The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF), also known as the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), were the
military
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...
and
internal security
Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats. Responsibility for internal secu ...
forces of the
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Structure
The Afghan National Security Forces consisted of:
*
Ministry of Defence
**
Afghan National Army (ANA)
***
ANA Special Operations Command
**** Special Mission Wing (SMW)
***
Afghan Border Force (ABF)
***
Afghan National Civil Order Force (ANCOF)
**
Afghan Air Force (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)
***
Public Security Police
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkei ...
(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
NATO
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, ; french: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, ), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European and two No ...
special operations forces
Special forces and special operations forces (SOF) are military units trained to conduct special operations. NATO has defined special operations as "military activities conducted by specially designated, organized, selected, trained and equip ...
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.
See also
*
Military of Afghanistan
("The land belongs to Allah, the rule belongs to Allah")
, founded = 1997
, current_form =
, branches =
* Afghan Army
* Afghan Air Force
, headquarters = Kabul
, website =
, commander-in-chief ...
*
Law enforcement in Afghanistan
Law enforcement in Afghanistan is one of three major components of the nation's criminal justice system, along with courts and corrections. The General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) is the intelligence agency of the government of Afghanistan ...
References
Bibliography
*
*
*
*
*
*
Further reading
*
*
External links
Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) 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