Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan information
Pro-Communist Afghan military force
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Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
Pashto: د افغانستان د لوی انتخاباتي جمهوريت مسلحې ځواک Persian: نیروهای مسلح جمهوری دموکراتیک افغانستان
Emblem of the Afghan Army, from 1980 to 1992
Flag of Afghan military (1987-92)
Motto
'Watan ya Kaffan!' (Pashto; Country or Death) 'Sar Warkawoo, Sangar ne Warkawoo' (Pashto; We'll give our heads, we won't give the trench)
Founded
April 1978; 46 years ago (1978-04)
Current form
Islamic National Army
Disbanded
April 1992; 32 years ago (1992-04)
Service branches
Afghan Army Afghan Air Force and Air Defense Afghan Border Force
Headquarters
Ministry of Defense, Kabul
Leadership
Commander-in-Chief
Nur Muhammad Taraki (1978–1978) Hafizullah Amin (1978–1979) Babrak Karmal (1979–1986) Mohammad Najibullah (1986–1992)
Minister of Defense
Abdul Qadir (1978) Shahnawaz Tanai Nazar Mohammad (1984–1986) Mohammed Rafie (1979–1984, 1986–1988) Mohammad Aslam Watanjar (1990–1992)
Personnel
Military age
18–40 (raised to 20–45 in 1981)
Conscription
Yes
Industry
Domestic suppliers
AFSORT (Afghan–Soviet Transport Company) Spinzar Cotton Company
Foreign suppliers
Soviet Union Czechoslovakia East Germany
Related articles
History
Saur Revolution Chindawol uprising 1979 Herat uprising 1979 uprisings in Afghanistan 3 Hoot uprising Bala Hissar uprising 1980 student protests in Kabul Tajbeg Palace assault Soviet-Afghan War Afghan Civil War (1989–1992)
Battle of Jalalabad (1989)
Ranks
Military ranks of Afghanistan
The Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (Persian: نیروهای مسلح جمهوری دموکراتیک افغانستان) was the military force of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1978 until its collapse in 1992. Following President Mohammad Najibullah’s National Reconciliation policy in 1986, it was renamed into the Armed Forces of the Republic of Afghanistan.
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