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Asia > Afghanistan > Military

AFGHAN MILITARY STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Arms imports > constant 1990 US$ 22,000,000 constant 1990 US$ Time series [55th of 100]
Branches
Afghan Armed Forces: Afghan National Army (ANA, includes Afghan National Army Air Corps)
Definition: Military > Branches
Conscription
In view of the present conflict it is difficult to assess whether there is a coherent policy of conscription superseding the policy of the previous regime, under which conscription existed (AI).
Definition: Military > Conscription
Expenditures 1.9 % of GDP Time series [44th of 87]
Definition: Military > Expenditures
Expenditures > Dollar figure $188,400,000.00 Time series [33rd of 111]
Definition: Military > Expenditures > Dollar figure
Gulf War Coalition Forces 300 [24th of 30]
Definition: Military > Gulf War Coalition Forces
Manpower > Availability > Females 7,004,819 Time series [37th of 162]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Females
Manpower > Availability > Males 7,431,147 Time series [41st of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 7,160,600 [39th of 175]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 6,785,414 Time series [43rd of 175]
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males 4,234,180 Time series [50th of 210]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Fit for military service > Males
Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49 3,642,659 Time series [48th of 174]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Fit for military service > Males age 15-49
Manpower > Military age 22 years of age Time series
Definition: Military > Manpower > Military age
Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males 371,451 Time series [31st of 226]
Definition: Military > Manpower > Reaching military age annually > Males
Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict 2001
Definition: Military > Ongoing conflicts > Start of Conflict
personnel 27,000 Time series [92nd of 170]
Definition: Military > personnel
personnel > % of total labor force 0.26 % Time series [147th of 168]
Definition: Military > personnel > % of total labor force
Service age and obligation
22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year term
Definition: Military > Service age and obligation
Tanks 540 tanks [19th of 22]
Definition: Military > Tanks
Weapon holdings 1,760,000 [45th of 137]
Definition: Military > Weapon holdings

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SOURCES: World Development Indicators database; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Ongoing conflicts ; Dr T.R. O'Connor, (05/15/04); Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC)

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Afghanistan, Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan, Dowlat-e Eslami-ye Afghanestan, Afghanestan

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