The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), also known as the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), were the

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and

internal security Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other Self-governance, self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. Responsibility fo ...

forces of the

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic that ruled Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim (2001–2002) and transitional (2002–2004) administrations, which were formed ...

Structure

The Afghan National Security Forces consisted of: *

Ministry of Defence {{unsourced, date=February 2021 A ministry of defence or defense (see spelling differences), also known as a department of defence or defense, is an often-used name for the part of a government responsible for matters of defence, found in states ...

Afghan National Army Afghan may refer to: *Something of or related to Afghanistan, a country in Southern-Central Asia * Afghans, people or citizens of Afghanistan, typically of any ethnicity **Afghan (ethnonym), the historic term applied strictly to people of the Pas ...

(ANA) ***

ANA Special Operations Command The Afghan National Army Special Operations Command (ANASOC) was a special forces formation of the Afghan National Army, established in 2011 and effectively dispersed after the defeat of the government by the Taliban in 2021. The ANA commandos ...

**** Special Mission Wing (SMW) *** Afghan Border Force (ABF) *** Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF) **

Afghan Air Force The Air Force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, also referred to as the Islamic Emirate Air Force and the Afghan Air Force, is the air force branch of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The Royal Afghan Air Force was e ...

(AAF) * Ministry of Interior Affairs **

Afghan National Police The Afghan National Police (ANP; ps, د افغانستان ملي پولیس; prs, پلیس ملی افغانستان), is the national police force of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, serving as a single law enforcement agency all across ...

(ANP) *** Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) ***

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(PSP) ***

Afghan Border Police The Afghan Border Force (ABF) was responsible for security of Afghanistan's border area with neighboring countries extending up to into the interior and formed part of the Afghan National Army. In December 2017, most of the Afghan Border Police ...

(ABP) *** General Directorate for Intelligence and Counter Crime (GDICC) (formerly Afghan Anti-Crime Police (AACP)) *** Afghan Public Protection Force (APPF) ***

Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan The Counter Narcotics Police of Afghanistan (CNPA) was a specialist force under the command of the Afghan National Police The Afghan National Police (ANP; ps, د افغانستان ملي پولیس; prs, پلیس ملی افغانستان), ...

(CNPA) ***

Afghan Local Police The Afghan Local Police (ALP) was a US- UK sponsored local law enforcement agency, defence force and militia in Afghanistan as part of the Afghan Ministry of Interior Affairs. Formed primarily as a local defence force against Taliban insurgents ...

(ALP) ** General Command of Police Special Units (GCPSU) *** Afghan Territorial Force (ATF) 444 *** Crisis Response Unit (CRU) 222 *** Commando Force (CF) 333

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trained, advised and assisted the ANASOC, SMW and GCPSU who were collectively known as the Afghan Special Security Forces (ASSF). The ASSF was described as the "ANDSF’s primary offensive forces". The

National Directorate of Security The National Directorate of Security (NDS; ps, د ملي امنیت لوی ریاست; prs, ریاست عمومی امنیت ملی) was the national intelligence and security service of Afghanistan. The headquarters of the NDS was in Kabul, ...

(NDS) was the state intelligence and security service and was part of the ANSF. The NDS reported directly to the Office of President.

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Media Backgrounder, NATO, October 2013 . 2000s in Afghanistan 2010s in Afghanistan 2020s in Afghanistan 2000s establishments in Afghanistan 2021 disestablishments in Afghanistan War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Military history of Afghanistan {{Afghanistan-mil-stub

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