205 Al-Badr Corps

The 205th 'Albadar' (البدر) Corps was a corps-level formation of the Afghan National Army. Its headquarter were located in Kandahar and it was responsible for the south of the country (Kandahar, Zabul, Oruzgan, and Daikundi provinces).

205 Al-Badr Corps
Pashto: ۲۰۵ البدر قول اردو
FoundedOctober 2021
CountryAfghanistan
Allegiance Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
BranchAfghan Army
TypeCorps
Nickname(s)Al-Badr
Commanders
Core CommanderGeneral Mehrullah Hamad
Deputy CommanderGeneral BariGul Talib
Chief of staffGeneral Naseebullah Zubair


The Corps consisted of four brigades, a commando battalion and three garrisons and one frontier brigade. The Corps had integrated artillery and air lift capacity.

General Mehrullah Hamad is appointed as the commander of the Corps in 2022. He is also the first commander of the Corps. In August 2021, the Corps was captured during the Islamic Emirate offensive and in Battle of Kandahar.

Commands

Chiefs of Staff
Chief of StaffPeriodNotesRef(s)
Hizbullah Afghan 4 October 2021 – 4 March 2022 [1]
Mullah Bari Gul Akhund 4 March 2022 – Present [2]
Commanders
CommanderPeriodNotesRef(s)
Mehrullah Hamad 4 October 2021 – Present [1]
Deputy Commanders
Deputy CommanderPeriodNotesRef(s)
Wali Jan Hamza 4 October 2021 – 6 November 2021 [1]
Maulvi Rahimullah Mahmoud 23 November 2021 – Present [3]

Brigades

ProvinceBrigadeHeadDirector-General
Kandahar1st Brigade
Zabul2nd Brigade
Kandahar3rd Brigade
Uruzgan4th BrigadeMaulvi HabibMaulvi Khalid

References

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