Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan : Identifying Lessons for Future Efforts.
Material type: TextPublisher: Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, The, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (127 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780833052247Subject(s): Afghanistan. -- Afghan National Army | Internal security -- Afghanistan | Military assistance, American -- Afghanistan | National security -- AfghanistanGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Security Force Assistance in Afghanistan : Identifying Lessons for Future EffortsDDC classification: 355/.0325810973 LOC classification: UA853.A3 -- K45 2011ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter Three: Observations About Recent SFA Efforts in Afghanistan -- SFA Scope and Context in Afghanistan -- Assistance to Afghan Ministries and Generating Forces -- Advisors and Partners in Afghanistan -- The Afghan National Army -- The Afghan National Police -- Concluding Observations -- Chapter Four: A Framework for SFA and Assessing SFA During Conflict -- Conclusions -- Chapter 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 -- References.
Security force assistance (SFA) is a central pillar of the counterinsurgency campaign being waged by U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan. This monograph analyzes SFA efforts in Afghanistan over time, documents U.S. and international approaches to building the Afghan force from 2001 to 2009, and provides observations and recommendations that emerged from extensive fieldwork in Afghanistan in 2009 and their implications for the U.S. Army.
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