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ISAF Key Fact and Figures Placemat International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army Strength & Laydown I. International Security Assistance Force (ISAF): Facts and Figures In accordance with all the relevant Security Council Resolutions, ISAF’s main role is to assist the Afghan government in the establishment of a secure and stable environment. To this end, ISAF forces are conducting security and stability operations throughout the country together with the Afghan National Security Forces and are directly involved in the development of the Afghan National Army through mentoring, training and equipping. Key Facts: • Commander: General (USA) Stanley A. McChrystal Note on numbers: Totals are • 42 Troop Contributing Nations approximations and actual numbers • ISAF Total Strength: approx 64,500 change daily. Number of troops will • ISAF AOR (Afghanistan land mass) 650,000 km² never be exact and should be taken as • 26 Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) indicatives. ISAF REGIONAL COMMANDS RC N Lead nation & PRT LOCATIONS RC(N) Feyzabad RC(W) MeS Konduz Meymana RC(C) Kabul Pol-e-Khomri Nuristan RC C Panjshir Lead nation Qala-e-Naw Bagram Herat Asadabad Bamyan Mether Lam Chaghcharan RC W WardakLogar Lead nation Jalalabad Gardez Ghazni Khowst RC(E) Bagram RC E Tarin Kowt Lead nation Farah Sharana Qalat Kandahar ISAF PRT Lashkar Gah PRT Lead Nation Regional Command (RC) RC S Lead nation RC(S) KABUL Regional Command Capital: (appx ISAF strength 6,200) Regional Command North: (appx ISAF strength 5,600) • HQ ISAF KABUL (COMPOSITE) • HQ RC(N) in MAZAR-E-SHARIF (DEU) • HQ RC(C) KABUL (FRA) • Forward Support Base MAZAR-E-SHARIF (DEU) • KAIA (POL) • PRT MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SWE) • PRT FEYZABAD (DEU) Regional Command South: (appx ISAF strength 29,400) • PRT KONDUZ (DEU) • PRT POL-E KHOMRI (HUN) • HQ RC(S) in KANDAHAR (NLD) (rotates CAN, NLD, GBR) • PRT MEYMANA (NOR) • Forward Support Base KANDAHAR (multinational) • PRT KANDAHAR (CAN) • PRT LASHKAR-GAH (GBR, DNK, EST) Regional Command East: (appx ISAF strength 19,900) • PRT TARIN KOWT (NLD,AUS) • PRT QALAT (USA,ROU) • HQ RC(E) in BAGRAM • Forward Support Base BAGRAM (USA) • PRT LOGAR (CZE) • PRT GHAZNI (POL,USA) Regional Command West: (appx ISAF strength 3,400) • PRT SHARANA (USA) • PRT ASADABAD (USA) • PRT KHOST (USA) • PRT BAGRAM (USA) • HQ RC(W) in HERAT (ITA) • PRT METHER LAM (USA) • PRT NURISTAN (USA) • Forward Support Base HERAT (ESP) • PRT BAMYAN (NZL) • PRT HERAT (ITA) • PRT PANJSHIR (USA) • PRT WARDAK (TUR) • PRT FARAH (USA) • PRT JALALABAD (USA) • PRT GARDEZ (USA) • PRT QALA-E-NOW (ESP) • PRT CHAGHCHARAN (LTU) Current as of 23 July 2009 . International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army strength & laydown Troop Contributing Nations (TCN): The ISAF mission consists of the following 42 nations (the troop numbers are based on broad contribution and do not reflect the exact numbers on the ground at any one time). Albania 140 Finland 110 Lithuania 200 Spain 780 Australia 1090 France 3160 Luxemburg 9 Sweden 430 3 Netherlands 1770 The former Yugoslav Austria Georgia 1 Republic of Macedonia* 165 90 Azerbaijan Germany 4050 New Zealand 160 Turkey 730 Belgium 510 Greece 145 Norway 485 Ukraine 10 Bosnia and United Arab 2 310 Poland 2000 Herzegovina Hungary Emirates 25 Bulgaria 470 Iceland 8 Portugal 90 United Kingdom 9000 1025 Canada 2800 Ireland 7 Romania United States 29950 Croatia 295 Italy 2795 Singapore 8 Czech Republic 340 Jordan 7 Slovakia 230 Denmark 700 Latvia 165 Slovenia 80 Total (appx) 64,500 Estonia 150 * Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name II. The Afghan National Army (ANA): Facts and Figures In September 2008, the Joint Commission and Monitoring Board, co-chaired by the Afghan government and the United Nations, agreed to increase the total strength of the ANA to 122,000 personnel with a 12,000 man training margin. As of mid July 2009, the ANA has an actual strength of approximately 91,900 personnel. This represents 69% of the 134,000 approved strength which is scheduled to be reached by the end of 2011. Operationally, the ANA is currently fielding 5 Corps Headquarters, a Capital Division responsible for the security of the Kabul area, and an ANA Air Corps providing the essential air support to the ANA brigades deployed throughout Afghanistan. Over 90% of ISAF operations are conducted in conjunction with the ANA. MAZAR-E-SHARIF Corps 209 HERAT MeS Konduz Corps 207 Qal-E-Now Chaghcharan Kabul KABUL Herat Jalalabad Gardez Division Capital Division Shindand Ghazni Khowst Corps 201 Farah Qalat AIR CORPS Corps Lashkar Kandahar 203 Gah ANA Total: Appx. 91,900 GARDEZ KANDAHAR Corps 205 Current as of 23 July 2009 Major ISAF Units RC North Lead nation RC Capital Lead nation RC West Lead nation LEGEND Large Major Manoeuvre Flag Units (+700 troops) Provincial Capital City RC East Lead nation Provincial Reconstruction Team Total Forces ~ 64,500 RC South Lead nation Source: NATO HQ Media Operations Centre – Afghanistan Updated: 23 July 2009.
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