[PDF] Thwarting Afghanistans Insurgency eBook

Author : Mohammad Masoom Stanekzai
Publisher :
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 43,19 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Afghanistan
ISBN :

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"The analysis and conclusions drawn in this report are based on the author?s wide range of discussions with ordinary Afghans (men and women), senior government officials, and members of the international community working in or on Afghanistan. Over the course of years, the author has traveled to many places inside Afghanistan and participated in numerous meetings and conferences centered on peace, stability, and reconstruction."--Publisher description.

Author : Seth G. Jones
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 0833041339

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This study explores the nature of the insurgency in Afghanistan, the key challenges and successes of the U.S.-led counterinsurgency campaign, and the capabilities necessary to wage effective counterinsurgency operations. By examining the key lessons from all insurgencies since World War II, it finds that most policymakers repeatedly underestimate the importance of indigenous actors to counterinsurgency efforts. The U.S. should focus its resources on helping improve the capacity of the indigenous government and indigenous security forces to wage counterinsurgency. It has not always done this well. The U.S. military-along with U.S. civilian agencies and other coalition partners-is more likely to be successful in counterinsurgency warfare the more capable and legitimate the indigenous security forces (especially the police), the better the governance capacity of the local state, and the less external support that insurgents receive.

Author : Marvin G. Weinbaum
Publisher :
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Afghanistan
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The fate of Afghanistan and the success of U.S. and coalition efforts to stabilize Afghanistan will in large measure be affected by the current and future policies pursued by its varied proximate and distal neighbors. Weinbaum evaluates the courses of action Afghanistan's key neighbors are likely to take.

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Page : 56 pages
File Size : 30,27 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Afghan War, 2001-
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The war in Afghanistan entered a new phase in 2013. It now is increasingly a contest between the insurgents and the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). Many within and outside the government are more optimistic about stability in the wake of a relatively successful first round of presidential elections on 5 April 2014. However, any euphoria should be tempered by a realistic assessment of the security challenges that President Karzai's successor will face in the transitional period of 2014-2015. Kabul may find these challenges difficult to overcome without significant and sustained international security, political and economic support.