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 (2024).
In Afghanistan, the Taliban’s primary security threats include ISIS-Khorasan and anti-Taliban resistance elements  (2023)
Security and military information of Afghanistan
Military and security service personnel strengths the Taliban claims that the defense forces have approximately 150,000 personnel; it also claims that over 50,000 personnel had been trained for the police forces (2024)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions the Taliban military/security forces are armed largely with US-provided equipment captured from the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces  (2023)
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 .
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) inlcude: Haqqani Taliban Network; Harakat ul-Mujahidin; Harakat ul-Jihad-i-Islami; Islamic Jihad Union; Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan; 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)
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Afghanistan is found in Southern Asia