In the same year (2005), NATO answered the African Union's call for help in Darfur. Two years later, it fashioned the study that would become the matrix of the brigades of the African Standby Force (ASF) whose goal is allegedly to maintain continental peace. ASF is slated to become operational in 2015.
Mwaka huo huo wa elfu mbili na tano NATO ilikubali mwaliko wa Umoja wa Africa kuingilia maswala za Darfur. Miaka miwili baadaye, NATO ilianzisha utafiti iliozaa mabrigadi ziijulikanayo kama African Standby Force (ASF) ambao lengo lake yaadiwa ni imarisha amani barani Afrika. ASF itaanza kazi yake mwaka wa 2015.