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Afghan Commando Forces
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<p>The Afghan Commando Forces , also referred to as the DRA Commando Forces from 1978 to 1992, were the former combined forces of <a href="/facts/Commando/R75nynuA">commando</a>, <a href="/facts/Paratrooper/KJP4zTzs">paratrooper</a> and <a href="/facts/Special_forces/KzAwTazD">special forces</a> of the <a href="/facts/Afghan_Army/FwFCvlII">Afghan Army</a>. The force was composed of numerous brigades, regiments and battalions initially established by King <a href="/facts/Mohammad_Zahir_Shah/cp3WCs07">Mohammad Zahir Shah</a> and <a href="/facts/Sardar/K1VFLrzt">Sardar</a> Abdul Wali Khan in 1964 and was disbanded in 1992, following the collapse of the <a href="/facts/Democratic_Republic_of_Afghanistan/XU07Fy3R">Democratic Republic of Afghanistan</a> in the <a href="/facts/Afghan_Civil_War_(1989%25E2%2580%25931992)/bvNvHRwX">1989–1992 Afghan Civil War</a>. </p>