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Afghan National Army (ANA):
Size: 112,779 troops (as of 11 Apr 10)
Target strength: 171,600 (by October 2011)
Cost: $2.2 billion a year. This will rise to $3 million a year after the expansion, which itself will cost $17 billion
Casualties: January-September 20, 2009: 227 killed * 2007-2008: 537 killed
Afghan National Police (ANP):
Size: 102,995 (as of 29 Mar 10)
Currently in training: 7,116
Target strength: 109,000 (by October 2010) * 134,000 (by October 2011)
Casualties: January-September 20, 2009: 536 * 2007-2008: 1,412
Top Six Troop Contributing Countries:
United States: 62,414
United Kingdom: 9,500
Germany: 4,665
France: 3,750
Italy: 3,300
Canada: 2,830
Source: Human Security Support Project
From the CIAO Database:
Build-up of Afghan security forces ill advised
The Afghan War: A Campaign Overview
Afghanistan's Police: The Weak Link in Security Sector Reform
My Life with the Taliban (book)
The Cost of War: Afghan experiences of conflict, 1978-2009
Outside Sources: *
Facts & Figures: Afghan National Army (NATO)
http://www.isaf.nato.int/images/stories/File/factsheets-april/Apr2010-Fact Sheet ANA.pdf
International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan (NATO)
http://www.isaf.nato.int/
Afghanistan Opium Survey 2009 (UNODC)
http://www.unodc.org/documents/crop-monitoring/Afghanistan/Afghanistan_opium_survey_2009_summary.pdf
Afghanistan Conflict Monitor
http://www.afghanconflictmonitor.org/conflict_profiles.html
Afghanistan’s National Security Forces (CFR)
http://www.cfr.org/publication/19122/afghanistans_national_security_forces.html
* Outside links are not maintained. For broken outside links, CIAO recommends the Way Back Machine.