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Bookmark or Share- Afghanistan National Army (ANA) - Institute for the Study of WarThe Afghan National Army (ANA) is divided into five combat Corps. The Corps function as regional commands and are deployed throughout the country. In addition to the 201st Corps in Kabul, the 203rd Corps is based in Gardez; the 205th Corps is based in Kandahar; the 207th Corps is based in Herat; the 209th Corps is based in Mazar-e-Sharif.
- From 300,000 to a Few Hundred: The Collapse of Afghanistan’s ArmyPresident Joe Biden told the American people on July 8 that the U.S. and its partners in Afghanistan had "trained and equipped nearly 300,000 current serving members of the military" – a critical...
- Afghan Armed Forces - WikipediaThe Afghan Armed Forces, officially the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (Pashto: د اسلامي امارت وسله وال ځواکونه, Dari: نیروهای مسلح امارت اسلامی افغانستان) [3] and also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Armed Forces, is the military of Afghanistan, commanded by the Taliban government from 1997 to 2001 and since August 2021.
- The Afghan Army Collapsed In Days. Here Are The Reasons Why - NPRThe U.S. military spent years training Afghan soldiers to fight insurgents. Yet in a matter of days, the Afghan National Army collapsed, and the Taliban captured the country. What went wrong?
- How the Afghan Army Collapsed Under the Taliban’s PressureQuite simply, an Afghan military that over the past twenty years had learned to rely on U.S. support for airpower, intelligence, logistics, planning, and other vital enablers was fatally...
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