Afghan National Army

The Afghan National Army (ANA) is a service branch of the military of Afghanistan currently being trained by coalition forces to ultimately take the lead in land-based military operations in Afghanistan. Prior to the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, the military of Afghanistan consisted primarily of regional tribal militias and a small special force under the direct control of the Taliban regime. Previous to that, the Afghan army was primarily supported and supplied by the Soviet Union from the 1960s to the early 1990s. At over 130,000 troops, the current Afghan National Army is being restructured by U.S. and other NATO countries and supplied with modern military equipment and training, and is currently undergoing an expansion to over 200,000 personnel expected to be completed by 2012.

The Afghan National Army is featured in a small role in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as an allied faction of the US Army Rangers. Their personnel are seen at the very beginning of the single player campaign being trained by Sergeant Foley and Private Allen in "S.S.D.D.", and are also seen in the following mission, "Team Player," accompanying General Shepherd and helping fight the communist faction of Afghanistan.

Members

 * Sgt. Hassan
 * Sgt. Abdullah
 * Sgt. Salim
 * Sgt. Ali
 * Sgt. Youssef
 * Sgt. Rafiq
 * Sgt. Abdullah
 * Sgt. Hassan
 * Cpl. Samir
 * Cpl. Malik
 * Cpl. Faris
 * Cpl. Faris
 * Pvt. Hamed
 * Pvt. Imad
 * Pvt. Ibrahim
 * Pvt. Fouad
 * Pvt. Khalid

Weapons

 * M16A4
 * M4A1 Carbine
 * SCAR-H

Trivia

 * ANA soldiers are easily distinguishable due to the fact that they wear the Desert Battle Dress Uniform, the predecessor to the current Army Combat Uniform (ACU) worn by U.S. troops. The DBDU uniform is characterized by its distinctive "chocolate chip cookie dough" camouflage pattern.
 * Note that most of the ANA soldiers that 'spray bullets all over the place' are higher ranked than PFC Joseph Allen.
 * The ANA soldier that is in the player's HMMWV 'Cruncher'in Team Player disppears after it is destroyed.
 * There is a ANA soldier in Team Player that is eating chocolate and hiding.