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The Islamic National Army (Pashto: اسلامي ملي اردو, Islāmī Milli Urdu), [2] [3] [4] also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Army and the Afghan Army, is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces.
The Afghan National Army Commandos (formerly ANA Commando Brigade; [5] ANA Commando Battalion and Afghan National Army Commando Corps [4]) is a commando (special operations capable) force of the Islamic Emirate Army.
A Soviet-Afghan joint force additionally conducted Operation Magistral in 1987, reinforced by Soviet 40th Army and 103rd Guards Airborne Brigade commanded by Boris Gromov and the DRA Special Purpose Battalion in Gardez, 8th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 25th Infantry Divisions and the 15th Tank Brigade, commanded by Shahnawaz Tanai.
The corps includes of the 2nd and 3rd Border Brigade each consists of hundreds of security personnel. [2] The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan-era corps it replaced was known as the 203 'Tandar' Corps and was a part of Afghan National Army. [3]
Previous Afghan Army formations in the south of Afghanistan, more specifically in Kandahar, were the 2nd Army Corps established under the Kingdom of Afghanistan and lasting until the collapse of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. [9] The 2nd Army Corps additionally had their own Afghan Spetsnaz battalion, known as the 212th Special ...
The Guard Regiments of the Afghan Army were established in the 1970s, under Daoud Khan and were disbanded in 1978-79 to strengthen the 8th Division’s new brigades. In 1978, the Afghan Army had its own Republican Guard Brigade, which was part of the Afghan Army under the Republic of Afghanistan. [1]
The 209th 'Shaheen' (Falcon) Corps was a corps, or military district, of the Afghan National Army. Its headquarters, Camp Shaheen, was at Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province. [7] It worked closely with the German-led Resolute Support Mission TAAC North, and had its 1st Brigade at Mazar-i-Sharif and a Second Brigade at Kunduz.
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.