List of paramilitary organizations

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List of major governmental paramilitary units
SWAT team training with AR15 style rifles

Asia
Name Region Active Since Type Comments Size Ref(s)
Special Task Force  Sri Lanka 1983 Elite Special Operations Force - Paramilitary
Afghan Special Narcotics Force  Afghanistan late 2003 Elite Counter-narcotics unit Unknown [1]
Armed Police Force    Nepal 24 October 2001 Counter-insurgency Specialised Police Force Unknown [2]
Assam Rifles  India 1835 Paramilitary force 63,747 [3]
Bangladesh Ansar  Bangladesh 16 December 1971 Gendarmerie 266,000 [4]
Bangladesh National Cadet Corps  Bangladesh 23 March 1979 Paramilitary Volunteer Reserve Defence Force 23,968 [5]
Commando Battalion for Resolute Action  India 12 September 2008 Counter-insurgency Specialised unit 10,000
(2008)		 [6][7]
Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit  Philippines 25 July 1987 Auxiliary unit 1,070 [8]
People's Armed Police  China 19 June 1982 Gendarmerie 1.5 million [9]
Special Frontier Force  India 14 November 1962 Paramilitary Special forces 10,000
(2017)		 [10]
Special Duties Unit  Hong Kong 23 July 1974 Elite Paramilitary Special Forces Unknown
Volunteer Defense Corps  Thailand 10 February 1954 Security Forces Unknown [11]

 Hong Kong

Sri Lanka

Indonesia

Malaysia

Pakistan

Japan

North Korea

China

India

Middle East

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Libya
  • Avengers of Blood[12]

Turkey

Europe

Albania

Finland

France

Italy

Latvia

Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Sweden

Africa

Kenya

Mauritius

Nigeria

Seychelles
  • Seychelles People's Defence Forces

Zimbabwe

Oceania

Australia

Americas

United States

Canada

Venezuela

List of non-governmental paramilitary units

See also

Footnotes
  1. Bowman 2010, p. 50.
  2. "Introduction". apf.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  3. "Assam Rifles". Assam Rifles. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
  4. Taru Bahl, M.H. Syed (2003). Encyclopaedia of the Muslim World. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. pp. 184–85. ISBN 978-81-261-1419-1.
  5. "The Volunteers". bncc.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  6. "The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) - Frontpage - COBRA on way to fight Naxalites in Jharkhand". The Telegraph India. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  7. "CRPF - CENTRAL RESERVE POLICE FORCE, GOVT. OF INDIA". Archived from the original on 15 May 2015. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  8. "On the Revival of the Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Units" (PDF). chr.gov. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  9. Shambaugh 2002, p. 170.
  10. International Institute for Strategic Studies 2017.
  11. "Volunteer Defense Corps Act, 1954" (PDF). Ratchakitcha (in Thai). Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  12. Kirkpatrick, David D. "Inside Hifter's Libya: A Police State With an Islamist Twist". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Awaqirs formed the Avengers of Blood in 2013 to seek revenge after a deadly clash with an Islamist-leaning militia. The Avengers became known as enforcers for Mr. Hifter, widely blamed for disappearances and killings. [...] The militia leader, Ezzedine el-Waqwaq, said he was busy with civilian matters.
  13. "Antigovernment militia groups grew by more than one-third in last year". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 24 September 2019.

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