Afraad (The Fourth Brigade) (Somali: Afraad, Arabic: افراد) was one of the major units of the Western Somali Liberation Front and was composed of officers originating from Somaliland.

[2] This abuse was due to the Somali state employing the Ogadeni subsection of WSLF as a subsidiary militia that would be used to maintain control over the northern regions of Somalia.

[3] Armed clashes between Afraad and the Ogaden forces of WSLF began shortly after 1979.

A North Somali army officer arrested 14 leading WSLF fighters who have been harassing and abusing the local population at Gobyar.

[2] From February 1982, Isaaq army officers and fighters from the Fourth Brigade started moving into Ethiopia where they formed the nucleus of what would later become the Somali National Movement.