqani network
Taliban
notableTheater Helmand Province, Afghanistan
surface form: Helmand Province

Kabul region
Kandahar Province
Kunar Province
Nangarhar Province
operationalEnvironment counterinsurgency
desert warfare
mountain warfare
partOf Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
surface form: Afghan Armed Forces
primaryFunction ground combat operations
territorial defense of Afghanistan
replacedBy Islamic Emirate Army
role land warfare branch of the Afghan Armed Forces
serviceBranchOf Afghan administration
surface form: Government of Afghanistan
standsFor Afghan National Army
status defunct
trainingAssistanceFrom ISAF
NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan
United States Armed Forces

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ANA abbreviation ANA self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Afghan National Army