the Afghan Army, is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces. The roots of an army in Afghanistan can be traced back to the early 18th century when...

1981 the total strength of the Afghan Armed Forces was around 85,000 troops according to The New York Times. The Afghan Army had around 35–40,000 soldiers...

the Afghan National Army Air Corps was established, and was renamed the Afghan Air Force in 2010 while remaining part of the Afghan National Army. Since...

The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Soviet Union-controlled Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA) from 1979 to 1989...

This page shows a list of military weapons and vehicles used by the Afghan National Army up until December 2016. International 7000-MV Tata Motors SK1613/SE1615/SE1615TC...

War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Afghanistan–United States relations Afghanistan Papers Afghan War documents leak NATO logistics in the Afghan War US–Afghanistan...

Commando Battalion and Afghan National Army Commando Corps) is a commando (special operations capable) force of the Islamic Emirate Army. During the Taliban...

brigades. In 1978, the Afghan Army had its own Republican Guard Brigade, part of the Afghan Army under the Republic of Afghanistan. After the Saur Revolution...

India, in an effort to seize the old Afghan provinces west of the River Indus. Despite some initial success, the Afghan invasion was however repelled by the...

Afghan Civil War (1928-1929) Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1930) Braithwaite, Rodric (11 September 2013). Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89...

Afghanistan and the events of the Afghan Civil War, lasting until the Taliban’s rise to power in 1996. The history of special units within the Afghan...

the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan and the Soviet Union during the Soviet–Afghan War and the subsequent First Afghan Civil War. The term mujahid...

the Afghan Armed Forces were gradually reestablished by the United States and its allies. Initially, a new land force, the Afghan National Army (ANA)...

the Afghan National Army (including the Afghan Border Force, Afghan Air Force, Afghan Territorial Army, Afghan National Civil Order Force), Afghan National...

The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), renamed the Republic of Afghanistan in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's...

The 1989–1992 Afghan Civil War, also known as the First Afghan Civil War, took place between the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan and the end of the...

Ravi rivers, thousands of Afghan soldiers were drowned and much of the soldiers' baggage abandoned. Sikhs took the captured Afghan prisoners to Amritsar to...

coup, leading the tanks of the Royal Afghan Guard. Other tanks that took part in the coup belonged to the Afghan Army’s parachutist battalions. Despite being...

Anglo-Afghan War after the Afghan independence. The Afghans undertook to stop interference on the British side of the line in the subsequent Anglo-Afghan Treaty...

withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989. Afghan Civil War (1989–1992): Continuation of the conflict between the Afghan government and the Afghan mujahideen but...

belonging to the Afghan Armed Forces was shelled by the Taliban in the same month. On 16 June, Taliban fighters executed 22 surrendering Afghan Army commandoes...

2024, they have made alterations to the rank insignia of the former Afghan Army, replacing the coat of arms of the Islamic Republic with that of the...

of Afghan Armed Forces bases and installations used by the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and the Afghan National Army (ANA). List of airports in Afghanistan List...

Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) and overthrew Afghan president Mohammad Daoud Khan, who had himself taken power in the 1973 Afghan coup d'état and...

British Raj attempted to subjugate Afghanistan but was repelled in the First Anglo-Afghan War. However, the Second Anglo-Afghan War saw a British victory and...

at the crossing and two wounded. Afghan Civil War (1928–1929) Red Army intervention in Afghanistan (1929) Soviet–Afghan War "Центральный государственный...

The Afghan New Beginnings Programme aimed to disarm, demobilise and reintegrate thousands of combatants from the Afghan Militia Forces/Afghan Army and...

the Afghan army could lead the country into a civil war. He cited troop fatigue and low morale among the reasons for Afghan losses and urged Afghan forces...

subjugate Afghanistan but were repelled in the First Anglo-Afghan War; the Second Anglo-Afghan War saw a British victory. Following the Third Anglo-Afghan War...

secured a nearly $300 million U.S. government contract to supply the Afghan Army with 100 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition, aviation rockets and other...