Military branches:
Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force), Afghan Militia
Force (AMF) (2005)
Military service age and obligation:
22 years of age; inductees are contracted into service for a 4-year
term (2005)
Manpower available for military service:
males age 22-49: 4,952,812 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service:
males age 22-49: 2,662,946 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military service age annually:
males: 275,362 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$188.4 million (2004)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
2.6% (2004)
Transnational Issues Afghanistan
Disputes - international:
the UN has been able to repatriate over two million Afghan refugees
but several million more continue to reside in Iran and Pakistan in
camps and elsewhere, many at their own choosing; Coalition and
Pakistani forces continue to patrol remote tribal areas to control
the borders and stem organized terrorist and other illegal
cross-border activities; regular meetings between Pakistani and
Coalition allies aim to resolve periodic claims of boundary
encroachments; occasional conflicts over water-sharing arrangements
with Amu Darya and Helmand River states
Refugees and internally displaced persons:
IDPs: 167,000 - 200,000 (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in
south and west due to drought and instability) (2004)