Military and security service personnel strengths | the Taliban claims that the defense forces have approximately 150,000 personnel; it also claims that over 50,000 personnel had been trained for the police forces (2024) |
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Military equipment inventories and acquisitions | the Taliban military/security forces are armed with weapons and equipment captured in 2021 from the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, which was largely equipped with Russian/Soviet-era and US material (2024) |
Military service age and obligation | service is voluntary; there is no conscription (2023). note: the Taliban dismissed nearly all women from the former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces, except those serving in detention facilities and assisting with body searches |
Military deployments | . |
Military expenditures | |
Military Expenditures 2019 | 3.3% of GDP (2019) |
Military Expenditures 2018 | 3.2% of GDP (2018) |
Military Expenditures 2017 | 3.3% of GDP (2017) |
Military Expenditures 2016 | 3.1% of GDP (2016) |
Military Expenditures 2015 | 2.9% of GDP (2015) |
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