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Mohammed Asif Safi
General Mohammed Asif Safi (1923 — July 26, 2009) (Pashto language, Pashto:تور نجنرال اركا نحرب محمد آصف صافي) was an Army General in the Afghan National Army during King Muhammed Zahir Shah, Zahir Shah's rule in Afghanistan, and later during the 1970s era of President Mohammed Daoud Khan. Early life and education General Mohammed Asif Safi Khan was born in Laghman Province in eastern Afghanistan. His father, Mohammed Ayub Khan (also known as Malik Saylob), was a local Malik of Ali Khel district . At age four, Asif Khan attended Afghanistan's National Army school (Pashto: Arbi Shwanzai) . In 1944, he graduated from Afghanistan's National Army University (Pashto: Arbi Pohantoon) with highest honor. In 1945, he went to India for higher education, and attended an Army Institute in the city of Ambala . In 1955, he went to Turkey where he obtained a master's degree, and went again in 1959 to obtain a doctorate degree . He attended the Turkish War College ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alikhel
Alikhel ( ps, عليخېل) or Alikhil is a Pashtun tribe in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Alikhel belongs to the tribe of the Panni confederation of Pashtuns. It is considered a "brother tribe" of the Sulaimankhel and Tanoli tribes.Neamet Ullah History of the Afghans, Bernhard Dorn, 1836, p=49 In 1924, the Alikhel joined in the Khost Rebellion initiated by the Mangal tribe. Notable members *Abassin Alikhil *Ikram Alikhil * Selsela Alikhil See also * Ali Khel, Orakzai Agency, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Jalandhar, Punjab, India * Ali Khel, a district in Ghazni, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, Waziristan, a town in Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan * Ali Khel, a town in Balochistan, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Malakand, Swat KPK, Pakistan * Ali Khel, Paktia, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, district of Laghman, Afghanistan * Ali Khel, Azakhel Bala, Nowshera of KPK province of Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commander
Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. Commander is also a generic term for an officer commanding any armed forces unit, for example "platoon commander", "brigade commander" and "squadron commander". In the police, terms such as "borough commander" and "incident commander" are used. Commander as a naval and air force rank Commander is a rank used in navies but is very rarely used as a rank in armies. The title, originally "master and commander", originated in the 18th century to describe naval officers who commanded ships of war too large to be commanded by a lieutenant but too small to warrant the assignment of a post-captain and (before about 1770) a sailing master; the commanding officer served as his own master. In practice, these were usually unrated sloops-of-war of no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Corps
The 201 Khalid Ibn Walid Corps is one of the eight corps of the Islamic Emirate Army established in October 2021 and headquartered in Laghman Province, Laghman. The current Chief of Staff is Abdul Rahman Mansoori. The conventional corps of the Islamic Emirate Army were renamed in November 2021 by Mohammad Yaqoob, Mohammad Yaqub Mujahid, Acting Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan), Minister of Defense. The 201 Corps was renamed 'Khalid Ibn Walid' and at the time was under the command of Abu Dujana (Commander); Abdul Rahman Mansoori (Chief of Staff); and Ibrahim (Deputy Commander). The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan-era corps it replaced was known as the 201st 'Selab' Corps and was a part of Afghan National Army. Commanders 201st 'Selab' Corps 2004-2021 The 201st 'Selab' Corps was a corps-sized formation of the now-defunct Islamic Republic's Afghan National Army. The establishment of the corps started when the first commander and some of his staff were appointed on 1 Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baghlan
Baghlan (Dari: بغلان ''Baġlān'') is a city in northern Afghanistan, in the eponymous province, Baghlan Province. It is located three miles east of the Kunduz River, 35 miles south of Khanabad, and about 500 metres above sea level in the northern Hindu Kush. Baghlan's capital, Pul-e-Khumri, is known to be an economic hub connected to eight other provinces by the Kabul-North highwa History Baghlan grew as an urban centre in the 1930s as a result of a new road from Kabul across the Kunduz River. Baghlan was the capital of the defunct Qataghan Province of northeastern Afghanistan, prior to the controversial 1964 dissolution. Climate With an influence from the local steppe climate, Baghlan features a cold semi-arid climate (''BSk'') under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Baghlan is 15.8 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 284 mm. July is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 28.3 °C. The coldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahrin
Nahrin is a town in Baghlan Province in north-eastern Afghanistan.National Geospatial Intelligence Agency It is the capital of Nahrin District. See also *Baghlan Province Baghlan (Dari: ''Baġlān'') is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the north of the country. As of 2020, the province has a population of about 1,014,634. Its capital is Puli Khumri, but its name comes from the other majo ... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Baghlan Province {{Baghlan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gardēz
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Infantry
Infantry is a military specialization which engages in ground combat on foot. Infantry generally consists of light infantry, mountain infantry, motorized infantry & mechanized infantry, airborne infantry, air assault infantry, and marine infantry. Although disused in modern times, heavy infantry also commonly made up the bulk of many historic armies. Infantry, cavalry, and artillery have traditionally made up the core of the combat arms professions of various armies, with the infantry almost always comprising the largest portion of these forces. Etymology and terminology In English, use of the term ''infantry'' began about the 1570s, describing soldiers who march and fight on foot. The word derives from Middle French ''infanterie'', from older Italian (also Spanish) ''infanteria'' (foot soldiers too inexperienced for cavalry), from Latin '' īnfāns'' (without speech, newborn, foolish), from which English also gets '' infant''. The individual-soldier term ''infantry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Education (Afghanistan)
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The Afghan Ministry of Education ( fa, وزارت معارف افغانستان , links=no)( ps, د پوهني وزارت افغانستان , links=no) is responsible for policy formulation, the organization and supervision of education in Afghanistan. Its headquarters is located in Kabul. The current Education Minister is Rangina Hamidi. The Ministry of Education provides a semi-annual report to inform the public of advancements in Afghanistan's education sector.http://moe.gov.af/en/page/1831/3031 Ministers References External links * Education Education in Afghanistan Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabul
Kabul (; ps, , ; , ) is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. Located in the eastern half of the country, it is also a municipality, forming part of the Kabul Province; it is administratively divided into 22 municipal districts. According to late 2022 estimates, the population of Kabul was 13.5 million people. In contemporary times, the city has served as Afghanistan's political, cultural, and economical centre, and rapid urbanisation has made Kabul the 75th-largest city in the world and the country's primate city. The modern-day city of Kabul is located high up in a narrow valley between the Hindu Kush, and is bounded by the Kabul River. At an elevation of , it is one of the highest capital cities in the world. Kabul is said to be over 3,500 years old, mentioned since at least the time of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Located at a crossroads in Asia—roughly halfway between Istanbul, Turkey, in the west and Hanoi, Vietnam, in the east—it is situated in a stra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Defense
Anti-aircraft warfare, counter-air or air defence forces is the battlespace response to aerial warfare, defined by NATO as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action".AAP-6 It includes surface based, subsurface ( submarine launched), and air-based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements, and passive measures (e.g. barrage balloons). It may be used to protect naval, ground, and air forces in any location. However, for most countries, the main effort has tended to be homeland defence. NATO refers to airborne air defence as counter-air and naval air defence as anti-aircraft warfare. Missile defence is an extension of air defence, as are initiatives to adapt air defence to the task of intercepting any projectile in flight. In some countries, such as Britain and Germany during the Second World War, the Soviet Union, and modern NATO and the United States, ground-based air defence and air defence aircraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
