Afghan National Army Commando Corps

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Afghan_National_Army_Commando_Corps
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_unit
gptkbp:branch gptkb:Afghan_Ministry_of_Defense
gptkbp:country gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkbp:disbanded 2021
gptkbp:established 2007
gptkbp:headquarters Kabul
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Afghan National Army Commando Corps
gptkbp:insignia red dagger with wings
gptkbp:language Dari
Pashto
gptkbp:motto Death is better than living as a coward
gptkbp:nickname ANA Commandos
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:General_Bismillah_Khan_Mohammadi
gptkb:General_Sami_Sadat
gptkbp:notableEngagement gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan_(2001–2021)
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:Battle_of_Marjah
gptkb:Battle_of_Ghazni_(2018)
gptkb:Operation_Moshtarak
Siege of Kunduz (2015)
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Afghan_National_Army_Special_Operations_Command
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Afghan_National_Army
gptkbp:role special operations
gptkbp:size approximately 21,000 personnel (at peak)
gptkbp:successor Islamic Emirate Army special forces (post-2021)
gptkbp:trainer trained by US Special Forces
gptkbp:uniform distinctive maroon beret
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Afghan_Special_Operations_Command
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7