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12 unusual facts about Afghan National Army


Amir Attaran

In February 2007, he received significant media coverage in Canada when he brought forward testimony by Afghan prisoners captured by Canadians and handed to the custody of the Afghan National Army, who said they had later been abused by the ANA.

Ghōr Province

Khan's troops left Chaghcharan on June 23, a day ahead of the arrival of an Afghan National Army battalion, led by Lieutenant-General Aminullah Paktiyanai, arrived with the support of about twenty U.S. soldiers.

Operation Whalers

Operation Whalers, conducted by a number of Marine infantry companies of 2/3 with attached Afghan National Army soldiers and supported by conventional Army aviation, intelligence, and combat arms forces units and U.S. Air Force aviation assets, proved a success.

Panjshir Province

As of 2012, security in the province is maintained by the Afghan National Police and the Afghan National Army.

Rob Nicholson

Afgan prisoners testified that after capture by Canadians, they were subsequently handed to the custody of the Afghan National Army, claiming they were later been abused by the ANA.

Sangin

currently the Marines are training the Afghan National Army (ANA) unit there, 3rd Tolai, 2nd Kandak, 2nd Brigade, 215th Corps, and saw positive results.

After regrouping the convoy an ANA vehicle struck an IED killing six Afghans outside of Hyderabad, Gerishk District, Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Senior captain

In the Afghan National Army and the Afghan National Police, between the ranks of turan (captain) and Jagran (major) is the rank of jag turan.

Shindand, Herat

A free medical clinic supported by the Afghan National Army (ANA) provides free medical care for the population of the town.

Tan beret

Afghan National Army Special Forces members are awarded a tan beret after successfully completing ANA Special Forces Qualification and serving honorably during for two deployment cycles.

Tarinkot

On 27 July 2011, a Pakistani suicide terrorist from the Waziristan region of Pakistan was captured by the Afghan National Army and ISAF forces during a raid on the house of Mullah Qasim in the Sur Marghab area near Tirinkot.

Zabul Province

In 2006, the province's first airstrip was opened near Qalat, to be operated by the Afghan National Army, but also for use by commercial aviation.


Afghan Independence Day

The First Anglo-Afghan War (1839–1842) led to the defeat of the entire British-led Indian invaders by the Afghan National Army (ANA) under Akbar Khan somewhere at the Kabul-Jalalabad Road, near the city of Jalalabad.

Char Dara District

Beginning in April 2009, German and Afghan troops based in Kunduz made several attempts to combat the rising presence of militants in the Char Dara District.

People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan

Later in March 1990 Defense Minister and Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Shahnawaz Tanai tried to seize power in a military coup.

Task Force Phoenix

It was organized by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) in 2003-2004 to train and mentor the newly created Afghan National Army/Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to establish and maintain law and order throughout Afghanistan using Embedded Training Teams or ETTs.

Trevor LeBlanc

Trevor's platoon is charged with aiding a squad of Afghan National Army soldiers on an interdiction mission in Kandahar Province to disrupt Taliban transportation lines.

William B. Caldwell

Less than a year after Caldwell took command, NTM-A trained an additional 68,000 soldiers for the Afghan National Army and 35,000 for the Afghan National Police.