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Military - note Afghanistan, in 7 editions.
The entry for Afghanistan published Military - note in 7 editions of 36, from 2019 to 2025. The text changed in 6 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
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- the first edition with it
- 2019
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military - note” (2019 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Rewritten since 2024- Since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces;
- RSM includes 17,000 troops, including 8,500 US and 8,700 other troops from 38 countries (September 2019)
Since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces; RSM includes 17,000 troops, including 8,500 US and 8,700 other troops from 38 countries (September 2019)
- since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces;
- as of mid-2020, RSM includes about 16,000 troops from 38 countries (June 2020)
Since since early 2015, the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan known as Resolute Support Mission (RSM) has focused on training, advising, and assisting Afghan government forces; as of mid-2020, RSM includes 17,000 troops, including 8,500 US and 8,700 other about 16,000 troops from 38 countries (September 2019) (June 2020)
- during the fighting with the Afghan Government, the Taliban’s military operations and strategy were directed by a leadership council (Rahbari Shura) led by HAIBATULLAH Akhundzada;
- Taliban forces were a decentralized guerrilla and militia force of approximately 60-80,000 full-time fighters loosely organized as battalions and brigades with at least one corps headquarters;
- as of October 2021, the Taliban was still forming an official military structure, although it reportedly had named commanders for 8 regional corps and established a named special forces unit
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
during the fighting with the Afghan Government, the Taliban’s military operations and strategy were directed by a leadership council (Rahbari Shura) led by HAIBATULLAH Akhundzada; Taliban forces were a decentralized guerrilla and militia force of approximately 60-80,000 full-time fighters loosely organized as battalions and brigades with at least one corps headquarters; as of October 2021, the Taliban was still forming an official military structure, although it reportedly had named commanders for 8 regional corps and established a named special forces unit
as of 2022, the Taliban’s primary security threats included ISIS-Khorasan and anti-Taliban resistance elements known as the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front
Rewritten: too little of the 2021 text remains to mark the changes.
as of 2022, the Taliban’s primary security threats included ISIS-Khorasan and anti-Taliban resistance elements known as the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front
the Taliban’s primary security threats include ISIS-Khorasan and anti-Taliban resistance elements known as the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front (2023)
as of 2022, the Taliban’s primary security threats included include ISIS-Khorasan and anti-Taliban resistance elements known as the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front (2023)
the Taliban’s security focuses include border security, ISIS-Khorasan, and anti-Taliban resistance elements (2023)
the Taliban’s primary security threats focuses include ISIS-Khorasan border security, ISIS-Khorasan, and anti-Taliban resistance elements known as the National Resistance Front and Afghanistan Freedom Front (2023)
- 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)
Rewritten: too little of the 2024 text remains to mark the changes.
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)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Afghanistan: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 2019–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/afghanistan/military-note.