Afghan National Army

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:air_support gptkb:Afghan_Air_Force
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:allies gptkb:Coalition_forces
gptkb:Afghan_National_Police
gptkbp:branch Land Force
land forces
gptkbp:budget varied over years
$4.1 billion (2019)
gptkbp:casualties significant during conflicts
gptkbp:challenges gptkb:Taliban
gptkbp:chief_of_staff gptkb:General_Yasin_Zia
gptkbp:civilian_military_relations gptkb:complex
gptkbp:collaborated_with gptkb:International_Security_Assistance_Force
gptkbp:combat_experience gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
various conflicts
gptkbp:combat_history suffered heavy casualties
engaged in multiple conflicts
Afghan traditions
disbanded in 2021 after Taliban takeover
formed after the fall of Taliban in 2001
supported by international forces
impact on Afghanistan's future
involved in Afghan conflicts
gptkbp:combat_role counterinsurgency
gptkbp:command_structure gptkb:Ministry_of_Defense_of_Afghanistan
hierarchical
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War
gptkb:Soviet–_Afghan_War
gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan
gptkbp:country gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:cultural_influence Afghan society
gptkbp:current_status active
gptkbp:disbanded gptkb:none
gptkb:2021
August 2021
gptkbp:disbandment_reason Taliban takeover
gptkbp:dissolved gptkb:2021
gptkbp:engaged_in gptkb:counter-terrorism_operations
gptkbp:equipment U. S. supplied weapons
gptkbp:established gptkb:2002
gptkbp:established_in gptkb:U._S._government
gptkb:Bonn_Agreement
gptkbp:female_participation limited
gptkbp:female_service limited
gptkbp:fighting_style Taliban insurgency
gptkbp:firearms_used gptkb:M16
gptkb:AK-47
gptkbp:flag tricolor flag
flag of Afghanistan
gptkbp:formed gptkb:2002
gptkbp:funding gptkb:humanitarian_aid
gptkbp:gender limited
gptkbp:has_role inclusive of women
gptkbp:head_of_state gptkb:Prime_Minister_of_Afghanistan
gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Kabul
gptkbp:historical_context post-Taliban reconstruction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Afghan National Army
gptkbp:insignia gptkb:emblem_of_the_Afghan_National_Army
gptkbp:intelligence NATO intelligence
gptkbp:intelligence_support_from gptkb:U._S._intelligence_agencies
gptkbp:international_recognition limited post-2021
gptkbp:international_relations NATO relations
U. S.-Afghan relations
India relations
Iran relations
Pakistan relations
gptkbp:international_response U. S. and NATO allies
significant U. S. aid
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:NATO
gptkbp:language Dari
Pashto
gptkbp:leadership gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Chief_of_Army_Staff
gptkbp:logistics gptkb:U._S._Department_of_Defense
U. S. logistics support
gptkbp:manager gptkb:General_Yasin_Zia
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:special_forces
gptkb:artillery
gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:Afghan_National_Defense_and_Security_Forces
gptkb:Afghan_Armed_Forces
gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:military_conflict limited involvement
gptkbp:military_doctrine Western-style training
Western-style military training
gptkbp:military_exercises gptkb:U._S._military
joint exercises with NATO
gptkbp:military_lessons gptkb:U._S._military_academies
advanced training
specialized training
basic training
gptkbp:military_operations gptkb:cyber_operations
gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:intelligence_operations
gptkb:Resolute_Support_Mission
humanitarian missions
tactical operations
patrols
peacekeeping missions
joint operations with allies
reconnaissance missions
border security operations
defensive operations
urban warfare
strategic operations
training missions
logistical operations
counter-narcotics operations
offensive operations
rural operations
defense of Afghanistan
gptkbp:military_rank gptkb:Major_General
gptkb:Commodore_64
gptkb:Pilot
gptkb:Major
gptkb:Field_Marshal
gptkb:Police_Department
gptkb:Wing_Commander
gptkb:CEO
gptkb:Brigadier_General
gptkb:Lieutenant_Colonel
gptkb:Admiral
gptkb:Private
gptkb:Sergeant
gptkb:Colonel
gptkb:Captain
gptkb:Lieutenant
gptkb:Chief_of_Army_Staff
gptkb:General_Staff
gptkb:General
Second Lieutenant
Deputy Chief of Staff
officer ranks
enlisted ranks
Corporal First Class
officer and enlisted
Corporal Fifth Class
Corporal Fourth Class
Corporal Second Class
Corporal Third Class
Assistant Chief of Staff
Chief of Defense Staff
gptkbp:military_strategy Asymmetric warfare
counterinsurgency
Conventional warfare
Counterinsurgency
gptkbp:military_technology gptkb:artillery
gptkb:MRAP
gptkb:Humvee
modernization efforts
helicopters
armored vehicles
U. S. supplied weapons
gptkbp:motto Victory or Death
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Operation_Freedom's_Sentinel
gptkbp:official_language Dari
Pashto
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:operational_since gptkb:2002
gptkbp:operational_use gptkb:NATO-led_forces
gptkbp:operations counter-terrorism
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:Afghan_National_Defense_and_Security_Forces
gptkb:Ministry_of_Defense_(Afghanistan)
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:Afghan_Civil_War
gptkbp:partnerships gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Afghan_National_Army_(1950s)
gptkbp:primary_role ground warfare
gptkbp:provides_training_for gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:recruitment Afghan citizens
voluntary
gptkbp:reform ongoing challenges
gptkbp:replaced_by gptkb:Northern_Alliance
gptkbp:role ground combat
ground warfare
defense of Afghanistan
gptkbp:size approximately 300,000 personnel
approximately 180,000 personnel
approximately 300,000 personnel (pre-2021)
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Taliban
gptkb:Afghan_National_Defense_and_Security_Forces
gptkbp:support gptkb:U._S._government
U. S. and allied forces
gptkbp:symbol gptkb:Emblem_of_the_Afghan_National_Army
Lion emblem
gptkbp:training gptkb:U._S._military
gptkbp:training_centers various locations in Afghanistan
gptkbp:training_programs NATO training missions
gptkbp:type gptkb:agricultural_land
gptkbp:uniform gptkb:camouflage
gptkbp:veterans many displaced
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Operation_Enduring_Freedom
gptkb:Taliban
gptkb:Steyr_AUG
gptkb:Resolute_Support_Mission
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4