"kandak" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2008, John Mackinlay, Terence McNamee, Greg Mills, International peace-building for the 21st century, page 29:",
          "text": "Once a kandak has been trained and equipped, it is posted to an area of the country where it conducts counter-insurgency operations.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, The Engineer, page 41:",
          "text": "Team Beast was there to advise, assist, and train the Afghan kandak; to increase its operational effectiveness; and to help it enable its brigade.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Mark Evans, Andrew Sharples, Code Black: Cut off and facing overwhelming odds: the siege of Nad Ali, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The kandak was going to raid the village and arrest or kill any enemies they found inside.",
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        "A unit in the Afghan army that works in cooperation with American forces."
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        [
          "Afghan",
          "Afghan"
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        [
          "army",
          "army"
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  "word": "kandak"
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  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, John Mackinlay, Terence McNamee, Greg Mills, International peace-building for the 21st century, page 29:",
          "text": "Once a kandak has been trained and equipped, it is posted to an area of the country where it conducts counter-insurgency operations.",
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        },
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          "text": "Team Beast was there to advise, assist, and train the Afghan kandak; to increase its operational effectiveness; and to help it enable its brigade.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Mark Evans, Andrew Sharples, Code Black: Cut off and facing overwhelming odds: the siege of Nad Ali, →ISBN:",
          "text": "The kandak was going to raid the village and arrest or kill any enemies they found inside.",
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