U 2010. Afganistanska narodna armija broji oko 134000 ljudi, s namjerom da za godinu dana naraste do 260000. Ulagali se veliki napori u osiguravanju tog cilja u osiguravanju objekata, planiranja i treninga novih regruta. Cilj je zacrtao američki predsjednik Obama, uz suradnju Afganistanskog ministarstva obrane. Afganistanske oružane snage nastale su 1880. uz pomoć Britanaca. Prije toga vojska je bila kombinacija plemenskih milicija i vojnih snaga pojedinih provincijskih vladara. Tokom Prvog i Drugog svjetskog rata oružane snage Afganistana su pomagane od strane Njemačke, ali su u oba rata ostali neutralni. Nakon povlačenja NATO snaga, predvođenih SAD-om, 2021. godine, Talibani ponovno dolaze na vlast, praktički dok se još sve NATO snage nisu povukle. Afganistanska narodna armija se raspala u rekordnom roku!

      Od 1960. pa do 1990. godine vojska je opremana i obučavana od strane Sovjetskog saveza. Od 1992. vlast preuzimaju razne lokalne ratne vođe. Istovremeno talibani organiziraju svoje oružane snage. Nakon zbacivanja talibana, 2001. osnovana je Afganistanska narodna armija uz veliku pomoć SAD-a i NATO članica.

      Afghanistan's national army was established in the 1880s with the help of British. 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.  During WWI and WWII, the Afghan army was supported by Germany but the Afghan nation remained neutral. From the 1960s to the early 1990s, the army of Afghanistan was trained and equipped by the Soviet Union. By 1992, the national army fragmented into regional militias under local warlords. This was followed by the Taliban government in the mid 1990s, which had their own armed forces. After the removal of the Taliban in late 2001, the new Afghan National Army was created with support from the US and other NATO nations. From 2021 Talibans are again in power, after NATO under US command left the country. Afghanistan's national army fall apart in days!!!