ISAF VI Structure

Headquarters ISAF

NATO assumed command and control of the ISAF mission on 11 August 2003. Since 9 August 2004 ISAF is commanded by French Army Lt Gen Jean-Louis PY, with Netherlands Royal Air Force Maj Gen Leonardus van den Born as his deputy. At the Headquarters level, there are 37 contributing nations that contribute more than 700 soldiers to make up the headquarters and its support personnel. The ISAF headquarters serves as the operational command for the mission.

Kabul Multinational Brigade (KMNB)

Germany and France are the lead nations for the Kabul Multinational Brigade, under the command of German Army Brig Gen SPINDLER. Of the more than 30 troop contributing nations, France and Germany provide some 3000 soldiers within the brigade. Under the KMNB are three battle groups. The KMNB is responsible for the tactical command of the troops on the ground.

Troops Contributing Nations

More than 8000 soldiers (as of 17-Jan-2005), sailors and airmen make up ISAF, with contributions from 36 nations. We track individual contributions by each nation but those numbers change on a regular basis due to the rotation of troops. Please contact the specific nations for their contributions.

Nations supporting the ISAF mission are:

			Albania		Austria
	Azerbaijan		Belgium		Bulgaria
	Canada		Croatia		Czech Republic
	Denmark		Estonia		Finland
	France		FYROM
	Germany		Greece		Hungary
	Iceland		Ireland		Italy
	Latvia		Lithuania		Luxembourg
	Netherlands		New Zealand		Norway
	Poland		Portugal		Romania
	Slovakia		Slovenia		Spain
	Sweden		Switzerland		Turkey
	United Kingdom		United States of America

ISAF Area Of Operations (AOO)

ISAF Area Of Operations stretches over the KABUL province and the nine Northern provinces as shown on the map.