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Afghan National Defense and Security Forces
![Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-07-31-1.jpg)
Taliban Announce Eid Ceasefire After a Bloody Spring
By Catherine Putz
The next step may very well be intra-Afghan talks, but the Taliban have spent the first half of the year bludgeoning the Afghan security forces.
![US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
US Extends A-29 Light Attack Aircraft Procurement Contract for Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Pentagon has extended a procurement contract for the Afghan Air Force’s A-29s until 2024.
![A Battle of Several Fronts: Afghan Women in the Security Forces A Battle of Several Fronts: Afghan Women in the Security Forces](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-4221936.jpg)
A Battle of Several Fronts: Afghan Women in the Security Forces
By Jawad Zawulistani
Afghanistan can do more to bring women into the security forces, and the country will benefit greatly from doing so.
![A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
A-29s Carry Out One Third of Afghan Airstrikes
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Five out of 15 airstrikes that the Afghan Air Force conducts each day are carried out by A-29 light attack aircraft.
![Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-1_20180325-aaf-blur-1.jpg)
Afghan Air Force Drops Laser-Guided Bomb for 1st Time in Combat
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Afghan Air Force light attack aircraft used a laser-guided bomb to destroy a Taliban compound in Southwestern Afghanistan.
![Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-6298867259_1fecf9f4a7_b.jpg)
Afghan Civilian Casualties, the Elephant in the Room
By Said Sabir Ibrahimi
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan shouldn’t be treated as simple statistics that no one wants to talk about.
![US Buys 6 More Light Attack Aircraft for Afghan Air Force US Buys 6 More Light Attack Aircraft for Afghan Air Force](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-01-19_12-04-25.jpg)
US Buys 6 More Light Attack Aircraft for Afghan Air Force
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The U.S. Air Force placed an order for six additional light attack aircraft for the Afghan Air Force.
![Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat.com-1200px-afghan_commandos_in_line.jpg)
Fixing Afghanistan's Struggling Security Forces
By Ghulam Farooq Mujaddidi
To make the ANDSF an effective force, there needs to be some drastic changes.
![Afghan Air Force Receives 4 Light Attack Aircraft Afghan Air Force Receives 4 Light Attack Aircraft](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-23_15-08-47.jpg)
Afghan Air Force Receives 4 Light Attack Aircraft
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The four new light attack aircraft are arriving just in time for this year’s fighting season.
![Afghanistan: General Dostum Micromanages Kunduz War Afghanistan: General Dostum Micromanages Kunduz War](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-08-05_01-18-39.jpg)
Afghanistan: General Dostum Micromanages Kunduz War
By Shawn Snow
Afghan security forces have been struggling to push the Taliban out of Kunduz city.
![US Army to Deploy 1,400 Airborne Troops to Afghanistan US Army to Deploy 1,400 Airborne Troops to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-09-07_18-59-27.jpg)
US Army to Deploy 1,400 Airborne Troops to Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Elements of the 101st Airborne Division will be deployed to support counterterrorism operations in the country.
![US To Send $60 Million Arms Package to Afghanistan US To Send $60 Million Arms Package to Afghanistan](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-08-25_20-10-09.jpg)
US To Send $60 Million Arms Package to Afghanistan
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are slated to receive over 5,000 new rifles and machine guns.
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