Afghan National Army

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army military organization

The Afghan National Army was the primary land warfare branch of Afghanistan’s armed forces, responsible for defending the country and fighting insurgent groups until its collapse in 2021.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Afghan government 1
forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf army ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
abbreviation ANA ⓘ
allegiance Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
commanderTitle Chief of General Staff ⓘ
Minister of Defense ⓘ
conflict War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form: War in Afghanistan (1978–present)

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
insurgency in Afghanistan ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dateFormed 2002 ⓘ
dissolved 2021 ⓘ
equipmentSupplier Czech Republic ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
garrison Kabul ⓘ
headquarters Kabul ⓘ
languageOfCommand Dari ⓘ
Pashto language ⓘ
surface form: Pashto
militaryBranch land forces ⓘ
motto God, Country, Duty ⓘ
nativeName د افغانستان ملي اردو ⓘ
notableCommander Abdul Rahim Wardak ⓘ
Bismillah Khan Mohammadi ⓘ
Sher Mohammad Karimi ⓘ
Yasin Zia ⓘ
opponent al-Qaeda ⓘ
surface form: Al-Qaeda

Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ
Taliban ⓘ
partOf Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Armed Forces
precededBy Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan (pre-1992) ⓘ
reasonForDissolution collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
role counterinsurgency ⓘ
land warfare ⓘ
national defense ⓘ
size around 180000 personnel (circa 2014) ⓘ
over 300000 personnel on paper (including police, circa late 2010s) ⓘ
subUnit 201st Corps ⓘ
203rd Corps ⓘ
205th Corps ⓘ
207th Corps ⓘ
209th Corps ⓘ
215th Corps ⓘ
217th Corps ⓘ
Afghan Air Force ⓘ
surface form: Afghan Air Force (as separate branch of armed forces)

Afghan National Army Special Operations Command ⓘ
successor Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Emirate Army (de facto, under Taliban)
trainingSupportFrom Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
usedEquipment AK-47 ⓘ
Humvee ⓘ
M16 rifle ⓘ
M4 carbine ⓘ
MD 530F helicopter ⓘ
Mi-17 ⓘ
surface form: Mi-17 helicopter

Referenced by (6)

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

Fall of Kabul (2021) → belligerent → Afghan National Army ⓘ
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) → belligerent → Afghan National Army ⓘ
al-Qaeda → opposedBy → Afghan National Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afghan government
Northern Alliance → succeededBy → Afghan National Army ⓘ
this entity surface form: forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan