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 • 43 Troop Contributing Nations approximations and actual numbers • ISAF Total Strength: approx 84,150 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 & PRT LOCATIONS RC(N) Lead nation Feyzabad RC(W) MeS Konduz Meymana RC(C) Kabul Pol-e-Khomri Panjshir Nuristan Qala-e-Naw Bagram Herat Asadabad Bamyan Mether Lam Chaghcharan Wardak RC W Logar 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) KABUL Regional Command Capital: (appx ISAF strength 6,150) Regional Command North: (appx ISAF strength 5,750) • HQ ISAF KABUL (COMPOSITE) • HQ RC(N) in MAZAR-E-SHARIF (DEU) • HQ RC(C) KABUL (TUR) • Forward Support Base MAZAR-E-SHARIF (DEU) • KAIA (ESP) • PRT MAZAR-E-SHARIF (SWE) • PRT FEYZABAD (DEU) Regional Command South: (appx ISAF strength 43,900) • PRT KONDUZ (DEU) • PRT POL-E KHOMRI (HUN) • HQ RC(S) in KANDAHAR (GBR) (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 23,950) • 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 4,400) • 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 WARDAK (TUR) • PRT HERAT (ITA) • PRT PANJSHIR (USA) • PRT GARDEZ (USA) • PRT FARAH (USA) • PRT JALALABAD (USA) • PRT QALA-E-NOW (ESP) • PRT CHAGHCHARAN (LTU) Current as of 22 December 2009 . International Security Assistance Force and Afghan National Army strength & laydown Troop Contributing Nations (TCN): The ISAF mission consists of the following 43 nations (the troop numbers are based on broad contribution and do not reflect the exact numbers on the ground at any one time). * Turkey recognises the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name II. The Afghan National Army (ANA): Facts and Figures As of 22 December 2009, the ANA has an actual strength of approximately 100,000 personnel. This represents 74% of the 134,000 approved strength which is scheduled to be reached by October 2010. 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. 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 and the ANA leads 62% of joint operations. MAZAR-E-SHARIF Corps 209 HERAT Corps MeS Konduz 207 Qal-E-Now KABUL Chaghcharan Division Herat Jalalabad Gardez Capital Division Shindand Ghazni Corps Khowst 201 Farah Qalat AIR CORPS Corps Lashkar Kandahar 203 Gah ANA Total: Appx. 100,000 GARDEZ KANDAHAR Corps 205 Current as of 22 December 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 ~ 84,150 RC South Lead nation Source: NATO HQ Media Operations Centre – Afghanistan Updated: 22 December 2009.