Afghanistan National Army

Afghan National Army is a service branch of the Military of Afghanistan which is currently trained by the coalition forces to ultimately take the role in land-based  military operations in Afghanistan. Afghanistan's national army was established in the 1880s with the help of British, when the nation was ruled by Emir Abdur Rahman Khan. Prior to that the army was mostly a combination of tribesmen and militia forces, as well as a special army force under the ruler of the country