205 Al-Badr Corps

205 Al-Badr Corps
Pashto: ۲۰۵ البدر قول اردو
Founded	October 2021
Country	Afghanistan
Allegiance	Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan
Branch	Afghan Army
Type	Corps
Nickname(s)	Al-Badr
Website	Official Twitter
Commanders
Chief of Staff	Mullah Bari Gul Akhund
Commander	Mehrullah Hamad
Deputy Commander	Maulvi Rahimullah Mahmoud

The 205 Al-Badr Corps is one of the eight corps of the Islamic Emirate Army established in October 2021 and headquartered in Kandahar. The current Chief of Staff is Mullah Bari Gul Akhund, with General Mehrullah Hamad as the first and current commander of the Corps. The Corps consists of four brigades, a commando battalion and three garrison and one frontier brigade, with integrated artillery and air lift capacity. In mid November 2021, 300 soldiers after completing military training graduated from the 2nd Brigade of the Al-Badr Corps in Zabul province.[1]

The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan-era corps it replaced was known as the 205th 'Atul' Corps, responsible for the south of the country (Kandahar, Zabul, Oruzgan, and Daikundi provinces), and was a part of Afghan National Army.[2] It was captured during the Islamic Emirate offensive and Battle of Kandahar in August 2021.

Command Staff

BMP and T-54 Tanks of the 205 Al-Badr Corps

Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff	Period	Notes	Ref(s)
Hizbullah Afghan	4 October 2021 – 4 March 2022		[3]
Mullah Bari Gul Akhund	4 March 2022 – Present		[4]
Commanders
Commander	Period	Notes	Ref(s)
Mehrullah Hamad	4 October 2021 – Present		[3]
Deputy Commanders
Deputy Commander	Period	Notes	Ref(s)
Wali Jan Hamza	4 October 2021 – 6 November 2021		[3]
Maulvi Rahimullah Mahmoud	23 November 2021 – Present		[5]

Brigades

Province	Brigade	Head	Director-General
Kandahar	1st Brigade
Zabul	2nd Brigade
Kandahar	3rd Brigade
Uruzgan	4th Brigade	Maulvi Habib	Maulvi Khalid

References

1. "د ۲۰۵ البدر قول اردو څخه ۳۰۰ تنه مجاهدین له عسکری روزنۍ فارغ شول".
2. "Interim Taliban government rebrands Afghan army". www.aa.com.tr. 7 November 2021.
3. "د اسلامي امارت په تشکیلاتو کې نوي کسان پر دندو وګومارل شول". باختر خبری آژانس. October 4, 2021.
4. کاکړ, جاويد هميم (March 4, 2022). "په یو شمیر وزارتونو، قول اردو ګانو او ولایتونو کې نوې ټاکنې وشوې" – via pajhwok.com.
5. "Interim cabinet expanded; corps commanders named". November 23, 2021 – via pajhwok.com.