Ranks of the Afghan Armed Forces
The Afghan Armed Forces is composed of personnel of various ranks which span three pay-grade brackets, those being on-Commissioned Officers, Commissioned Officers and the General Staff. The highest official rank within the AAF is Marshal, which has not been used since Mohammed Fahim,[1] who left the position in 2002.
Commissioned officers
The rank insignia for commissioned officers for the Afghan National Army, and Afghan Air Force respectively.
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| Marshal مارشال |
Setar jenral ستر جنرال |
Dagar jenral ډگرجنرال |
Turan jenral تورن جنرال |
Brid jenral برید جنرال |
Dagarwal ډگروال |
Dagarman ډگرمن |
Jagran جگرن |
Jag turan جگتورن |
Turan تورن |
Lomri baridman لمړی بريدمن |
Dvahomi baridman دوهم بریدمن |
Dreyom baridman دریم بریدمن | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General of the air force مارشال |
General ستر جنرال |
Lieutenant general ډګر جنرال |
Major general تورن جنرال |
Brigadier general برید جنرال |
Colonel ډګروال |
Lieutenant colonel ډګرمن |
Major جګړن |
Captain جګ تورن |
Junior captain تورن |
First lieutenant لومړی بریدمن |
Second lieutenant دويم بریدمن |
Junior Second lieutenant دريم بریدمن | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sergeant first class سرپرگمشر قدمدار |
Staff Sergeant معاون سرپرگمشر قدمدار |
Sergeant سرپرگمشر |
Corporal معاون سرپرگمشر |
Private first class پرگمشر |
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References
- Kevin Sieff and Sayed Salahuddin (11 March 2004). "Mohammad Qasim Fahim: The first vice-president of Afghanistan, whose career was dogged by allegations of atrocities and corruption". Obituary. The Independent. Retrieved 2016-08-22.
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