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Security force assistance in Afghanistan : identifying lessons for future efforts
- Title
- Security force assistance in Afghanistan : identifying lessons for future efforts / Terrence K. Kelly, Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker.
- Author
- Kelly, Terrence K.
- Publication
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
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- Description
- xxviii, 131 p. : col. ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Rand Corporation monograph series
- Uniform Title
- Rand Corporation monograph series.
- Subjects
- Combined operations (Military science)
- Counterinsurgency > Afghanistan
- Military assistance, American > Afghanistan
- International Security Assistance Force (Afghanistan)
- Afghanistan > Afghan National Army
- Armed Forces > Stability operations
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization Armed Forces > Afghanistan
- National security > Afghanistan
- United States > Armed Forces > Stability operations
- Internal security > Afghanistan
- Note
- "Prepared for the United States Army."
- "Arroyo Center."
- "MG-1066-A"--P. [4] of cover.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available via the Internet.
- Funding (note)
- The research described in this report was sponsored by the U.S. Army under contract no. W74V8H-06-C-001.
- Call Number
- JSE 11-456
- ISBN
- 9780833052117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 083305211X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011019199
- OCLC
- 722843848
- Author
- Kelly, Terrence K.
- Title
- Security force assistance in Afghanistan : identifying lessons for future efforts / Terrence K. Kelly, Nora Bensahel, Olga Oliker.
- Imprint
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2011.
- Series
- Rand Corporation monograph seriesRand Corporation monograph series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-131).
- Funding
- The research described in this report was sponsored by the U.S. Army under contract no. W74V8H-06-C-001.
- Additional Formats
- Also available via the Internet.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Bensahel, Nora, 1971-Oliker, Olga.Arroyo Center.
- Research Call Number
- JSE 11-456