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  2. List of Afghan Armed Forces installations - Wikipedia

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    Established in the 1950s, Bagram is the largest military air base in Afghanistan. It was a primary center for U.S. and allied forces for cargo, helicopter, and support flights. It has a 3,000-meter runway capable of handling heavy bomber and cargo aircraft. Hamid Karzai International Airport: Kabul, Kabul Province

  3. List of NATO installations in Afghanistan - Wikipedia

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    US Army Afghanistan National Police [40] [41] Charkh Charkh District: 2008: US Army Shank: Logar Province: 2008: 2014: US Army Czech Armed Forces Afghanistan National Army [42] COP Pul-e-Alam Pul-i-Alam District: 2009: US Army Afghanistan National Police Kherwar Logar Province: 2009: 2012: US Army Afghanistan National Army Baraki Barak Baraki ...

  4. Afghan Army - Wikipedia

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    Due to its 'simplicity, which matched low technology and basic organization found among the human resources available' the Taliban's army from 1996 to 2001 was perhaps the most successful national army for Afghanistan (p. 121). Giustozzi, Antonio (March 2007). "Auxiliary Force or National Army: Afghanistan 'ANA' and the COIN Effort 2002–2006".

  5. Afghan National Security Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Afghan National Security Forces consisted of Ministry of Defence [6]. Afghan National Army (ANA): [7] In December 2020 the U.S. Department of Defense wrote that the ANA General Staff commanded and controlled all of Afghanistan’s ground and air forces, including "the ANA conventional forces, the Afghan Air Force (AAF), the Special Mission Wing (SMW), the ANA Special Operations Command ...

  6. Afghan Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The 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 ...

  7. List of military operations in the war in Afghanistan (2001 ...

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    A major offensive, the primary objective of which was to quell the Taliban insurgency in southern Afghanistan Operation Mountain Viper: 30 August 2003: September 2003: The mountains of the Dey Chopan District, Zabul province: Sought to uncover Taliban rebels. Deaths included 124 militants, five Afghan Army personnel and one US soldier Operation ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The ... - The Huffington Post

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    In Afghanistan, some ugly aspects of the local culture and the brutality of the Taliban rubbed American sensibilities raw, setting the stage for deeper moral injury among Marines like Nick Rudolph. U.S. military soldiers tend to a local Afghan man, who was shot after being suspected of planting an IED roadside bomb in Genrandai village in ...

  9. Camp Rhino - Wikipedia

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    Forward operating base (FOB) Rhino, also known as Camp Rhino, was a U.S. military base located in the Registan Desert of Afghanistan, 100 nautical miles (190 km) southwest of Kandahar. It was the first U.S. land base established in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom and was in use from November 2001 to January 2002.