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Introduction - Afghanistan: | Location - Afghanistan: | People - Afghanistan: | Government - Afghanistan: | Economy - Afghanistan: | Communications - Afghanistan: | Transportation - Afghanistan: | Military - Afghanistan: | Military branches | Afghan National Army (includes Afghan Air Force) (2006) | | 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
females age 22-49: 4,663,963 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 22-49: 2,662,946
females age 22-49: 2,508,574 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 275,362
females age 22-49: 259,935 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 136,565 (mostly Pashtuns and Kuchis displaced in south and west due to drought and instability) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 1.9% (2006 est.) | | Disputes international | Pakistan, with UN and other international assistance, repatriated 2.3 million Afghan refugees with less than a million still remaining, many at their own choosing; Pakistan has proposed and Afghanistan protests construction of a fence and laying of mines along portions of their border; Coalition and Pakistani forces continue to monitor remote tribal areas to control the border with Afghanistan and stem terrorist and other illegal activities | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |