Research Catalog

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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Additional Authors

• Bensahel, Nora, 1971-
• Oliker, Olga.
• Arroyo Center

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.

Subject

• 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 > Stability operations

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.

Contents

Introduction -- Overview of security force assistance during the coalition era,2001⁰́₃2009 -- Observations about recent SFA efforts in Afghanistan -- A framework for SFA and assessing SFA during conflict -- Implications of SFA in Afghanistan for the U.S. Army -- Appendix A: Selected literature and documents reviewed -- Appendix B: Selected interviews

ISBN

• 9780833052117 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 083305211X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2011019199

OCLC

722843848

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