ANSF

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Afghan National Defense and Security Forces military and security organization

ANSF refers to the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, the former unified military and police apparatus of Afghanistan responsible for national defense and internal security prior to the Taliban’s 2021 takeover.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces	0

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ military and security organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Afghan National Security Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
component	Afghan Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan Border Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan Local Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan National Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan National Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Afghan Public Protection Force NERFINISHED ⓘ National Directorate of Security NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
controlledBy	Islamic Republic of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Afghanistan ⓘ
dissolutionCause	Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021 NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	territory of Afghanistan ⓘ
languageOfCommand	Dari NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashto NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalBasis	constitution of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
mainUniformColor	camouflage ⓘ
mission	maintain public order ⓘ protect Afghan government institutions ⓘ secure borders of Afghanistan ⓘ
operatedUntil	2021 ⓘ
policeUniformColor	blue-gray ⓘ
primaryOpponent	Al-Qaeda NERFINISHED ⓘ Haqqani network NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State – Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Taliban NERFINISHED ⓘ
reportedTo	Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ministry of Interior Affairs of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Office of the President of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	counterinsurgency ⓘ internal security ⓘ law enforcement support ⓘ national defense ⓘ
shortName	ANSF NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	Taliban security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
supportedBy	International Security Assistance Force NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO NERFINISHED ⓘ Resolute Support Mission NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
timePeriod	post-2001 Afghanistan ⓘ
trainingProvidedBy	ISAF partner nations NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
type	combined military and police apparatus ⓘ

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Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → alsoKnownAs → ANSF ⓘ