As of 2019, the number of security forces on duty in Afghanistan was thousand and had slightly decreased since 2013. The Afghan security forces includes 180.9 thousand personnel of the Ministry of defense as well as thousand from the Ministry of Interior.
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Brookings Institution. (August 25, 2020). Total number of Afghan security forces on duty from 2003 to 2019 ( in 1,000)* [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 27, 2026, from /statistics/1258555/afghanistan-number-of-security-forces-on-duty/
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