Security force assistance in Afghanistan : identifying lessons for future efforts / Terrence K. Kelly, Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker
- Bib ID:
- 5778942
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kelly, Terrence K
- Online Version:
- http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1066.pdf
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- Description:
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- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND, 2011
- xxviii, 131 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780833052117
- 083305211X
- Series:
- Rand Corporation monograph series; MG-1066-A.
- Summary:
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Security force assistance (SFA) is a central pillar of the counterinsurgency campaign being waged by U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. The outcome of the campaign hinges, in large measure, on the effectiveness of the assistance given to the Afghan National Army, Afghan National Police, and other security forces, assistance that the International Security Force must provide while fighting the insurgents. Yet senior U.S. military and civilian officials have posed many questions about the effectiveness of SFA in Afghanistan, and no empirically rigorous assessments exist to help answer these questions. This monograph analyzes SFA efforts in Afghanistan over time and documents U.S. and international approaches to building the Afghan National Security Forces from 2001 to 2009. Finally, it provides observations and recommendations that emerged from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2009 and their implications for the U.S Army.
- Full contents:
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- Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction
- The Challenges of Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan
- Afghanistan in Context
- The Threat
- Reasonable Expectations for the ANSF
- Research Approach
- Initial Research Approach
- Data Availability
- Revised Research Approach
- Organization of This Monograph
- ch. Two Overview of Security Force Assistance During the Coalition Era, 2001-2009
- The Bonn Agreement and the Establishment of the ANSF
- Relative Security, 2002-2003
- The Afghan National Army
- The Afghan National Police
- Rapid Buildup, 2004-2005
- The Afghan National Army
- The Afghan National Police
- Worsening Security, 2005-2007
- The Afghan National Army
- The Afghan National Police
- Crisis, 2007-2009
- The Afghan National Army
- The Afghan National Police
- ch. Three Observations About Recent SFA Efforts in Afghanistan
- SFA Scope and Context in Afghanistan
- Assistance to Afghan Ministries and Generating Forces
- Contents note continued: Advisors and Partners in Afghanistan
- The Afghan National Army
- The Afghan National Police
- Concluding Observations
- ch. Four A Framework for SFA and Assessing SFA During Conflict
- Conclusions
- ch. Five Implications of SFA in Afghanistan for the U.S. Army
- U.S. Army Doctrine and Lessons from Afghanistan
- U.S. Army Doctrine
- Synthesis of Observations from Afghanistan
- Implications for the U.S. Army
- A Final Word on Assessments
- APPENDIXES
- A.Selected Literature and Documents Reviewed
- B.Selected Interviews.
- Notes:
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- "Prepared for the United States Army."
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131)
- Also available online. Address as at 13 January, 2012: http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1066.pdf
- The research described in this report was sponsored by the U.S. Army under contract no. W74V8H-06-C-001.
- Subject:
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- International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Armed Forces -- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan. Afghan National Army
- Armed Forces -- Stability operations
- Counterinsurgency -- Afghanistan
- Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan
- National security -- Afghanistan
- Internal security -- Afghanistan
- Combined operations (Military science)
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Stability operations
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