Afghan National Army
- Territorial Force (ANA-TF)
The Afghan National Army - Territorial Forces was
established in 2018 by President Ghani. The intiative was developed to
provide a local defense force to 'hold' ground gained by the Afghan
National Army (ANA) and free up to ANA units to conduct offensive
operations in areas of Afghanistan contested by the Taliban. The newly
established units were intiially referred to as the
Afghan
Territorial Army.
The ANA-TF is considered by some to be a better
replacement local defense force than the Afghan Local Police or ALP. The
ALP, under the administration of the Ministry of Interior (MoI), was not
subject to meddling by politicians and local warlords and lack adequate
supervision and support at the district, provinicial, and national
levels.
The ANA-TF is a force that is considered to be
better led, organized, trainined, and supported than the Afghan Local
Police. Eventually it is anticipated that there will be 121 companies
(tolays) of about 120 men located across Afghanistan.
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