Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan

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The Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan are the military forces controlled by the Taliban government, responsible for national defense and internal security across Afghanistan.

All labels observed (16)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed forces ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Armed Forces ⓘ
Taliban armed forces ⓘ
Taliban military ⓘ
commandStructure Amir al-Mu'minin (Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) ⓘ
Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Director-General of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Minister of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Minister of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
controlledBy Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Taliban ⓘ
country Afghanistan ⓘ
dateFormed 2021 ⓘ
engagedInConflict clashes with Islamic State – Khorasan Province ⓘ
insurgency in Panjshir Valley ⓘ
formedAfter Taliban takeover of Kabul in 2021 ⓘ
governedBy General Directorate of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ministry of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ministry of Interior of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
hasComponent Afghan Air Force (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) ⓘ
linked to: Afghan Air Force

Afghan Army (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) ⓘ
Badri 313 Battalion ⓘ
GDI paramilitary units ⓘ
Ministry of Defense forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Ministry of Interior forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Red Unit ⓘ
Taliban special forces ⓘ
border forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
intelligence forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
police forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
ideology Deobandi Islam ⓘ
Islamism ⓘ
operatesIn Afghanistan ⓘ
partOf Government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
precededBy Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ⓘ
primaryRole border security ⓘ
counterinsurgency within Afghanistan ⓘ
defense policy implementation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
law enforcement support ⓘ
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
replaced Afghan National Defense and Security Forces ⓘ
responsibleFor internal security in Afghanistan ⓘ
national defense of Afghanistan ⓘ
usesEquipmentFrom Soviet-era equipment ⓘ
United States military equipment left in Afghanistan ⓘ
former Afghan National Army stockpiles ⓘ
usesLanguage Dari ⓘ
Pashto ⓘ
linked to: Pashto language

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

M48 Patton tank → usedBy → Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Haqqani network → partOf → Taliban military apparatus ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Hibatullah Akhundzada → commands → Taliban armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → securityApparatus → Taliban security forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic State of Afghanistan → succeededBy → Taliban military forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → hasComponent → Afghan Army (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → hasComponent → Taliban special forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → hasComponent → police forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → hasComponent → intelligence forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Taliban armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Taliban military ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → alsoKnownAs → Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid → commands → Taliban armed forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Army → partOf → Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Islamic Emirate Army → alsoKnownAs → Taliban army ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Army → origin → Taliban military wing ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
205th Al-Badr Corps → partOf → Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Army ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Afghan National Defense and Security Forces → successor → Taliban security forces ⓘ
subject linked to: ANSF
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Minister of Defense of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → oversees → Afghan Armed Forces under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → securityApparatus → Taliban security forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Badri 313 Battalion → partOf → Taliban military forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Red Unit → partOf → Taliban military ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
GDI paramilitary units → operatedBy → Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
GDI paramilitary units → partOf → Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
GDI paramilitary units → commandStructure → Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
Amir al-Mu'minin (Supreme Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) → authorityOver → Taliban military forces ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Director-General of Intelligence of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan → partOf → Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan security apparatus ⓘ
linked to: Armed Forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan