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    Introduction
    How is the Military in Afghanistan and how does it work to maintain Sucity and fight terrorism? In terms of Military and security forces, we have the the Taliban claims authority over a Ministry of Defense and a National Army (aka Army of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Islamic Emirate Army, or Afghan Army); it has also formed police forces under a Ministry of Interior (2025).
    In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s key security priorities are border and internal security; specific issues have included tensions with Pakistan along their shared border, armed anti-Taliban resistance elements, and the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham - Khorasan (ISIS-K) terrorist group (2025)
    Security and military information of Afghanistan
    Military and security service personnel strengths the Taliban claims to have 190,000 under the Ministry of Defense and 215,000 under the Ministry of Interior (2025)
    Military equipment inventories and acquisitions the Taliban military and security forces are equipped with armaments captured in 2021 from the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, which were largely equipped with Russian/Soviet-era and US material (2025)
    Military service age and obligation service is voluntary; there is no conscription (2023) . note: the Taliban dismissed nearly all women from the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, except those serving in detention facilities and assisting with body searches
    Military deployments N/A
    Military expenditures
    Military Expenditures 2019 3.3% of GDP (2019)
    Military Expenditures 2018 3.2% of GDP (2018)
    Military Expenditures 2017 3.3% of GDP (2017)
    Military Expenditures 2016 3.1% of GDP (2016)
    Military Expenditures 2015 2.9% of GDP (2015)
    Terrorism
    In Afghanistan, the different Terrorist group(s) include: Haqqani Network; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Islamic Jihad Union (IJU); Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU); Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham-Khorasan Province (ISIS-K); Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)/Qods Force; Jaish-e-Mohammed; Jaysh al Adl (Jundallah); Lashkar i Jhangvi; Lashkar-e Tayyiba; al-Qa’ida; al-Qa'ida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS); Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
    All Important Facts about Afghanistan

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    Afghanistan is found in Southern Asia