الجيش الأفغاني الحديث تأسيسه وتشكيلاته وتسليحه 1890-1973

Abstract

The modern Afghan Army Its establishment, arming and formations1890 – 1973Assistant Prof. Dr. May Fadhil Majeed Al-Rubaey Ministry of Education This research sheds light on the beginnings of the Afghan army as a military force that relied on tribal forces in its formations during the era of the Afghan princes to the reign of Prince Amanullah Khan, who created the first nucleus of the modern Afghan army and attempted to introduce administrative and economic reforms in the country and then his failure that cost him the throne, and then I dealt with the efforts of King Mohammed Nader Shah and his brothers to build a modern military institution and his using of foreign expertise and tribal alliances to achieve his objectives, which his son King Mohammed Zahir Shah continued on them , Then I looked over the Afghan army formations and the places of its military brigades, sources of arming the Afghan army and the role of the former Soviet Union in the modernization of the Afghan army finally the role of the organization of Afghan officers in the military coup against the monarchy in1973.

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The modern Afghan Army Its establishment, arming and formations 1890 – 1973 Assistant Prof. Dr. May Fadhil Majeed Al-Rubaey Ministry of Education This research sheds light on the beginnings of the Afghan army as a military force that relied on tribal forces in its formations during the era of the Afghan princes to the reign of Prince Amanullah Khan, who created the first nucleus of the modern Afghan army and attempted to introduce administrative and economic reforms in the country and then his failure that cost him the throne, and then I dealt with the efforts of King Mohammed Nader Shah and his brothers to build a modern military institution and his using of foreign expertise and tribal alliances to achieve his objectives, which his son King Mohammed Zahir Shah continued on them, Then I looked over the Afghan army formations and the places of its military brigades, sources of arming the Afghan army and the role of the former Soviet Union in the modernization of the Afghan army finally the role of the organization of Afghan officers in the military coup against the monarchy in1973.