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c) Armed Forces Academy of Medical Sciences (AFAMS) - (Kabul). AFAMS is
a medical academic institution within the MoD. AFAMS provides medical health
services, professional healthcare technicians, associated healthcare fields and
dental training and education to the ANSF. It is becoming a center of excellence
for medical and dental training and education in Afghanistan.
d) Afghan National Police Hospital (ANPH) - (Kabul). The ANPH is a 200
bed facility that will expand to 300 beds. It currently provides Role III care for all
ANP as well as other ANSF personnel and their families. ANPH houses residency
programs and partners with Ministry of Public Health to support their programs.
5.10 Afghan National Army:
5.11 General Staff (GS). The GS reports directly to the Chief of GS and manages the
strategy, policy and programming requirements for the MoD. The GS provides command
and control for the ANA National Assets (ANASOC and the MSF).
5.12 Ground Forces Command (GFC). GFC commands and controls the majority of
Afghanistan’s ground forces, including all six corps, the 111th Capitol Division, and
Afghan Detention Operations. The GFC was developed with the assistance of the CF in
April 2009 and achieved full operational capability in late 2012.
5.13 ANA Corps Structure. There are currently six ANA corps (Annex A, pg A-3).
Moving clockwise from the northeastern part of the country, they are: 201 st , 203 rd ,
205 th , 215 th , 207 th , and 209 th . They are typically comprised of a headquarters battalion,
three to four brigades, and various specialty kandaks (battalions).
ANA structure below Corps level is presented in Annex
A. The secession of units is corps, brigade, kandak, and tolay
(company).
5.14 Afghan National Army Special Operations Command
(ANASOC). ANASOC is a division-level organization
consisting of two Special Operations Brigades
(SOBs), a Military Intelligence Kandak, a national Strategic
Reserve Special Operations Kandak (6th SOK), four
mobile strike force vehicle (MSFV) companies, a General
Support Kandak (GSK), a Garrison Support Unit
(GSU), and a School of Excellence (SOE) (Annex
A, pg A-11). The SOKs are divided into two main
types of forces: Commandos and Special Forces.
Commandos are organized into companies
(three companies per SOK) and are rapidly
deployable, highly mobile, light infantry
units trained to conduct expeditionary
commando operations such as direct action,
cordon and search, reconnaissance,
raid, and air assault operations. Special
Forces are organized into 15-man Operational
Detachment Alphas (eight ODAs
per SOK) and specialize in internal
defense, village stability, localized intelligence
collection, special reconnaissance,
direct action, Religious Cultural Affairs
(RCA), and Special Information Force/
Afghan Information Dissemination
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