The Islamic National Army,also referred to as the Afghan Army,is the land force branch of the Afghan Armed Forces. The roots of an army in Afghanistan can be traced back to the early 18th century when the Hotak dynasty was established in Kandahar followed by Ahmad Shah Durrani's rise to power. It was reorganized in 1880 during Emir Abdur Rahman Khan's reign. Afghanistan remained neutral during the First and Second World Wars. From the 1960s to the early 1990s,the Afghan Army was equipped by the Soviet Union.
Lieutenant General William Pelham Yarborough was a senior United States Army officer. Yarborough designed the U.S. Army's parachutist badge,paratrooper or 'jump' boots,and the airborne jump uniform. He is known as the "Father of the Modern Green Berets." He was descended from the Yorkshire House of Yarborough. Yarborough was a distant cousin to such British noble figures as the Baron Deramore,Lord Alvingham,the Duke of Buccleugh and the Marquess of Bath.
Curtis Michael "Mike" Scaparrotti is a retired United States Army four-star general who last served as the commander of United States European Command. He concurrently served as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Scaparrotti previously served as the director of the Joint Staff. Prior to his tour with the Joint Staff,Scaparrotti served as commander,International Security Assistance Force Joint Command and deputy commander,U.S. Forces –Afghanistan,the commanding general of I Corps and Joint Base Lewis-McChord,and the commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division.
The 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (10th SFG (A),or 10th Group) is an active duty United States Army Special Forces (SF) Group. 10th Group is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions:unconventional warfare (UW),foreign internal defense (FID),direct action (DA),counterinsurgency,special reconnaissance,counterterrorism,information operations,counter-proliferation of weapon of mass destruction,and security force assistance. 10th Group is responsible for operations within the EUCOM area of responsibility,as part of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR).
The 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne) (7th SFG) (A) is an operational unit of the United States Army Special Forces activated on 20 May 1960. It was reorganized from the 77th Special Forces Group,which was also stationed at Fort Bragg,North Carolina. 7th Group—as it is sometimes called—is designed to deploy and execute nine doctrinal missions:unconventional warfare,foreign internal defense,direct action,counter-insurgency,special reconnaissance,counter-terrorism,information operations,counterproliferation of weapons of mass destruction,and security force assistance. The 7th SFG(A) spends much of its time conducting foreign internal defense,counter-drug,and training missions of friendly governments' armed forces in South,Central,and North America as well as the Caribbean. 7th SFG(A) participated in Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada in 1983,and in Operation Just Cause in Panama in 1989. The 7th SFG(A) has,like all the SFGs,been heavily deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan in the War on Terror. The 7th SFG has lost more SF soldiers in the Global War on Terrorism than any other SFG.
James C. Yarbrough is a retired brigadier general in the United States Army.
The Afghan National Army Commando Corps was a commando force of the Afghan National Army (ANA). During the Taliban insurgency,the commandos comprised 7% of the Afghan National Security Forces but conducted 70% to 80% of the fighting. The unit structure was based on the 75th Ranger Regiment.
Lieutenant General John F. Mulholland Jr. is a retired senior officer who served in the United States Army and is the former Associate Director for Military Affairs (ADMA) at the Central Intelligence Agency. Mulholland previously served as Deputy Commander of the United States Special Operations Command,after having previously served in the US Army's Special Forces. He commanded special operations task forces in both Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom,earning an appointment as Deputy Commanding General of the Joint Special Operations Command and later as Commanding General,United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg.
Lieutenant General Gwendolyn Bingham is a retired officer of the United States Army who served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management from 2016 to 2019. Bingham previously served as the Commander of the TACOM Life Cycle Management Command headquartered at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren,Michigan,and as the Commanding General,White Sands Missile Range,New Mexico. She was the 51st Quartermaster General of the United States Army and Commandant of the United States Army Quartermaster School at Fort Lee,Virginia –the first female officer to hold these positions.
Brigadier General Mohammed Zafar Khan is a commander of the Afghan National Army stationed in Uruzgan,Afghanistan. He was appointed for the post of commander of the 4th Brigade,205th Corps on 11 September 2010.
Malcolm Bradley Frost is a retired United States Army major general who last served as Commanding General,Center for Initial Military Training,United States Army,Training and Doctrine Command,Fort Eustis,VA. MG Frost most recently served as Chief of Public Affairs for the U.S. Army at the Pentagon in Washington,DC. Frost's previous assignment was Deputy Commanding General of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg,NC from March 2014 to March 2015. In March 2014,Frost completed his assignment as Deputy Director for Operations at the National Military Command Center,J3 the Joint Staff at the Pentagon. Prior to that,he completed an assignment as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (G3/5/7) for the United States Army Pacific (USARPAC). and commanded the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team,25th Infantry Division.
John Francis Campbell is a retired United States Army general who was commander of the Resolute Support Mission and United States Forces –Afghanistan. He was the 16th and last commander of the International Security Assistance Force. Prior to this,he served as the 34th Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army. He is currently a member of the board of directors of IAP,and BAE Systems,and serves on the advisory board of Code of Support Foundation.
The Afghan National Army Special Operations Command 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.
Stephen J. Townsend is a United States Army four-star general who served as Commander United States Africa Command from 26 July 2019 to 8 August 2022. He previously commanded the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command from March 2018 until June 2019 and XVIII Airborne Corps from May 2015 until January 2018.
Events in the year 2017 in Afghanistan.
Harry E. Miller Jr. is a retired Army National Guard officer. A veteran of the Iraq War,he attained the rank of major general as commander of the 42nd Infantry Division,a position he held from 2013 to 2017.
Christopher Todd Donahue is a United States Army lieutenant general who has served as the commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps since March 11,2022. He most recently served as commanding general of the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Liberty,North Carolina. Throughout his career,Donahue served in staff and command positions for both United States Army and Special Operations units.
Tariq Shah Bahramee is a general in the Afghan National Army and current ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
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. The current Chief of Staff is Abdul Rahman Mansoori.
Faiz Muhammad was a prominent Afghan statesman and a Lieutenant Colonel in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan,being a former ambassador to Indonesia and Iraq. He was also head of the Operation Department of the 444th Commando Battalion,Minister of the Interior of Afghanistan and Minister of Border Affairs of Afghanistan.
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